Idea: The apologetic of the early church was built on the resurrection. The Jewish flavor of early Christianity created an unhealthy, blended-model tradition that almost derailed the entire enterprise. Things came to a head at the Jerusalem Counsel.

✓ We resist anything that makes faith in Jesus unnecessarily resistible.

✓ The foundation of faith for the early church was an event, not a book. An event called The Resurrection!

✓ Paul saw the incompatibility of the old and new covenants.

✓ From: Purge the nation!

To: Reach all nations!