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Long (45-70 mins)
New Testament
Evangelical

The Weird and Compelling Formation of the Early Church

Theologian

Nijay Gupta


Duration

47.16


Uploaded to YouTube

24 May 2025

Added to Database

18 October 2025


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Within Roman society, the earliest Christians stood out for the oddness of their beliefs and practices. They worshiped God in strange ways, and practiced religion in a whole new way that would have been viewed as bizarre to other religions at the time.  Ed Stetzer (https://edstetzer.com/) talks with Nijay Gupta (https://www.seminary.edu/faculty/nijay-gupta/) about his book, Strange Religion: How the First Christians were Weird, Dangerous and Compelling (https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/strange-religion/406630) and how these early Christians and how their stories can be an encouragement and hope for us today on Ed Stetzer Live (/link/64df6efde1d646b69c2fe3d2d3d041a3.aspx) .

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