Early Christianity
Second Temple backgrounds, apostolic communities, and the early church.
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Trace Silas across Acts and the apostolic letters, exploring messengers, collaboration, and the relationships through which early churches received teaching.
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A personal assessment of Augustine alongside Clement, Irenaeus, and other early Christian voices, exploring different priorities in theological reading.
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Compare modern church habits with early Christian patterns of shared life, instruction, and participation, asking what faithful recovery might involve.
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Read Paul’s journey to Jerusalem in Acts 21, considering prophetic warnings, resolve, and the interpretive tension between preparation and prohibition.
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Welcome to Restoring Apostolic Faith: independent study of earliest Christianity, ancient Judaism, biblical interpretation, and the first Church Fathers.