Christianity at the crossroads, how the second century shaped the future of the church Daniel C Timmer In The Communicant’s Spiritual Companion

In The Communicant’s Spiritual Companion

including Faith Speaking Understanding: Performing the Drama of Doctrine and Biblical Authority after Babel: Retrieving the Solas in the Spirit of Mere Protestant Christianity

upholding the unity of Scripture

and persistent in using 'the art of meditation' as an important spiritual discipline and half-way house between the reading of Scripture and prayer

Christianity at the crossroads, how the second century shaped the future of the church Daniel C Timmer In The Communicant’s Spiritual CompanionChristianity in the twenty first century is a global phenomenon. But in the second century, its future was not at all certain. Initially Christianity possessed little social or cultural influence and found itself fighting for its life. While apostolic tradition was emerging as a "rule of faith," factions contested the nature of the gospel, and pagan philosophers found its claims scandalous. And while its pathway was tenuous, Christianity was forming