What was Rome really like at the time of Christ? It was a culture of death—where women were silenced, babies were discarded, and power ruled without mercy. Then came Christianity, flipping the empire upside down. Through brutal martyrdom, early Christians introduced a moral revolution that shattered pagan values and sparked the very idea of human dignity. They didn’t just preach love—they freed slaves and redefined civilization. The wild part? The Roman world looks a lot like ours today. This episode will fire you up with the bold, countercultural spirit of early Christianity—and show you how to fight back against the modern cult of dehumanization.

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:00 - Christianity Built Western World

00:06:10 - What was the early church like?

00:09:42 - Good Ranchers

00:10:45 - Men are always thinking about Roman Empire

00:13:52 - Ancient view of sex

00:18:54 - Christian response to sexual immorality

00:22:26 - Seven Weeks

00:23:13 - Culture of Death

00:26:04 - Neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free

00:28:26 - Other radical teachings from Jesus/early Christians:

00:33:45 - Hallow

00:34:42 - Virginity in Early Church

00:45:46 - St Lawrence on the Grill

00:47:53 - How to grow and perfect virtue?

00:52:09 - Treatment of enemies

01:03:48 - Voice of Reason’s Book Recommendation