The Heart of the Pagan World (c. 52-54 AD)

The First Century House Churches Saga (Book 6)

De: David Michael Curtis

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

From the philosophical battleground of Athens to the decadent heart of Corinth, the Apostle Paul faces his most challenging mission yet. After confronting the Stoics and Epicureans on Mars’ Hill, he arrives in Corinth, a city of immense wealth and vice. Working as a humble tentmaker, he preaches in the synagogue until, facing violent rejection, he makes a historic turn to the Gentiles, setting his sights on the pagan world.

But as the church in Corinth is born, new threats emerge. The arrival of the eloquent Apollos ignites a dangerous rivalry, splintering the young fellowship into factions. Meanwhile, in Alexandria, the sorcerer Simon Magus dispatches his most cunning agent, Cerinthus, to infiltrate the church and poison it with a seductive Gnostic heresy.

As Paul moves on to Ephesus, his ministry explodes with power. In the School of Tyrannus, he trains a new generation of disciples. Special miracles from God silence the city's magicians, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the seven sons of Sceva and a massive public burning of occult books.

While the Word of God prevails in Asia, the Roman house churches—led by Caius, Andronicus, and Lucius—receive Paul’s urgent letter (1 Corinthians) and are thrown into a crisis of their own, forced to confront a shocking scandal that mirrors the very sins corrupting the church in Corinth.

The Heart of the Pagan World is Book 6 in the 1st Century House Churches series, a gripping novel of spiritual warfare, church division, and the relentless advance of the gospel against the darkest forces of idolatry, philosophy, and greed in the Roman Empire.