Water From A Deep Well | Witness E01

About this episode

John Mark Comer and Dr. Gerald Sittser discuss the challenges faced by early disciples of Jesus and the impact on their faith.

What happens when our faith comes under pressure? In this conversation, John Mark and Dr. Gerald Sittser discuss the marginalization and persecution of the early disciples of Jesus, and how their faithfulness—rather than their safety—defined the first years of the Christian movement. This podcast and its episodes are paid for by The Circle, our community of monthly givers. Special thanks for this episode goes to: Heather from Littleton, Colorado; Gail from Fillmore, California; Tayler from Cleveland, Utah; Tonya from Ooltewah, Tennessee; and Hannah from Fort Collins, Colorado. Thank you all so much! If you’d like to pay it forward and contribute toward future resources, you can learn more at practicingtheway.org/give.

People in this episode

Host: John Mark Comer

Guest: Dr. Gerald Sittser

Topics covered

• faith under pressure
• persecution of early disciples
• Christian movement
• faithfulness
• marginalization

Keywords

• faith
• persecution
• Christianity
• disciples
• marginalization
• early church

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Circle, practicingtheway.org

Places: Littleton, Colorado, Fillmore, California, Cleveland, Utah, Ooltewah, Tennessee, Fort Collins, Colorado

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