Carlo Rose wrote:
> The early church is of course the best example.  The early church turned 
> the world upside down by influencing the culture around them and 
> changing people at the deepest level of their character.  Jesus 
> empowered the church to go to Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria to the outer 
> parts of the earth bearing witness to reign of God over all of life.  
> Caesar's servants in his palace were being converted.  Christians were 
> being dispatched to Antioch (a major seaport, I believe, and the third 
> largest city in the known world next to Rome and Alexandria).

Did they turn the world upside down by campaigning for the "right" 
senators?  Was it by pledging their support to the right emperor to 
succeed to the throne?  Was it by boycotting the bad merchants?

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john-thomas