Have you ever wondered what Christians believed in the first few generations after the apostles? Before there were state churches, councils, and denominations? What did they believe about gifts of the Spirit? Or, the millennium? What about baptism and communion? In the “What the Early Christians Believed” series of audio recordings, David Bercot, editor of A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, explains what these Christians believed on over thirty topics.
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David Bercot. What the early Christians believed about baptism and how the Scriptures support their beliefs. 70 minute audio message Audio CD $4.95 CD Quantity . To purchase digital download, click the button below. Digital Download $3.95
D. Bercot. Back in 1994, when David Bercot was studying to be ordained in the Anglican Church, he made a cassette tape defending infant baptism. In that tape, he presented the standard arguments in support of infant baptism. In this new messag [...]
David Bercot. What the early Christians believed about Christ's descent into Hades or Hell. This was once considered a foundational belief of Christianity, and it is one of the tenets taught in the Apostles Creed. Yet, few Christians today kno [...]
David Bercot. What the early Christians believed about church discipline--and how their beliefs were firmly rooted in Scripture. 70 minute audio message Audio CD $4.95 CD Quantity . To purchase digital download, click the button below. Digital [...]
What the Early Christians Believed About Church Government. D. Bercot. How was the church governed during the first few centuries of Christianity? What do the early writings reveal? In this message, Bercot discusses: The type of church governm [...]
David Bercot. What the Early Christians Believed About Communion. Did they view communion as merely a symbol, or did they believe that Christ was truly present in the bread and wine? 70 minute audio message Audio CD $4.95 CD Quantity . To purc [...]
David Bercot. What the Early Christians Believed About Divorce and Remarriage. A century ago, it was extremely rare for a non-Christian—let alone a Christian—to obtain a divorce. Today, so-called Bible-believing Christians divorce one another [...]
What the Early Christians Believed About Entertainment. Today Christians are faced with lots of choices in entertainment. Yet, many types of entertainment aren’t appropriate for Christians. But it was no different for the church in the first f [...]
Once a person has been saved from this world, can he or she lose their salvation? Or, to put it another way, is salvation a “once and done” operation, or is it conditioned upon an abiding obedient relationship with Christ? When a person receiv [...]
David Bercot. The rapid spread of Christianity in the first three centuries amazes both Christian and secular historians. In less than 300 years, Christianity spread from Jerusalem to virtually every country in the civilized world. Yet, Christ [...]
David Bercot. Most people think that the theory that life on earth got here by accident is a modern view—a product of the age of science. However, as Bercot demonstrates in his message, the teaching that life on earth sprung up by accident is [...]
