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The God Who Loves SinnersHe has a single, relentless stance toward us: He loves us.He is the only God man has ever heard...
25/08/2025

The God Who Loves Sinners

He has a single, relentless stance toward us: He loves us.

He is the only God man has ever heard of who loves sinners. False gods – the gods of human understanding – despise sinners, but the Father of Jesus loves all, no matter what they do. But of course this is almost too incredible for us to accept. Nevertheless, the central affirmation of the Reformation stands: through no merit of ours, but by His mercy, we have been restored to a right relationship with God through the life, death, and resurrection of His beloved Son. This is the Good News, the gospel of Grace

— Brennan Manning (1934-2013)
The Ragamuffin Gospel, p. 18

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Unuttered, Unceasing PrayerLikewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we...
24/08/2025

Unuttered, Unceasing Prayer

Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered (Romans 8:26).

The traditional concept of prayer is flawed by a very narrow religious definition. It is identified by specific religious formulas, ceremonies, rites, rituals and duties. Instead, for the believer, prayer is simply the very life of God living out through our own spirit and being, in loving union with the Father by the “communion” (II Corinthians 13:14) and “supplication” (Ephesians 6:18) of His Spirit, “continuing instant in prayer” (Romans 12:12).

Prayer is simply acknowledging, enjoying and living in the fellowship and communion of the Father’s ever-abiding presence; His very breath in our frail earthen vessels. Then, even our most endearing “intercession” is only unspoken cries (unuttered groanings) coming out of our Father’s Spirit living and breathing within us.

Enjoy Him!

— Clyde Pilkington

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Has God’s Wisdom Failed?That now may be made known to the sovereignties and the authorities among the Celestials, throug...
23/08/2025

Has God’s Wisdom Failed?

That now may be made known to the sovereignties and the authorities among the Celestials, through the ecclesia, the multifarious wisdom of God (Ephesians 3:10).

At present the display of multifarious wisdom seems largely wasted on the saints. Sad as it may seem, the impression appears to prevail among them that God’s wisdom has failed Him, that He sorely needs our help to save a few from the wreck of His Universe, and that our chief concern should be to aid Him in recovering from the dilemma into which His enemies have brought Him. They do not understand the variety of wisdom that uses temporary evil to produce permanent good. They do not realize that Israel’s opposition was necessary to afford a foil for the transcendent grace which has come to us. They are not aware that the heavenly hosts are learning of God’s limitless resources of wisdom through us.

— A.E. Knoch (1874-1965)
Concordant Commentary, (Ephesians 6:10), page 294

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I Receive Gladly That God Is LoveI received gladly, both with feeling and understanding, the doctrine that God is love. ...
22/08/2025

I Receive Gladly That God Is Love

I received gladly, both with feeling and understanding, the doctrine that God is love. Everything which opposes this – a burning hell, therefore, whose fire endures forever – I could not recognize.

— Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875)
The True Story of My Life, p. 77
Translated by Mary Howitt (1847)

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When the Day Is DarkWhen much is dark, we can always hang on to what we knowThere was a time when even Jesus had to clin...
21/08/2025

When the Day Is Dark

When much is dark, we can always hang on to what we know

There was a time when even Jesus had to cling to what He knew. In Gethsemane Jesus did not wish to die. No one wishes to die at thirty-three, least of all to die in agony. Ahead of him the way was dark.

He knew only two things. He knew that He must accept the will of God; and He knew that the name of the God Whose will He must accept was Father.

There are times when it will be like that with us also.

— William Barclay (1907-1978)
Daily Celebration, Vol. 2, page 155

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Waging Peace… God has called us in peace (I Corinthians 7:15).Being at peace with all mankind … (Romans 12:18).While man...
20/08/2025

Waging Peace

… God has called us in peace (I Corinthians 7:15).
Being at peace with all mankind … (Romans 12:18).

While many are consumed with waging war, we are privileged to wage peace.
While others are dedicated to waging hate, we are grateful to wage love.
Instead of waging bo***ge, we are thankful to wage freedom.
While strictness, manipulation, domination, tyranny and oppressiveness abound, we joyfully wage grace.

We have the honor of waging divine contrasts!

Sectarian engagement is a trap of the Adversary. While it is tempting to enter the stage of conflict, we remain outside fleshly arenas of warfare and remain steady on our course.

Ours is “the evangel of peace” (Ephesians 2:17; Ephesians 6:15, CV). We are “endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit with the tie of peace” (Ephesians 4:3, CV), following our Head Who is “making peace” (Colossians 1:20), while letting His peace “be arbitrating” in our hearts (Colossians 3:15, CV).

While others follow their script, we – Father’s “vessels of mercy” (Romans 9:23) – remain steady on ours: waging peace, love, grace and freedom.

Not quarrelsome, but lenient, pacific … calumniating no one … displaying all meekness toward all humanity (I Timothy 3:3; Titus 3:2, CV).

Clyde L. Pilkington, Jr.

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My Conviction of the Salvation of All MenMy conviction of the truth of this doctrine was derived from reading the works ...
19/08/2025

My Conviction of the Salvation of All Men

My conviction of the truth of this doctrine was derived from reading the works of Stonehouse, Seigvolk, White, Chauncey and Wi******er, and afterwards from an attentive perusal of the Scriptures.

— Benjamin Rush (1746–1813)
Founding Father, signer of the Declaration of Independence, founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA
Travels through Life (reprinted in Memoirs of the Spirit: American Religious Autobiography from Jonathan Edwards to Maya Angleou, ed. by E.S. Gaustad, p. 38)

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Exercising Our Sacred DutyFor my part, I shall always claim the right of thinking and judging for myself, and of fully a...
19/08/2025

Exercising Our Sacred Duty

For my part, I shall always claim the right of thinking and judging for myself, and of fully and freely expressing my views, whether these correspond with those of others or differ from them. This I conceive to be a high and holy privilege, and its exercise a sacred duty.

— Robert Richardson
Cited by John M. Bland in
Men Who Would Be Kings (1995)

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An Ewe Lamb Who was Like a DaughterNathan the Prophet provided King David with a remarkable parable concerning an ewe la...
18/08/2025

An Ewe Lamb Who was Like a Daughter

Nathan the Prophet provided King David with a remarkable parable concerning an ewe lamb.

In it, the lamb was clearly considered a treasured family member, in every sense that they are considered by us today, for,

He raised it, and it grew up, living with him and his children. It shared his meager food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him (II Samuel 12:3).

What a very touching picture this is. It is something that readers of our day who love their pets can surely appreciate. Pets were, and still are, certainly viewed as precious members of the family, reminding us of the endearing term “furbaby.”

God gave us domestic animals to respond to our love and kindness. They were created to value human companionship and some even to take pleasure in pleasing us. They are gracious provisions of a loving Creator.

Likewise, we were created to be companions of God, the responders of His love, and members of His divine family.

— Clyde Pilkington

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The Conflicts of Worldly SystemsWhen believers let themselves become affected by worldly systems, then they subject them...
17/08/2025

The Conflicts of Worldly Systems

When believers let themselves become affected by worldly systems, then they subject themselves to the influence of those spirits who operate them

All of these systems are currently under the headship of Satan.

It’s one thing to have an opinion about something, but when it affects our relationships, we need to take a step back and re-evaluate our own behavior and consider if we are allowing ourselves to be influenced by those spirits instead of God’s.

A lot of the problem is that believers falsely put their hope of security in the worldly systems, whether politics, or finances, or whatever else, and then when things take a turn for the worse (according to their thinking) their world seems to fall apart, or at least stands on “less secure” ground. We must remember that God has written the script. This is all His show.

—André Sneidar
Executive Editor, Bible Student’s Notebook

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None of Our Sins Surprises GodIf grace doesn’t cover the sins you meant to commit, and even the ones you keep returning ...
16/08/2025

None of Our Sins Surprises God

If grace doesn’t cover the sins you meant to commit, and even the ones you keep returning to, then it’s not grace at all.

Because, let’s be honest: Aren’t most of our sins intentional in some way? We lie to protect ourselves. We lash out when we feel trapped. We hide, pretend, overindulge, or check out – knowing full well it’s not the right thing. And let’s not pretend that we don’t circle back to the same ones more than once.

If grace applied only to accidental or infrequent sins, none of us would stand a chance. And here’s the wild truth: none of our sins surprise God.

Every thought, every failure, every habit you hate but can’t seem to shake – it was all written into your story before you took your first breath. He saw it all. Accounted for it all. And still chose you. Still calls you His. Still surrounds you with unstoppable, unshakable grace.

He doesn’t say, “You crossed the line too many times.”

He says, “I knew you would. And I’ve already handled it.”

— Steve Martin

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The “Exceeding Greatness” of the Revelations[Paul was] transported to “the dispensation of the fullness of the seasons” ...
14/08/2025

The “Exceeding Greatness” of the Revelations

[Paul was] transported to “the dispensation of the fullness of the seasons” and beholds the Heavens and Earth gathered into one in Christ (Ephesians 1:10); he sees the Heavens and Earth reconciled; he sees an election out of the human family given a place among the Celestials.

The mention of the Heavens in the old Scriptures made room for such unfolding, but the revelation itself was “hid in God” (Ephesians 3:9). Christ is Head in the Heavens as well as on Earth. This fact makes salvation universal, for salvation rests on headship. He is the “Savior of all men” (II Timothy 4:10) because He is “Head of every man” (I Corinthians 11:3). He is the “Savior” of the Body (Ephesians 5:23) because He is its “Head” (Ephesians 1:22). He reconciles the thrones, principalities and powers (Colossians 1:20) because He is “Head” of every principality and power (Colossians 2:3). Well could Paul speak of the “exceeding greatness” of the revelations (II Corinthians 12:7).

— Vladimir M. Gelesnoff (1877-1921)
Unsearchable Riches, Volume 9 (1917)

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