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Shaken and Stirred - roughed up at RHB meeting

Shortly after the laughing revival hit the UK, this group of Christians decided to warn others who were, unsuspecting, travelling long distances to attend meetings put on by Rodney Howard Browne and other proponents of the "revival". This is their testimony. It was written on 2nd June 1995. --------... Read More
E.H. Broadbent

The Pilgrim Church - Part 5

E.H. Broadbent[Persecution by Theodora] Systematic slaughter, beheading, burning, drowning, began afresh under the Empress Theodora's orders, and continued for many years; but it failed to shake the steadfastness of the believers. It was claimed that between the years 842 and 867 the zeal of Theodora and her inqu... Read More
Harmon A. Baldwin

Empowering

There are persons who realize that their Zinzendorfian ideas are not satisfactory and to supply the deficiency they must add some further experience. They claim that the soul is wholly cleansed when it is justified and that after this there is no further cleansing but an infilling or empowering. I s... Read More
Historic Confessions

1527 Confession of Faith

The Confession of 1527 The author is assumed to be Michael Sattler, a highly educated ex-monk, of a friendly disposition, who was martyred at Rothenburg, on the Neckar, May 12th. 1527 This may well be the very first Doctrinal and Devotional Statement drawn up on behalf of a Baptist Congregation, but... Read More
John Brown

Baptism of the Holy Spirit 2

I. INTRODUCTION A. In our last study, we made the statement that "baptism in the Holy Spirit" is subsequent to being born again. 1. Calvary believes that Scripture proves this to be so, and tonight I hope to give that Scriptural evidence 2. Since this is part 2 of "THE BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT", a... Read More
John Bunyan

A Case of Conscience Resolved

John BunyanA CASE OF CONSCIENCE RESOLVED; VIZ., WHETHER, WHERE A CHURCH OF CHRIST IS SITUATE, IT IS THE DUTY OF THE WOMEN OF THAT CONGREGATION, ORDINARILY, AND BY APPOINTMENT, TO SEPARATE THEMSELVES FROM THEIR BRETHREN, AND SO TO ASSEMBLE TOGETHER, TO PERFORM SOME PARTS OF DIVINE WORSHIP, AS PRAYER, ETC., WITH... Read More
John Chrysostom

1 Corinthians 11:2

John ChrysostomNow I praise you that you remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you. Having completed the discourse concerning the idol-sacrifices as became him, and having rendered it most perfect in all respects, he proceeds to another thing, which also itself was a ... Read More
John Chrysostom

Homily 6 on the Acts of the Apostles

John ChrysostomActs II. 22 You men of Israel, hear these my words. [He men of Israel]: it is not for flattery that he uses this term; but, as he has borne hard upon them, he relaxes a little, and puts them in mind of their great ancestor [Israel]. Here again he begins with an introduction, that they may not become... Read More
John Franklin

The Practice to Which the Church Must Return

This series of articles has been arguing that the root cause of the moral collapse in America and more specifically the church has been the loss of the fear of God. My primary appeal to this fact is that on the whole those calling themselves Christians are basically doing the same things in the same... Read More
John Franklin

THE PRIORITY OF PRAYING TOGETHER

In June of 1990 I found myself unexpectedly in awe. I had joined a team of about 250 people to participate in a two week evangelistic crusade in Mombasa, Kenya, a seaside city of roughly a million people. The organizers divided most of us into teams of three and we went hut to hut, house to house pr... Read More

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