72 | The Church That Set a City on Fire (Acts 19–20)

About this episode

This episode explores the passionate love for Christ demonstrated by the early church in Ephesus as described in Acts 19–20.

Send us Fan Mail What if the fire you lost…wasn’t just a feeling, but something real you’ve drifted from? In Revelation 2, Jesus says, “You have abandoned the love you had at first.” But what did that love actually look like? In this episode, we go back to Acts 19–20 and watch the early church in Ephesus burn with first love, not routine religion, but a life fully set on fire for Christ. New believers publicly burned their most valuable possessions because Jesus was worth more. The chur...

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Host: Ernest H. Benjamin

Topics covered

• early church
• spiritual growth
• first love
• Christianity
• Acts
• Ephesus

Keywords

• early church
• Ephesus
• first love
• Acts 19
• Acts 20
• spiritual fire
• Christian devotion

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Acts 19–20, Revelation 2

Places: Ephesus

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