We must come out from Babylon and live in new Jerusalem by witnessing to the truth of the Lamb. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett

The Word of God is the weapon of choice for those walking in the way of the Lamb. The way of the Lamb is the way of peace, through peacemaking and reconciliation. It means dropping the sword and beating that sword into a garden tool. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett

The heart of Babylon will always be arrogant self-sufficiency that has no need for God, no care for the people of God, and no commitment to the ways of God. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett

Worshiping this God inevitably leads to resisting Babylon’s gods and converts the people of the Lamb into dissidents in the world. Those who worship the Lamb do not worship the emperor and his gods. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett

The relationship of churches to the state can often be a first indicator or warning sign of Babylon’s presence inside the church. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett

With Theodosius I the empire completes its “Christianization” and becomes Christendom. A more forceful way of saying this is that when the church ties itself to political powers, as it did from Constantine to Theodosius I, it becomes Babylon. Christendom was the most tragic mistake in the history of the church. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett

But what distinguished Christian converts from their neighbours was their rejection of sexual practices and idolatries. Scot McKnight and Cody Matchett