“AfreshandrigorouslyresearchedtakeonChristianity’sfounding.“--PublishersWeeklyThefirstChristianswereweird.Justhowweirdisoftenlostontoday’sbelievers.WithinRomansociety,theearliestChristiansstoodoutfortheoddnessoftheirbeliefsandpractices.Theybelievedunusualthings,worshipedGodinstrangeways,andlivedauniquelifestyle.TheypracticedawholenewwayofthinkingaboutanddoingreligionthatwouldhavebeenseenasbizarreanddangerouswhencomparedtoRomanreligionandmostotherreligionsoftheancientworld.Award-winningauthor,blogger,speaker,andNewTestamentteacherNijayGuptatracestheemergingChristianfaithinitsRomancontextinthisaccessibleandengagingbook.ChristianitywouldhavebeenseenasradicalintheRomanworld,butsomefoundthisnewreligionattractiveandcompelling.ThefirstChristiansdaredtobedifferent,pushedtheboundariesofwhatwasacceptable,transformedhowpeoplethoughtaboutreligion,andstartedamovementthatgrewlikewildfire.Broughttolifewithnumerousimages,thisbookshowshowtheexampleoftheearliestChristianscanoffertoday’sbelieversencouragementandhope.
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