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The Synagogue and the Spread of Early Christianity

The Synagogue and the Spread of Early Christianity

What can be found in a list of place names like Cyrene, Cyprus, and Antioch? What is the role of the synagogue? Read more about Professor Shir HEREYou will want to check out this newly released class HEREOr go back and start at the beginning w…

Satan’s Counterfeit Christianity :: By Stephen Meehan

Satan’s Counterfeit Christianity :: By Stephen Meehan

Roman Catholicism – The One True Church? This article was first written and published on the Rapture Ready website back in 2015, but due to the lateness of the hour and the nearness of the world being plunged into the dark seven-year time frame of the Tribulation, I wanted to re-package it in an effort […]

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Celebrity Christianity or Christianity Compromised? :: By Holly Spate

Celebrity Christianity or Christianity Compromised? :: By Holly Spate

As we get closer to Christ’s return, we are seeing a greater rise in compromise within churches. So many have become the poster children (to a tee) for the Laodicean church the Bible describes. Many today just want their ears tickled. Many are content to seek a place where they can socialize, grab a cup […]

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Katherine Shaner: Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity

Katherine Shaner: Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity

Katherine Shaner, Enslaved Leadership in Early Christianity (New York: Oxford University Press, 2018) xxix + 207 pages, ISBN 9780190275068. Dr. Katherine Shaner, in a revised form of her Harvard Divinity School dissertation, asks a provocative question. What role, if any, did enslaved persons embody in the congregation of the early church? Shaner’s response to this […]