TY - BOOK AU - Bercot,David W. TI - Will the real heretics please stand up: a new look at today's evangelical church in the light of early Christianity SN - 0924722002 AV - BR 165 .B363 1989 PY - 1989/// CY - Henderson, Tex. PB - Scroll Pub. KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Evangelicalism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [186]-187); The prisoner -- Who were the early Christians? -- Citizens of another kingdom -- Is right and wrong simply a matter of culture -- Why they succeeded where we often fail -- What they believed about salvation -- What they believed about predestination and free will -- What baptism meant to the early Christians -- Prosperity : a blessing or a snare? -- Do the moral teachings of the New Testament surpass those of the old? -- Who better understands the apostles? -- Were the teachings of the apostles deliberately altered? -- How early Christianity was destroyed -- The remaining barriers crumble -- The most influential Christian of all time -- Was the Reformation a return to early Christianity? -- The rebirth of early Christianity -- What does all this mean for us? ER -