Emphasis Preaching Journal
In the first century, a...
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In the first century, a Roman adversary of the church named Celsus wrote a book challenging the Lordship of Jesus Christ. In that book he made many statements and asked many questions, which he answered from his own perspective. About 100 years later, in a book titled The Celsus and Origin Debates, a church apologist named Origin answered him. Celsus asked, "What did Jesus give to the world that no one else did?" Origin replied, "He gave himself."
