Skip to main content
SHARPER IRON
“As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.” (Proverbs 27:17)
  • About
    • About Sharper Iron
    • Doctrinal Statement
    • Contact
    • Search
  • Forum
    • Forum Home
    • Comment Guidelines
    • Search
  • Account
    • Log in
    • Register

Early Church

Did the Early Church Share Possessions? Darrell Bock on Acts 2 & 4

By Filings on Tue, 05/26/26
Body

“To many today, this portrait resembles ideas within modern communism. It raises anxious questions about economic obligations or unrealistic idealism. To others, the text is simply glossed over or so heavily caveated that its entire force is nearly lost.” - Word by Word

The Early Church's Surprising Take on Genesis 1

By Filings on Fri, 09/26/25
Body

“This video is a survey of how the days of creation in Genesis chapter 1 were understood within the early church. It won’t be totally exhaustive, but we’ll go pretty deep. It’ll be a long video.” - Gavin Ortlund

Christianity Isn’t Western

By Filings on Tue, 09/23/25
Body

“It isn’t surprising that artifacts from this rich history will be found, but when they are, it’s a good reminder of how Christianity spread. It should also remind us that it’s not so much that Christianity is Western, but that Western culture is at root Christian.” - Breakpoint

Seeing the Origins of the Church in a Mosaic

By Filings on Tue, 06/10/25
Body

“The Mosaic Church (2025) is an engaging new documentary film about an extraordinary archeological discovery of recent times.” - Imaginative Conservative

Antipas: The Forgotten Martyr in the New Testament

By Filings on Wed, 04/02/25
Body

“Jesus personally commended Antipas for his faithful witness, and so we should pay more attention to him.” - Wyatt Graham

What Does a Little Silver Amulet Say About Early Christian History?

By Filings on Mon, 02/03/25
Body

“The amulet shows that Christianity had spread further north into Germania more quickly than we previously realized. We know there was a robust presence of Christianity north of the Alps in places like Lyons, Gaul (modern-day Lyon, France), where Irenaeus ministered as a priest from AD 161–80.” - TGC

Tim Challies/Zondervan Church History video series now available on YouTube

By Filings on Fri, 05/10/24
Body

Epic is “a 10-episode documentary is now available for free, taking you on location and providing an immersive experience for understanding the history of Christianity.” - Challies

“the early church was not socialist.”

By Filings on Fri, 04/30/21
Body

“There are still arrangements like this. They’re called monasteries. Before exploring how monasteries show us how ‘socialism’ can work, let me acknowledge that I’m hesitant to present monasticism as ‘socialism.’ The voluntary profession of monasticism has nothing to do with the state seizing the means of production or the mass terror that inevitably follows in its wake.” - Acton

The Synagogue and the Church: A Study of Their Common Backgrounds and Practices (Part 1)

By Douglas K. Kutilek on Thu, 07/17/14

Reprinted with permission from As I See It, which is available free by writing to the editor at [email protected].

Image
Image of file drawer

Footer

  • About
  • Contact
  • Search
  • Forum

Since 2005

Image
2005 SI Logo Image