Lost for 1,500 years, this first-century discipleship manual reveals how the earliest Gentile followers of Jesus were taught to live. Explore the practical, challenging, and convicting instructions on everything from baptism and fasting to false prophets and the end of the age.
An overview of this ancient text-a practical discipleship manual for new Gentile believers in the first-century church.
Explore the core teaching of the Didache: the Way of Life versus the Way of Death, and what each path entails.
Discover how the early church handled baptism (immersion in living water), fasting, and communal meals.
Learn the practical tests the early church used to identify 'Messiah-peddlers' and freeloaders in their midst.
Understand why this valuable text was never included in the New Testament and why it fell out of use for centuries.
A look at the Didache's clear, apocalyptic vision of the end times, including two resurrections and a great falling away.
The Didache is not a book of abstract theology; it's a practical guide to holy living that is as challenging today as it was 2,000 years ago.
"Let your donation sweat in your hands until you know whom to give it." The Didache commands radical generosity but also shrewd wisdom, instructing believers to support true teachers and the poor, while guarding against freeloaders and false prophets who ask for money.
The text explicitly forbids practices common in the Greco-Roman world: "Do not murder children through abortion nor kill them after they have been born." It also condemns sorcery, magic, astrology, and sexual immorality, drawing a hard line between the Way of Life and the Way of Death.
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The other half of the podcasting duo, Bailey is a creative and entrepreneur who loves exploring the intersection of faith, technology, and culture. He is the founder of Divine Creative.
Get to the Heart is a seat at the table with lifelong friends Bailey Mullens and Michael Weidman. Each episode they pick one compelling topic-anything from hot-button cultural debates to overlooked Bible passages-and turn it inside-out through a candid, Bible-anchored conversation. Their aim? To show that real discipleship is rooted in friendship: laughing, pushing, and sharpening one another while chasing the truth together. Tune in if you want thoughtful angles, honest questions, and the feeling that you're right there in the room with two friends rediscovering the heart of the Church.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes of in-depth analysis
Hosts: Bailey Mullens, Michael Weidman, and special guest Caleb Ward
Topics Covered: The Didache, early church discipleship, baptism, fasting, false prophets, end-times eschatology, practical holiness.
Audience: Anyone seeking to understand the practical faith of the first followers of Jesus.
The teachings of the early church are more relevant today than ever. Watch the full episode to learn how to apply this ancient wisdom to your modern faith.
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