We are living in the days of the apostles again. We are the early Church all over again -- or, more precisely, we live in a similar spiritual environment in which the Church first grew. What do I mean? I don't say this because of miracles and prophecies being fulfilled in the same way they were back then. Nor because sin is so prevalent and accepted, even as it was in the Roman Empire. Nor do I say it because we, like the 5,000 plus who grew to millions and millions, are waiting eagerly and expecting Jesus to come back soon.

No, we are living in the days of the apostles again because just as the message of a crucified, risen Messiah was so new and misunderstood then, so it is now. Just as only a minority knew and believed that the Christ had come, so now few people have really heard a…