Sublime

toward religion continuing to retreat among Americans.

So different was it, after all, that the early Christians sometimes had to argue to the authorities, against apparent appearances, that they were in some sense or other a ‘religious’ organization. It was perhaps almost as much their socio-cultural oddness as their denial of the pagan deities that earned them the title ‘atheists’. There were no othe

there is a direct correlation between the resources available to us and the impact we can make on our communities. But that relationship is not always apparent to the average church attendee.

The best estimate is that there were 131 males per 100 females in Rome, rising to 140 males per 100 females in the rest of Italy, Asia Minor, and North Africa.

statistical significance,

We also see increased innovation in the way these early Christians shared the gospel.

be dedicated to illustrating how religious beliefs, doctrines, and stories may be analyzed through the lens of modern history but must be analyzed through the lens of Christian theological reasoning.