What the Early Christians Believed: CD Series

Have you ever wondered what Christians believed in the first few generations after the apostles? Before there were state churches, councils, and denominations? What did they believe about gifts of the Spirit? Or, the millennium? What about baptism and communion? In the “What the Early Christians Believed” series of audio recordings, David Bercot, editor of A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, explains what these Christians believed on over thirty topics.

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What the Early Christians Believed About Church Government. D. Bercot. How was the church governed during the first few centuries of Christianity? What do the early writings reveal? In this message, Bercot discusses:

¡ñ The type of church government the early Christians practiced.
¡ñ What kind of training these leaders received
¡ñ How leaders were chosen¡ªwhether by lot, by democratic election or by appointment
¡ñ How early Christian leaders were supported materially

Finally, Bercot looks at what went wrong over the centuries with the early Christian pattern of church leadership, and he discusses what we can do to restore apostolic government in our churches today.
65 min. CD.

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What the Early Christians Believed About Divorce and Remarriage. D. Bercot. A century ago, it was extremely rare for a non-Christian—let alone a Christian—to obtain a divorce. Today, so-called Bible-believing Christians divorce one another just as frequently as does the world. The reason is that the Church has abandoned Christ’s teaching on divorce and remarriage.

In this message, Bercot looks at the New Testament teachings on divorce and explains how those passages were applied by the early Christians.
70 min. audio CD.

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What the Early Christians Believed About The Lord’s Prayer. One day, Jesus’ disciples came to Him, asking, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” In response, Jesus gave His disciples a brief prayer, that has come to be known as the “Lord’s prayer.” Although this prayer comes from the highest authority possible, very few Christians ever pray this prayer (outside of the liturgical churches). In fact, very few Christians even use it as a model for their prayers.

But did Jesus really intend for His prayer to be ignored? In this message, Bercot discusses what the early church believed about the Lord’s prayer and how they used it. He also goes through each phrase of the prayer and explains what significance the early Christians saw in that phrase.
60 min. CD

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What the Early Christians Believed About Satan and the Demons. Some of the things the church originally believed about Satan and the demons is similar to what most Christians believe today. However, much of what Christians originally believed on this subject is quite different from what most Christians today believe. Yet, the original view is solidly based on Scripture. In this message, Bercot explains:

● Exactly what the early Christians believed
● The Scriptures that support the historic belief of the early Christians
● Where their beliefs differed from what is popularly taught today
● When and how the original view changed

70 min. CD

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What the Early Christians Believed About Separation from the World. D. Bercot. The Bible exhorts us: “Adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” So unless we want to be an enemy of God, we need to live a life of separation from the world. This is how Christians lived when the church was still young.

In this message, Bercot pinpoints five areas where the early Christians lived differently from the world around them:

● Material riches and job employment
● Entertainment
● Participation in government
● Modesty and dress
● Purity and marital fidelity

70 min. CD

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D. Bercot. Most western Christians immediately recognize a picture of Jesus when they see one. His face is as familiar as that of Abraham Lincoln or George Washington. Or is it? Is it possible that the real Jesus looked nothing like the portraits of him that have become so commonplace? In this set of CDs, Bercot looks at the historical facts. No portraits or sculptures of Jesus were made in His lifetime. However, we do have paintings and sculptures of men who lived near or at the time of Jesus.

What do they tell us? What about the paintings of Jesus in the catacombs? In addition to discussing these historical sources, Bercot talks about the Shroud of Turin and whether or not it is likely to be the genuine burial cloth of Jesus.
One 65 min. audio CD + 1 picture CD ROM

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