Paul addressed a serious conflict in the church and how to live differently: in unity, joy, gentleness, peace, and goodness.
In Revelation 2:1-7, we read the letter to the church in Ephesus, a cosmopolitan port city where intellectual and religious currents were always trying...
In Romans 15:14-26, Paul explained his ministry as a presentation of the nations to God though presenting the Gospel of God to the nations....
God's presence in the early church produced awesome acts of community giving and healing but also an awesome judgment against hypocrisy and deception.