(History of Believers Outside Institutional Religion)by Mike MorrellI am intensely interested in history, and have learned a decent amount of standard church history in college and textbooks. However, I've always found something missing in standard accounts of church history, like a large forgotten cloud where there should be lively stories told. I've wanted to learn more. I see two 'poles' that should be held in tension. One is that to be in God's will one needs only to love Him, and Him alone. He is to be our only standard, our only Final Word. No people on the earth, including the first-century believers, are worthy to be imitated in toto. The other 'pole' is that there is a great 'Cloud of Witnesses' of those gone before us, and that they are comprised of everyone who has ever been received by Jesus, throughout all time. more... See more text