Easy Church History: Jonathan Swift Scared To Share His Faith #churchhistory #history
Jonathan Swift was one of history's greatest satire writers. His books Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal are often read as the quintessential works on satire.
But most people are not aware that he was a Christian who even preached sermons from time to time. This was because he was terrified of sharing his faith out of fear of being called a hypocrite.
Aristides was a pagan philosopher who made it his mission to learn about the religions of the world and decide which one was true. After testing them all he made his decision. And when the Emperor in 125 AD came to his town he gave a speech declaring: Christianity was the one true religion. He descr...
Thomas A Kempis lived in the Netherlands and preached in the 14th century. He also wrote history's most widely read Christian Devotional. Big thank you to Mark for reading this week's sermon! Join Revived Studios on Patreon for more! ( https://www.patreon.com/RevivedStudios )