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Medium (20-45 mins)
Doctrine
EvangelicalBaptist

What Church Was Like in 150 AD (Justin Martyr Reveals)

Theologian

Gavin Ortlund


Duration

38.02


Uploaded to YouTube

30 March 2026

Added to Database

4 April 2026


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Gavin Ortlund takes you inside a 2nd-century Christian worship service through Justin Martyr’s writings, revealing a gathering that feels both strikingly familiar and surprisingly different from church today.

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00:00 - Introduction
00:52 - 7 Things to Expect
02:21 - Sunday Worship
04:57 - Where Was Church?
09:04 - Scripture
11:06 - Sermon
15:36 - Prayer
18:14 - Eucharist
26:47 - Giving
28:37 - Summing Up
29:58 - One Application (Closed Communion)