Rechurched
Rechurched podcast is meant to inspire conscience and instigate conviction, so people may know God and show God. In a day and age where the Church has been commercialized, the Christian secularized, and the cross sanitized, it’s time to return to a biblical faith that knows our life is to be crucified. The Apostle Paul said, “For I have determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (I Corinthians 2:2). Rechurched builds upon the time-tested and true brick and mortar of the Bible by calling the nominal Christian back to their faith’s foundation. Too many people are just going to church but have never experienced the transforming power of being the Church. So join us as we not only start the conversation about the identity crisis, but we end the conversation where Christ is, period.
Rechurched
After Christ and Before Constantine - Church Then & Now E6
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Coastal Christian Ocean City
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Season 2
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Episode 6
In this episode, Ethan Hoover & Matthew Maher walk us through what went on during "the gap." The timeframe after Christ and before Constantine.
Show Notes:
- Intro
- Recap of Season 2 up to this point
- Historical details matter
- What happens during “The Gap”
- Between the era of the Early Church and the Rise of the Roman Catholic Church
- The apostles pass the baton
- Christianity spreading outside of Jerusalem
- To Middle East, Greece, Rome, etc
- Christians are heavily persecuted by Rome
- Nero, Diocletian, etc
- Attacks on the church change from outside-in, to inside-out
- The church by name gains more visibility, while the true church becomes invisible
- Ethan has a flash from the past: The Storytellers animated series from his childhood
- How spiritual-political rulers are used throughout scripture
- Nebuchanezer > Cyrus > Xerxes > And on
- Throwing it forward to a use of a spiritual-political ruler in the End Times
- The cycle that God uses
- History lesson
- Tyrants that come before Constantine
- The difference between the title of a “Caesar” and “Augustus”
- Where did Constantine come from? His story told.
- Was the early church’s goal to conquer through war?
- Why would Constantine use the sign of the cross? What was he after?
- The edict of tolerance
- The mixture of paganism and Christianity
- Polytheism enters the “church”
- This is the moment where the visible church completely separates from the true/invisible church
- The State church
Resources:
- The Spread Of The Early Church: https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1-300/the-spread-of-the-early-church-11629561.html
- A Look At The Early Church: https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/1-300/a-look-at-the-early-church-11629559.html
- Who Was Constantine The Great? https://www.gotquestions.org/Constantine-the-Great.html
- Constantine & the Early Church: https://brewminate.com/constantine-and-the-early-church/
- The Era of Constantine, When Church Met State: https://calvarychapel.com/posts/the-era-of-constantine-when-church-met-state/
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