Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up: A New Look at Today's Evangelical Church in the Light of Early Christianity |
Contents
The Prisoner | 1 |
Citizens of Another Kingdom | 15 |
Is Right and Wrong Simply | 25 |
Why They Succeeded Where We Often Fail | 41 |
What Baptism Meant to the Early Christians | 77 |
A Blessing or a Snare? | 83 |
Is Old Testament Morality Still Good Enough? | 91 |
Who Better Understands the Apostles? | 100 |
Were the Teachings of | 107 |
How Early Christianity Was Corrupted | 118 |
The Remaining Barriers Crumble | 131 |
The Most Influential Christian of All Time | 137 |
Was the Reformation a Return | 143 |
The Quest to Restore Early Christianity | 149 |
Biographical Dictionary | 168 |
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