Tag Archives: Tertullian
Suffering for Jesus Christ, Part 1
Jesus promised salvation to those who trust Him—but also warned we would face trouble in this world. Today, over 380 million Christians endure persecution for their faith. The question for us is clear: will we, in freedom, stand with those in chains?
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Tagged Aurelian, Christianity, Constantine the Great, Decius, Diocletian, Domitian, Fox’s Book of Martyrs, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, martyrdom, Maximinus, Nero, Open Doors, Richard Wurmbrand, Sabina Wurmbrand, Severus, suffering, Tertullian, Trajan, Valerian, Voice of the Martyrs
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Different Is Better: The Ancient Church and Its Pagan Neighbors
For the first seventy or so years of Christianity’s existence, the Greco-Roman world paid it relatively little attention. There were persecutions here and there (like the one that claimed the lives of Peter and Paul). But, for the most part, it wasn’t until the second century that their pagan neighbors began to focus their attention on just how different Christians were.
As Michael J. Kruger of Reformed Theological Seminary wrote at The Gospel Coalition, one major difference was that “Christians would not pay homage to the other ‘gods’ ” of the Roman world. Since paying homage to these “gods” was …
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Tagged Epistle to Diognetus, Jeremy Bentham, Michael J. Kruger, Sarah Ruden, St. Paul, Tertullian
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