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Donate to help Chris make Truce!\n\nThe first-century Christian Church had a lot going on. Their Savior died and was resurrected, sending the Holy Spirit and leaving them with the command to take this new message to all tribes and tongues. The book of Acts records some of their travels, as they went all over the known world with this good news. But they were not the only people evangelizing. So were the gnostics. Gnosticism takes a lot of different shapes. It was a belief system that challenged Christianity, even as some tried to incorporate elements into the faith.\nNow consider modernist theology - what we've been talking about all season. It is a belief system that doesn't believe in the miracles or the divinity of Jesus. To evangelicals of the 1800s and 1900s, this was a real threat. Like Gnosticism before it, modernism threatened to destabilize the gospel message. What to do?\nIn this bonus episode, Chris takes a look at 1-3 John to see what they have to say about dealing with heresy.\nChris is hard at work on season 6! He'll be presenting these short episodes in the meantime to recap some of the themes of season 5.\n\nDiscussion Questions:\n\nIf you were alive in the mid-1800s and saw modernism rising, what would you do?\n\nDo you think modernism is a heresy?\n\nHow should Christians today deal with heresy?\n\nWhat did the fundamentalists get right and how did they mess up when approaching heresy?\n\n\nSelected Source Materials:\n\n1-3 John\n\n"The Early Church" by Henry Chadwick\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices