Persecution of the early church
241Stephen the Martyr and Simon the Sorcerer
30 Mar 2026
10:12¶ 43
“The idea that we begin to see is that the more persecution rises, the more they are “forced” to go out, and in the…”
10:43¶ 44
“The overall pattern of persecution is actually increasing the spread of the church, and some of it is driving those who are Christians out…”
12:13¶ 46
“The kingdom of God is antifragile here. Everything that is designed to attack it, feeds it. “We’re going to stamp it out of Jerusalem!”
17Mythmaking
26 Apr 2020
28:29¶ 79
“Rome discovered this one real fast, as did the Church. Rome would have been very happy to let Christians have their religion, practice it…”
29:14¶ 80
“It's easy to wonder, would we have the faith and the clarity of vision today to make that stance, to say, “We give up…”