Early Church History: Part 5, The Gospel in Britain

Perhaps no one caught the imagination of the Church in the Middle Ages more than Joseph of Arimathea. Much lore rose up around him as the centuries passed. However, there are some……
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Early Church History: Part 6--Joseph of Arimathea and Company

Britain in the first century was ripe for the Gospel. Though the common people spoke their own local language, their intellectual circles and government officials spoke Greek. Thu……
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Early Church History: Part 7--The Church in Rome

In Acts 2:10 we find both "Jews and proselytes" from Rome witnessing the fulfillment of Pentecost when they all heard God speaking in their own languages. No doubt Luke included t……
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Early Church History: Part 8 The Apostle Paul

We know very little about Paul's personal life. Perhaps this is because the gospels were written by men. Certainly, women would have written those personal details which we now wi……
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Early Church History: Part 9--Paul's First Missionary Journey

In his History of the Christian Church Philip Schaff assumes (without even attempting to prove it) that the apostle Paul was converted in 37 A.D. But we know from reading the firs……
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Early Church History--Part 10--The Jerusalem Church Council

When Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch to give their missionary report, they were told how God "had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles" [ethnos, "nations"]. This does ……
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Early Church History: Part 11--Effects of the Council

Philip Schaff's History of the Christian Church, Vol. 1, p. 353, originally published in 1858, dates the Jerusalem Church Council in 51 A.D. It was just eighteen years after Pente……
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Early Church History: Part 12--Paul Journeys On

When the earthquake set the prisoners free in Philippi (Acts 16:26), the prison warden's life was in danger, because he was held personally responsible for all the prisoners. Any ……
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Early Church History: Part 13--Paul's Third Journey

Paul concluded his second missionary journey by arriving in Antioch (Acts 18:22), where he spent "some time" (vs. 23). Bullinger suggests that he remained there about three months……
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Early Church History: Part 14--Paul's Continuing Mission

In the days of the Apostle Paul, the Church in Ephesus was quite small. At first, Paul ministered in the synagogue for three months (Acts 19:8), until he had found all those who h……
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