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Why So Many Churches is not only an explanation of why there are so many, but it serves as a short guide to finding the right one for you. After identifying some basic tenants of the early church and exploring the need to make a good informed choice when looking for a church, the guide uses a series of questions and answers which are derived from the historical record of the church to help identify what church would be the best choice for the reader. You will want your bible close at hand as you read though and answer the questions put forth. While the book does not digest all the ...

Overcoming the Bondage of Fear is written on the premise that fear of death is man’s basic nature… he is survival oriented. Using the writer of the Book of Hebrews statement that “through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage”, the book explores the debilitating effect fear has on all of us. Its objective is to help us see the chameleon that is fear and how prevalent it is in almost every aspect of our lives and to overcome that fear by understanding a better mindset. The book explores not only the survival mentality of mankind, but the sacrificial mindset of God ...

The Rejected Stone is a study of our spiritual foundation. It is the Stone the builders rejected. Peter tells us in his First Epistle that this stone, which was rejected of the religious rulers of Jesus time, became the “Head of the Corner”. It is a study of contrasting opinions. Those who rejected Christ were steeped in religious tradition and were threated by the truth who had come in human form; that is the Word made flesh. It is about truth and deception. A clear and Biblical approach to understanding the difference between truth and error is used to bring the reader to conclusions ...

: Walking in the Spirit is written on the premise that God’s Spirit is always in motion. Our ability to detect the movement is essential in enabling us to walk with the Spirit. Using the teaching of Jesus to Nicodemus as a springboard, the book explores the need to recognize the movement of God. “The wind blows where it wants to and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes to: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.” (Paraphrase of John 3: verse 8) Wind is air in motion; the Spirit is God in motion. To walk is to move; to walk in the Spirit ...

Sam and Jackie Watterson have lived a rough few years as they watched the world around them be fundamentally changed. Each change did not bring the hope that was promised, but instead a continuing deterioration of society and economy had brought unrelenting hard times. They learned how to adjust and cope, until and inexplicable event… and then it really became unbearable. Spiritual warfare on a scale never known was precipitating a corresponding battle in the physical world. The Wattersons would have to learn what the advantages of the enemy were and what his disadvantages were… and ...

The fourth chapter of the book of Zachariah describes an event that brought completion to the reconstruction of God's temple in Jerusalem. It had been destroyed in the millennium prior to the coming of Christ. The event was the placement of the last stone of the restoration project, it was called a headstone by the prophet. Now we are witnessing another reconstruction project nearing its completion. This time it is not of a physical building, but of a spiritual one. Awaiting the Headstone is a look at the restoration of the Church from the time of Martin Luther to the present. It examines ...

Five Smooth Stones is a book about ministry in the Church. It is a comparison of the ministry model as described in the scripture with the one most often in use today. Using the account of David slaying Goliath as an allegory, the five stones he retrieved from the stream represent the five-fold ministry mentioned in the book of Ephesians chapter 4. The need for members to be “built up” is considered, as well as how the stones represent the building process… in as much as the Hebrew word for stone means “to build”. Scripture declares that within the church there are to be five ...

Both a study of end time restoration and an introduction to Link Ministries this book is an overview of the message and method needed to help prepare for the Lord's return. It is an examination of the original message of salvation as taught by the apostles and the early Church and of the method used to build the same. It is an effort to encourage the combining of the purity of the original teaching on salvation with the five fold ministry used in the first century Church and ordained by scripture. It is designed as a handbook for those who are part of Link Ministries as well as a biblical ...

God has never really had a problem, but this book approaches the subject of the incarnation as if He did. The purpose for this is to give all of us who have finite minds a better picture of how God would have solved the need for man's redemption had He worked it out in the manner we are accustom to. The book considers the underlying message of God's love and His desire to meet every need of mankind. It is a contrast of Jehovah God and the many heathen gods surrounding Israel. This contrast is accomplished by studying out the process of God's revelation of Himself and His attributes by means...

The parable of the sower, of the mustard seed, of the pearl of great price, of the talents, of the lost sheep, of the tares, and so many more are stories that place visual images of people, places, things, and events in our minds. Jesus purposefully told these tales to give us the ability to understand spiritual truth by placing those images in our minds. These word pictures give us the framework that holds all the myriad detail of truth given to us in the Word of God. Without them our minds could not grasp or properly place those many statements of truth. The ineptitude of the carnal mind ...

The morning news takes us by the hand (sometimes not so gently) closer each day to the pages of Matthew chapter twenty-four, Daniel’s eleventh chapter, and II Thessalonians chapter two. Collectively, these have taken on the name of “the Last Days” or “the End Times”. The theme of the apocalypse has been a popular subject for entertainment for several decades now, but it seems reality is quickly catching up to our fictional fears. Pandemics, politics, threats of wars, and natural disasters compete for top billing on the websites, News shows, and even Newspapers. When the teaching ...

Short Stories with an element of mystery and biblical spirituality. The setting for each of these speculative accounts is from the time of Adam's creation to Noah's flood. There is no attempt at presenting a totally historical account of events, only an effort to paint word pictures of what might have happened in the lives of a few folk from that time period. Some of the characters in the stories we know by name and others are fictitious, but all of the speculative accounts are well within the realm of reason. Each account is an attempt to illustrate a larger theme that, hopefully, will ...

The bible is a book about redemption. To redeem is to buy back, or to free from what harms. Sin has harmed the human race far more than most people realize. But God had a plan from the beginning to bring fallen man back to a state of spiritual health… it was a plan for the salvation of the fallen race. Of all the subjects in the Word of God, study of the plan of salvation should rank near the top in importance, yet it has been woefully overlooked by the majority of teachers within the church world. The reason? Presumption. Salvation is not something to be presumed, but something to be ...

This is a book about Spiritual Meat. While that may sound like a subject that should be left to the scholars and intellectual, it is really for anyone who wants to do all they can for the KIngdom of God and are willing to pay the price it requires. The Book takes a close look at a sea side meeting that Jesus had with His disciples. As fishermen/disciples return from a night of unsuccessful fishing on the Sea of Galilee, Jesus is on the shore with a meal of bread and fish. His call to them as they approached was, "Children, do you have any meat?" While this may have seemed like a casual ...

The Rejected Stone Workbook is a study of the foundation of the Kingdom of God as taught by Jesus and the Apostles as the New Testament is established. Along with the text (which was previously published) this workbook has questions at the end of each chapter to help the reader better understand the key points being brought forth. In addition, the answers to the questions are found at the back of the book. Hopefully, the reader can get a better grasp of this vital subject by using the Q & A format. The following is a description of the text of the book: The Rejected Stone is a study of our ...

Out of the dimension of the Spirit a predetermined course and purpose for our lives is offered. While we comprehend the concepts of space and time, to the natural mind the world of the spirit is a mysterious realm. The scripture addresses this mystery and Jesus (the Word of God made flesh) came to demonstrate it. Delving into the subject of abiding in Him is a challenge to our abilities to understand, yet God has made revelation and understanding available. This book is an effort to help those seeking this understanding to gain it. An "all knowing" God, by definition, cannot know all ...

Without order nothing works. The ability to function depends on order, whether it be an automobile, a computer, an electrical grid, or, a nation, city, or family. Even our bodies depend on order to function. Job said that in death “there is no order”, consequently all function ceases. In the beginning God took the raw material of a chaotic universe, applied His order to it, and produced an amazingly functional place of habitation. The agent by which He applied His order was His Word. On each of the six days of creation the Bible records God speaking the words “let there be”. Through...

There is more to life than what is visible. "The Unseen World" explores the relationship the spiritual world has upon the natural world... including (especially) humanity. Written from a biblical perspective, this book is about cause and effect; focusing on a biblical world view. Obviously, much consideration is given to the unseen dimension bringing to light the spiritual reasons for major events throughout history and in the near future (prophetically stated events). It explains how the spirit world was effected by: the confusion of languages at Babel, the call of Abram and the ...

There are two ways to learn. In the physical realm we learn by observation. The advancement of knowledge in this realm is accomplished by science... a process of observing and making conclusions. In the spiritual realm observation is not the ultimate means of knowledge (although it can verify spiritual knowledge). It cannot bring spiritual knowledge to the learner. Knowledge in the spiritual realm comes by revelation. Revelation is the unveiling of that which is hidden (or covered). Prelude to Revelation is a consideration of the process of spiritual learning we call revelation. More ...