Grace | Santa Maria

The most important thought that you will ever think is what you think when you think of God because it will determine every dimension in your life.

We exist to ignite a passion in every person to glorify and enjoy God everywhere and in everything.

How did Christians in the 2nd century interpret the Old Testament? How did they interact with their culture and how their culture clashed with their own distinctive beliefs?

"Come unto Me and I will give you rest."

We exist to ignite a passion in every person to glorify and enjoy God everywhere and in everything.

For the second-century disciple, martyrdom *was* discipleship. In this class, we look at 2 of the Apostolic Fathers who died for their faith: Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, and Polycarp, bishop of Smyrna.

This is how we enjoy Jesus: We bring our failure to Him and receive His grace.

We exist to ignite a passion in every person to glorify and enjoy God everywhere and in everything.

We exist to ignite a passion in every person to glorify and enjoy God everywhere and in everything.

We exist to ignite a passion in every person to glorify and enjoy God everywhere and in everything.

Who were the Apostolic Fathers? What issues were churches facing at the end of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century?

Sin is a boomerang.

We exist to ignite a passion in every person to glorify and enjoy God everywhere and in everything.

We exist to ignite a passion in every person to glorify and enjoy God everywhere and in everything.

What is heresy? What is orthodoxy? How do we determine who is a heretic? Who were the first heretics in the early church?

Every one of us is always five minutes away from total disaster.

How do we distinguish revelation from doctrine/theology? Why can it sometimes be dangerous to be an "evangelical" Christian? What forces help shape and even change our interpretations of the Bible?

Heaven is going to be one big party.

We exist to ignite a passion in every person to glorify and enjoy God everywhere and in everything.

Why study church history? Why and how did doctrine develop in the early church?