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Not Even Our Trials Can Separate Us From God’s LoveThe trials and tribulations we endure are not tokens of His displeasu...
07/08/2026

Not Even Our Trials Can Separate Us From God’s Love

The trials and tribulations we endure are not tokens of His displeasure. They are all tempered by His loving heart. A sense of His love hovering over us in the midst of our distresses is the most blessed of all balms and will enable us not only to endure them, but to enjoy them. Here all the great forces of the universe are arrayed, and none of them, no, nor all of them together, can come between us and the unconquerable love of our God as displayed in Christ Jesus.

Death will be swallowed up by life. Life may lead us far from Him, but not beyond the reach of His love. The present perplexes us, the future fills us with fear, but only when we lose the sense of His love. Powers, celestial or terrestrial, are subject to His sway. Nothing above or beneath, nothing at all has the power to break the bond that binds the humblest and most unworthy saint to the throbbing breast of our great and glorious God. This is more than salvation from sin!

This is reconciliation!

A.E. Knoch (1874-1965)

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God's Unalterable Script.My days, all of them were written in Your book; the days, they were formed when there was not o...
06/08/2026

God's Unalterable Script.

My days, all of them were written in Your book; the days, they were formed when there was not one of them (Psalm 139:16).

It is comforting to know that we all live the unalterable script that Father has already written for each of us and are sustained by the knowledge of His wise love and care, regardless of how things appear to us.

There are so many parts of the script that, from our own limited view, we would have written differently! But when the veil of the temporal is lifted, we will see with overwhelming clarity just how amazingly perfect His script really was – just exactly the way that He wrote it!

Yet, for now, our hope and reliance on Him, however very feeble and weak it may seem to be, are but “a conviction concerning matters which are not being observed” (Hebrews 11:1). Thus, we look past all things, we see only Father … the source of all things (Romans 11:36).

So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eonian (II Corinthians 4:18).

And we are encouraged by the weaknesses of Moses of old, for it was, “as seeing the Invisible One – [that] he endured” (Hebrews 11:27).

By Clyde L. Pilkington, Jr.

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The Complement Must Come From WithinThis principle appears first in Genesis with Adam and Eve but reaches its highest fu...
04/08/2026

The Complement Must Come From Within

This principle appears first in Genesis with Adam and Eve but reaches its highest fulfillment in Christ and the Ecclesia.

Among all creation there was no suitable complement for Adam until God formed one from within himself. Likewise, among all celestial beings there could be no external complement suitable for Christ.

The Ecclesia comes out from within Him.

This truth reveals the extraordinary intimacy of our union with Christ. We are not merely followers – we are members of His Body. Such language stretches human understanding; yet Scripture insists upon it repeatedly.

The Father views the Ecclesia in Christ from before the disruption of the world. This calling was not an afterthought. It was woven into God’s purpose before creation itself.

By John H. Essex (1907-1991)

Excerpt from the book: The Pleroma: Paul’s “Lost” Teaching

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Love is Not a Mere Attribute of GodLove is not a mere attribute of God, like justice or mercy, but is His very essence. ...
02/08/2026

Love is Not a Mere Attribute of God

Love is not a mere attribute of God, like justice or mercy, but is His very essence.

This is one of the most important truths a person can realize. Scripture does not merely say that God is loving. It says that God is love.

Justice, holiness, wisdom and power are all expressions of His nature, but love is the foundation beneath them all. Everything God does flows from who He is.

This means that God cannot ultimately act contrary to love. His judgments, corrections and disciplines must therefore serve a loving purpose even when humanity cannot immediately understand them.

The revelation of Christ makes this unmistakably clear. Jesus is called the exact image of the Father’s substance. When we see Christ welcoming sinners, healing the broken, and forgiving enemies, we are seeing the heart of God Himself.

Fear-based religion often portrays God as fundamentally hostile toward humanity. But Jesus unveils something radically different: a Father seeking reconciliation.

The more deeply this truth settles into the heart, the more peace begins replacing terror. We stop relating to God through dread and begin learning trust.

by A.P. Adams (1848-1920)

Excerpt from the book: The Divine Reconciliation of the Universe

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He Will Not Begin What He Cannot CompleteThou wilt have a desire to the work of Thine hands (Job 14:15).The Great Workma...
31/07/2026

He Will Not Begin What He Cannot Complete

Thou wilt have a desire to the work of Thine hands (Job 14:15).

The Great Workman is interested in His work, He has a “desire” to it, and He will not begin what He cannot complete. For the creature to fail of the purpose of its creation implies a failure on the part of the Creator, and this cannot be in the government of God. “My counsel shall stand,” He says, “and I will do all My pleasure” (Isaiah 46:10). Hence we may be sure that the ultimate purpose in the creation of everyone, whatever it may be, will be surely carried out; as the Creator cannot fail, neither can His creations. Thus does it appear that in the final outcome of man’s creation the honor of the Most High is involved, and He is bound to make that outcome a successful and glorious one in order to vindicate that honor.

Arthur P. Adams (1847-1925)

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The Story was Never Slipping out of ControlThere comes a moment in the Judas story where the illusion of independent con...
30/07/2026

The Story was Never Slipping out of Control

There comes a moment in the Judas story where the illusion of independent control begins collapsing.

Scripture says that Satan entered him.

Not merely tempted him. Not merely influenced him. Entered him.

At the same time, prophecy had already outlined the role. The idea itself had already been placed into Judas’ heart. The outcome was already moving toward fulfillment. And then the Adversary himself enters the moment to ensure it happens.

That changes the category entirely.

This is no longer a simple story about a man casually making a selfish decision. It becomes a moment standing at the intersection of prophecy, spiritual influence, divine timing, and cosmic purpose.

At that point we have to ask: What would resistance even look like?

The more closely we examine the context, the more that Judas appears less like someone disrupting God’s plan and more like someone functioning inside of it.

This does not make the act meaningless. It makes the context impossible to ignore.

The story was never slipping out of control. It was unfolding exactly where it was always meant to unfold.

by Clyde L. Pilkington, Jr.

Excerpt from the book: Reframing Judas: The Appointed Deliverer

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The Natural Enemy of the ‘Church’The religious system – an organization – is the natural enemy of the church, an organic...
29/07/2026

The Natural Enemy of the ‘Church’

The religious system – an organization – is the natural enemy of the church, an organic being.

Christendom has, by and large, for the last 1700 years, been part of the world system and it has been structured like all the secular institutions of the earth. Yet, there have always been those in every age who would not conform to this tradition. We should stay out of the religious system. Not help it, not feed it, not encourage it.

Gene Edwards

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God is OneSometimes the most freeing truths are the simplest ones. Here’s something wonderfully freeing: God is one. Not...
28/07/2026

God is One

Sometimes the most freeing truths are the simplest ones.

Here’s something wonderfully freeing: God is one. Not three. One.

The Trinity didn’t fall from heaven – it rose from councils, creeds and political attempts to unify a fractured church. At Nicaea (325 AD), Constantine wasn’t defending revelation – he was managing an empire. What followed was centuries of debates, definitions, and philosophical patchwork, all trying to explain what Scripture never says.

And when you point out the contradictions?

You’re told the doctrine is “a mystery,” “beyond comprehension.”

But “too mysterious to understand” is the oldest excuse in religion – and the easiest way to avoid looking at what the text actually says.

Simple truth is never afraid of inspection.

by Liam McAllister

Excerpt from the book: ONE: Exposing the Myth of the Trinity

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Worship and Going to Church“How can anyone worship if he does not go to church?” This is the question often asked. This ...
27/07/2026

Worship and Going to Church

“How can anyone worship if he does not go to church?” This is the question often asked. This query does nothing more than reveal the ignorance of the one who asks it concerning the meaning and character of true worship. Here is another quid pro quo which would make worship to be that which men do in “church” on Sunday, therefore, he who does not attend “church” does not worship. This is denied.

True worship is always a personal and individual matter which, while it may be done with a company, it will not be at all unless it is done by an individual. True worship is heartfelt adoration of God because of Who He is, what He is, and what He does. It is never dependent upon place or ritual. It needs no established forms or ceremonies. Whenever because of revealed truth a heart responds with adoration and gratitude because of what God is or what He has done, that is worship.

Otis Q. Sellers (1901-1992

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The Rejection of God’s Mighty Hand in All ThingsIt’s fascinating that the denial (by most people) of God’s management ov...
25/07/2026

The Rejection of God’s Mighty Hand in All Things

It’s fascinating that the denial (by most people) of God’s management over all things is actually part of His sovereign and grand design.

He opens and closes the hearts and minds of both groups: Those who acknowledge, and those who refuse His sovereignty in all things.

The very rejection of His far reaching and controlling Hand in all matters is a part of His perfect plan.

Mike Owens

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