[A Short History of Christian Thought<\/i>, p. 15. Bold emphasis mine.]<\/span><\/div>\nThe thing that struck me from this observation is how striking the sudden advance into the Gentile world was. Is there any other religious development in history that really can parallel with this peaceful conquest? Isn’t it amazing that a group of 12 frightened men at the Crucifixion had expanded to a body of churches from Jerusalem to Rome and beyond in only 35 years?<\/p>\n
When Revelation describes the foundation of the heavenly city as comprised of twelve stones on which is inscribed the names of the apostles, it is a fitting tribute. These men were God’s ROCKS on which the entire church is built. We owe a great deal of gratitude to the Lord for his gifts of the apostles. Praise the Lord for his grace to us who would be in darkness had the apostles not gone forth to establish Christ’s church.<\/p>\n
Regards
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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