Consider the rise of Christianity during the 1st century. People were drawn to christians, not because of evangelistic outreaches or crusades or mass media...those did not exist. The church grew because christians were doing the gospel and had a community--local congregation---where people loved each other.
During the great plagues that swept through Rome in the 2nd century, like Sherman through Atlanta, the doctors ran for their lives but history records christians stayed and cared for the sick. They did what christians are called to do. Many christians died but the pagans they were helping were drawn to Jesus because they saw both the love of christians and Christianity itself in new light.
What would we do today? Run or stay? Why?
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Regards,
John Jenkins
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Gatlinburg, TN
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