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But I Don’t Need Saving….

admin — Sun, 15 May 2011 12:36:57 +0000

Aaron Ireland He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds [...]

Wretchedness

admin — Sat, 14 May 2011 22:25:03 +0000

Watchman Nee “O wretched man that I am!” cried Paul, “who shall deliver me from this body of death?” There is nothing more musical in the ears of the Lord. This cry is the most spiritual and the most scriptural cry aman can utter. He only utters it when he knows he can do nothing, [...]

Having Begun in the Spirit 1 – Repentance: A Change of Direction

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:17:23 +0000

Ron Bailey Delivered at a conference in Devon UK. Session 1 examines the nature of genuine repentance by demonstrating its essential God-consciousness. It distinguishes between a genuine sorrow which leads to genuine repentance, and the world’s sorrow which leads to death.

The Line 3 – The Soft Still Voice vs The Roaring Lion

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:35:49 +0000

Dan Stone Our natural tendency is to think that God will only speak of pleasant things, and Satan only of unpleasant things, but that is to live from the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

The Line 2 – Freedom From the Burden of Trying to Become

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:33:58 +0000

Dan Stone Rather than trying to become more like Christ, we are to let Christ live his life through us, as us.

The Line 1 – Introduction

admin — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 11:30:39 +0000

Dan Stone To the degree that we understand eternal realm, we are freed from the temporary realm. This constitutes the Something More of Christianity.

The Wagon Train – an Allegory

admin — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:29:38 +0000

Edgar Parkyns Foreward By Aaron Ireland Many years have passed since I first heard this allegory. I don’t know if I would classify myself as a “historicist“, per se, but this made so much sense to me at the time. Although the idea of a pretribulation rapture can be quite a soothing one, at the [...]

Beyond Categories

admin — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:20:22 +0000

Arthur Katz Some reflections on the controversial Tent of Shem message and Israel’s final destiny. A transcription of a spoken message by the same title. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever He goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being [...]

Righteous Sumission vs Zealous Obedience to Principle

admin — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:02:19 +0000

Aaron Ireland The following thoughts came to me after meditating upon Rom 10, particularly v1-4: 1 Brethren, my heart desire and prayer to God for Israel, is that they might be saved. 2 For I bear them record, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knoweldge 3 For they, being ignorant [...]

Another Gospel

admin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:16:05 +0000

David Takle I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel (Gal.1:6) The Western Christian Church today is currently undergoing a precipitous decline in numbers, power, and relevence. Many theories have been suggested as to why we are no longer reaching the [...]

Theocracy – Applied Theocracy

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:21:21 +0000

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matthew 6:24 I’ll begin with a quick recap of the last post, by defining my working definition of Theocracy. Theocracy [...]

George Street

admin — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 09:54:41 +0000

Dave Smethurst This all started a number of years ago in a Baptist church in Crystal Palace in South London. The Sunday morning service was closing and a man stood up at the back and raised his hand and said: “Excuse me pastor can I share a short testimony?” The pastor looked at his watch [...]

Why I Don’t Go To Church

admin — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:38:39 +0000

Wayne Jacobson I know the way I relate to the church is a bit unconventional and some even call it dangerous. Believe me, I understand that concern because I used to think that way myself, and I even taught others to think that way as well. If you are happy with the status quo of [...]

The Cleansing of the Sanctuary

admin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:59:30 +0000

Foreward This letter was orginally published on my first blogsite, CJaK’s fOrEsT, on April 30, 2007. Apart from some minor updates, such as updating references to certain people, due to chronological changes (such as one person, who has since passed away, being referred to in the past tense), and the removal of some grammatical errors, missed [...]

Blaise Pascal

admin — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:30:03 +0000

Petter Ottness Blaise Pascal was very much a man ahead of his time. His brilliant mind covered such issues as physics, mathematics and probability, theology, the first public transport system and the invention of the first calculating machine* to name but a few. He also lived his life in constant pain, from his early childhood [...]

The Crisis of a Christless Christianity

admin — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:19:25 +0000

Chip Brogden “As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him… beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And you [...]

Conqueror Plus One

admin — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:38:33 +0000

No matter how great the conquest, the greatest title given to the victor is "conqueror". To conqueror implies that the war is over, and the enemy is defeated. In other words, successive "battles" are won until there emerges a final victor who is known as the "conqueror".

The Saint Must Walk Alone

admin — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:29:11 +0000

AW Tozer Most of the world’s great souls have been lonely. Loneliness seems to be one price the saint must pay for his saintliness. In the morning of the world (or should we say, in that strange darkness that came soon after the dawn of man’s creation), that pious soul, Enoch, walked with God and [...]

Escape From Churchianity

admin — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 14:19:27 +0000

Chip Brogden It is important that we make a clear distinction between the True Church (the Ecclesia) and the Institutional Church, Organized Religion, or religion in general. The easiest way to begin is to discuss one critical thing that Organized Religion cannot do. Organized Religion cannot impart Life. “This is our testimony, that God has [...]

What Is Theocracy?

admin — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:52:53 +0000

Theocracy means literally ‘the rule of God’ and the term was invented by Josephus (ad 38-c. 100) to describe the ancient Hebrew constitution and the role of Mosaic law. However, if you do not literally believe that the law has been handed down by God on tablets of stone, it may be difficult to accept [...]

Appropriate Affection Toward the Enemy of God

admin — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 22:11:56 +0000

Aaron Ireland A consideration of the existence of proper ‘Methods’ and ‘Motivation’ in Evangelism, written for the Truly Converted. John 3:16-17 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world [...]