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Brian Zahnd

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Founding pastor of @WOLC. Author of eleven books, including The Wood Between the Worlds, When Everything's on Fire, and Sinners In the Hands of a Loving God.

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The only power the early Christians desired or needed was the power of the Holy Spirit—the power to be faithful witness (or martyrs) of Jesus. The idea that they should covet the kind of power held by the Caesars would have struck them as, not only ridiculous, but as a betrayal.

The only power the early Christians desired or needed was the power of the Holy Spirit—the power to be faithful witness (or martyrs) of Jesus. The idea that they should covet the kind of power held by the Caesars would have struck them as, not only ridiculous, but as a betrayal.