Beginning of series on Church History. 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
AFTER ACTS
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I. The “great cloud of witnesses.” Hebrews 12:1
A. The neglect of history.
II. The early church was small and scattered.
A. It was hardly noticed at first.
B. From small beginnings it grew steadily.
III. The earliest worship was simple.
A. The Roman writer Pliny on Christians.
IV. The earliest Christians were common people.
A. The Roman elite looked down on them.
B. Christians were lowly but they had values.
V. The earliest church faced prejudice and opposition.
A. There was no widespread persecution yet, but local harassment.
B. Donkey worship.
VI. Christians remain ordinary.
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