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Video interview/Podcast - Randy Maugans with Joseph Lumpkin - Recorded September 10, 2012

Fifth Estate Publishing

Joseph Lumpkin, author and publisher of Fifth Estate Publishing, joins us for a deep "un-boxing" of the corrupt Christian culture that has debased the real spiritual teachings of the Christ, known as Jesus. With clarity, compassion, and the heart of true servant, Lumpkin reveals the distortions of Christianity, while offering alternative views and a foundation for rebuilding connections to the "primitive church", that the apostles founded. His three books, "The Prodigal Church", "Dark Night of the Soul", and "The Didache" comprise a research base and call to examine what was taught, how it was practiced, and what those who are searching can do to reclaim the heritage of the Messiah.

by JOSEPH LUMPKIN

“In the beginning the church was a fellowship of men and women centering on the living Christ. Then the church moved to Greece where it became a philosophy. Then it moved to Rome where it became an institution. Next, it moved to Europe, where it became a culture. And, finally, it moved to America where it became an enterprise.” ~Richard Halverson

If you are seeking a deeper meaning in your life; if you feel alone, lost, or unsure in your faith; if you are desperately seeking God Himself, this book will call to you.

Containing the Didache in English and Greek, The “Q” (Source) Document, and the Book of James.What form did Christianity take in the first thirty years? Before the Jewish Christians were slaughtered by Rome and before the emergence of the Pauline sect, while the faith was still under the guiding hand of James, the brother of Jesus, what did the pure and unaltered church look like? By examining the Didache, the “Q” document, and the book of James we will look back into the first years of the faith. The difference between the beliefs of the apostles and modern Christianity will astonish you. The Didache is a manual written by the early Christians, a break away sect of Judaism, instructing converts on how to be Christians and how to conduct themselves in daily life. It is a magnificent view of the beliefs and rituals of the earliest form of Christianity as propagated by those who knew Jesus best; his brother and the original apostles. By the time of the Roman massacre of the Jews (66 C.E. – 70 C.E.) there were three major division in early Christianity: the original Jewish Christians, the gnostic Christians, and the quickly growing Pauline sect that was breaking away from its more formal Jewish roots. There was a one in three chance of the Pauline sect becoming the template of the Christianity of today. Had the war between the Romans and Jews not happened or had Paul failed to convert enough gentiles to his sect to outnumber those who followed James we could have a Messianic-Jewish based Christianity today. Our canon and our worship would be different, but because it would have been accepted, orthodox, and traditional, Christians would follow it as they follow the Pauline sect now. It is only by chance, or by the hand of god that the Didache is not the main document of catechism in the church today.

Links:

Fifth Estate Publishing - http://fifthestatepub.com/ The Threshing Floor-Joseph Lumpkin - http://threshingfloor-radio.com/index.php/channels/joseph-lumpkin-fifth-estat...

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Music for this video is: "Permafrost" and "Sunspark" by Dan-O at DanoSongs.com http://www.danosongs.com/