What are some lessons we need to learn from the early Church?

Why did the early church grow so fast and so far? Tim Keller in his review of two recent books by Larry Hurtado gives three reasons:

1. Christians were called into a unique social project that both offended and attracted people.
2. Christianity offered a direct, personal, love relationship with the Creator God.
3. Christianity offered assurance of eternal life.

He then goes on to apply these insights to what is happening today in our culture. He concludes: “The earliest church was seen as too exclusive and a threat to the social order because it would not honor all deities. Today Christian are again being seen exclusive and a threat to the social order because we will not honor all identities.”

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