"These thing saith...the Beginning of the Creation of God." Revelation 3:14 There are four headships ascribed to our Lord Jesus Christ. First-of the body: "Head over all things to the church, which is His body." (Ephesians 1:22, 23.) Second -of the race: "Ye are all one in Christ Jesus." (Galatians ... Read More
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer; and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob. For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. --Paul the Apostle And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from trans... Read More
Introduction to the Philokalia Volume 1 The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. It was compiled in the eighteenth century by two Greek monks, St Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain of Athos (1... Read More
“Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ…” This is distinctly a command given by Paul, for those who claim to be Christians to live in manner worthy of the gospel of Jesus Christ. What kind of a manner is worthy of the gospel of Christ? As put in 1 Timothy 4:1... Read More
These are quotes and excerpts of the writing of Shen Xiao Feng who is a servant leader of a very large house Church network in China: Christians are to be salt and light in the world. Ready to purify the world through the Lord’s love. A leader must be clear about God’s calling and regularly spend ti... Read More
A 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
Now I praise you. He passes on now to another subject-to instruct the Corinthians, what decorum ought to be observed in the sacred assemblies. For as a man’s dress or gesture has in some cases the effect of disfiguring, and in others of adorning him, so all actions are set off to advantage by decoru... Read More
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for the dead? He takes in hand again another topic, establishing what he said at one time from what God does , and at another from the very things which they practice. And this also... Read More
Now these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes; that in us you might learn not to think of men above that which is written. So long as there was need of expressions as harsh as these, he refrained from drawing up the curtain, and went on arguing as if... Read More
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God. For I bear him witness, that he has much zeal for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis. In the commen... Read More
The Beginning of the Creation of God
The Puritan Illusion - Part Two
The Philokalia Volume 1
Thoughts on Philippians 1:27-30
Thoughts on the House Churches in China and Unity – brother Shen Xiao Feng
A Case of Conscience Resolved
On Head Coverings
1 Corinthians 15:29
1 Corinthians 4:6
Colossians 4:12, 13