The greatest difference between present-day Christianity, and that of which we read in these letters (of the New Testament), is that to us it is primarily a performance; to them it was real experience. We are apt to reduce the Christian religion to a code or, at best, a rule of heart and life. Perhaps if we believed what they believed, we could achieve what they achieved.
J. B. Phillips, in the introduction to his New Testament translation
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Good quote. I have often wondered if the early christians are supposed to be as much of a pattern for us as we want to make them. Perhaps they were simiply living day to day in the will of God. Maybe if we were to do the same thing it would look different. We do serve a very creative God. I think it all boils down to active faith, not an active business model.
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