Were the First Christians Socialists? (Greg Forster)

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Were the First Christians Socialists? (Greg Forster)

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Sep 2, 2019

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Greg Forster discusses whether or not the first Christians were socialists, reflecting on how believers should think about our global economy, the right way to respond to increasing income inequality in the US, and why Christians should be the most generous people on earth.

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Sep 2, 2019

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