Culture Wars, Cults, and Cretans

The island of Crete was renowned in the first century as a place of liars, jerks, and the very worst that the world had to offer… it was also home to a growing number of Christian house churches. The Apostle Paul hears about the struggles that early Christians faced there, specifically in how they related to the surrounding culture. This week, let’s talk about how the questions facing Christians in Crete aren’t all too different than the ones we face in a modern cultural context.