When Christians don’t 'get with the times,' they change empires
When Christians don't 'get with the times,' they change empires
By John Stonestreet & Timothy Padget
Christian Post,
Critics often argue that much of what Christians think of as biblical truth and morality are inventions of late 20th century American conservatism. So, Christian sexual ethics are products of 1990s "purity culture." Claims about the exclusivity of Christ are remnants of Western ideological imperialism. And the pro-life movement was invented by Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson to get Ronald Reagan in office.
However, the first Christians were known and often attacked for many of the same practices that Christians are today.... In fact, just as the creeds of the Early Church clarified what Christians must believe, there are other writings from that time that clarify how Christians should live.
For example, Justin Martyr's beautiful description of the Christian worship service would fit what most of us still experience each Sunday:
On the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things. Then we all rise together and pray, and, as we before said, when our prayer is ended, bread and wine and water are brought, and the president in like manner offers prayers and thanksgivings, according to his ability, and the people assent, saying Amen.
The Epistle to Diognetus, written by a Christian to a non-believing friend in the second century, described the Christian's way of life.
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