Bless You, Julian the Apostate!

Julian was raised Christian. He grew up going to church, was baptized, went to a Christian school and then, in his early 20s, he walked away from the faith. This is how the Roman Emperor Julian became known as Julian the Apostate. This is also how Julian has become a kind of patron saint to the millions who grew up in church, knew Christianity from the inside-out, and have walked away from the faith. Julian's story has become an important case study for those of us who live in a post-Christian world. In this message, we'll listen to Julian's story, probe the unexpected success of the early Church, and hear God's missionary plans for Abraham as we try to begin to figure out: what does it look like to reach our world for Jesus when our world is full of Julians?