Echoes of the Fathers
The Well of Wisdom From The Early Church
Recent Posts
- The Gospel: Repent, Receive & Remain
- The Highest Form of Christian Worship: From the New Testament through the early Church until now
- Scripture & The Early Church on Confession: Mortal & Venial Sins
- Is Salvation Merit-Based? Scripture and the Fathers on Grace, Faith, and Cooperation
- Giving Thanks & Praise that Our Eyes Were Opened in the Breaking of the Bread
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Ask 10 different Christians coming out any church on Sunday morning what the gospel is, and you’ll likely get multiple answers. Perhaps even 10 different answers. Some will be overly complex, and some too simplistic. The beauty of the gospel is that it’s both complex enough to satisfy the most educated of human beings. Yet…
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In the early Church, the highest form of worship was the Eucharist—the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, also known as the Breaking of the Bread and later the Mass. Early Christians understood the Eucharist as far more than symbolic or fellowship; it was the central act of worship in which they participated in Christ’s once-for-all…
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Amy and I were always taught that God doesn’t judge sins differently from one another, that all sin is the same, and this became the lens through which we read scripture. But what does scripture actually say, and how did the early church interpret venial sins, mortal sins and the power of confession? In scripture,…
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Throughout Christian history, believers have wrestled with a central question: Does salvation depend on our own merit, or is it solely the work of God’s grace? Modern debates (in particular when Catholics and Orthodox are mischaracterized) often force a false choice between salvation earned through effort on one hand and salvation received by faith alone…
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I always start every day and end each day in prayer, as well as reading scripture. Specifically, in asking the Holy Spirit to put me in the right frame of mind of looking at life through a positive, spirit-filled lens, I begin and end in prayer of thanksgiving for what the Lord has blessed with…
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As Amy and I started diving into discovering the roots for our faith in the early Church and reading scripture alongside the Church Fathers, one of the first pillars that came crumbling down for us was sola scriptura — or “scripture alone.” Simply put, that scripture is the sole and ultimate authority was, and is,…
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As with any maturing born-again Christian in a Bible-teaching church, one of the first passages I ever committed to memory was Ephesians 2:8–9: “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not from you; it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so no one may boast.” Now…
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On All Saints Day, it’s important in venerating the Saints to understand why we honor and venerate those who came before us. In the same way that great athletes, study other great athletes who came before them as role models, we study the saints and the lives they lived in fulfilling the Lord‘s plan, purpose…
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