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What did Christianity look like before it became an institution?
In these firsthand accounts of the early church, the spirit of Pentecost burns with prophetic force through the fog that envelops the modern church. A clear and vibrant faith lives on in these writings, providing a guide for Christians today. Its stark simplicity and revolutionary fervor will stun those lulled by conventional Christianity.
The Early Christians is a topically arranged collection of primary sources. It includes extra-biblical sayings of Jesus and excerpts from Origen, Tertullian, Polycarp, Clement of Alexandria, Justin, Irenaeus, and others. Equally revealing material from pagan contemporaries -- critics, detractors and persecutors -- is included as well.
"The spirit of Christ translates love of God into divine service of love to others. Whoever serves the poor, the destitute, the downtrodden, serves Christ himself, for God is near to them. To be loved by God means to love God and one’s neighbor: community with God becomes community with one another. Expecting the kingdom shapes life and service in the church and unites the believers in one common will. True community and common dedication are the positive results of opposing the present age."
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Thank you for sharing this book. It is through the written word that a person can find enlightenment. The thoughts of others written down and shared across time keep hope alive. I am inspired, as if a flame has been rekindled. I must read more. reading inspires thoughts, and thoughts rekindle the spirit, we are what we think.
Blessing on you
Joseph Donna
Howell, Michigan
USA
DAS BUCH DES HEILIGEN GEISTES UNSERER ZEIT.WENN DIESES BUCH GELESEN WIRD , WIRD ES DIE MENSCHEN VERÄNDERN UND JE MEHR ES LESEN, DESTO EHER WIRD ES EINE ERWECKUNG GEBEB UNTER DEN CHRISTEN, DIESES BUCH HAT MEHR KRAFT ALS DIE BIBEL!!!
ICH HATTE MEINE BESTE ZEIT INDER PSYCHIATRIE, ALS ICH IN DIESEM BUCH GELESEN HABE(ALTE AUSGABE-DIE ERSTEN CHRISTEN 1926)ES HAT EINE GEISTIGE SPRENGKRAFT, WIE EINE ATOMBOMBE AUF GEISTIGER EBENE. WIR MÜSSEN VERSUCHEN MIT ALLEN MITTELN DIESES BUCH WEITER ZU GEBEN ZUM SEGEN DER STERBENDEN CHRISTENHEIT UM EINEN NEUANFANG ZU SCHAFFEN. ES BRAUCHT ABER NOCH ETWAS ANDERES FÜR ERWECKUNG, EINEN SPEZIELLEN SCHLÜSSEL, DEN HABE ICH VON GOTT BEKOMMEN UND WER WILL KANN IHN BENUTZEN, ES IST DAS FASTEN. GOTT SEGNE EUCH, EUER BRUDER IN JESUS CHRISTUS
DANIEL
Weinfelden/Switzerland
Translation:
My life purpose at the moment is to recommend this book or forward it by email. It is the book of the Holy Spirit of our time. If this book is read it will change people, and the more it is read, the sooner will there be a revival among Christians. When I read this book (the old 1926 edition) it has a spiritual force, like an atom bomb on the spiritual plane. We must try to distribute this book in all ways as a blessing to dying Christianity, to bring about a new beginning. But something else is needed for a revival, a special key. I received it from God and whoever desires can use it. It is fasting.
God bless you, your brother in Jesus Christ,
Daniel
Weinfelden/Switzerland
Your books, especially Early Christians has provided me much needed insight into the early community of Christians and how one is to follow Lord Jesus Christ then, and now. I have been seeking this knowledge for so long. God Bless you all and thank you for your efforts to make this material available to the Christian world and the all the world.
Yours in Christ,
Thomas Steele
Tucson Arizona
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