New Foundation Fellowship

Reproclaiming the Everlasting Gospel

John Jeremiah Edminster
  • 82, Male
  • Richmond, IN
  • United States
Share on Facebook Share on Facebook MySpace
  • Blog Posts (12)
  • NFF Events
  • Photos
  • Photo Albums
  • Videos

John Jeremiah Edminster's Friends

  • Rebecca Hein
  • Ellis Hein
 

John Jeremiah Edminster's Page

Latest Activity

John Jeremiah Edminster posted a blog post

Praise for the NFF's new publication, the Sermons of Stephen Crisp

With the publication of these sermons, the "library" of Quaker classics readily available to the reading public gains a completeness it had previously lacked. Oh, we'd had the writings of George Fox, Isaac Penington, James Nayler, Robert Barclay, and William Penn in print; but none of these had fully penetrated the armor of my complacent world-view until I'd read Stephen Crisp's Sermon No. 14, "The Kingdom of God Within," made available by the NFF a generation ago, and been struck by Crisp's…See More
12thMo 9, 2022
0 Comments
John Jeremiah Edminster posted a blog post

Announcing the DQC-QBI Kit

   I think my presentation yesterday about the Digital Quaker Collection and the Quaker Bible Index went well. Then I went home and made up a kind of "kit" out of it, that any Friend (with some familiarity with using the DQC and the QBI) is welcome to use to make a similar presentation at their own Meeting. Here it is:   My approximately 45-minute hybrid presentation at West Richmond Friends Meeting began with an account of how I found the “Browse by Author” utility in Earlham School of…See More
5thMo 9, 2022
0 Comments
Ellis Hein commented on John Jeremiah Edminster's blog post Announcing: A Simplified Index to the Digital Quaker Collection hosted by Earlham School of Religion
"OK, that works. I don't know why the other one did not work."
5thMo 5, 2022
John Jeremiah Edminster commented on John Jeremiah Edminster's blog post Announcing: A Simplified Index to the Digital Quaker Collection hosted by Earlham School of Religion
"The link I gave in my posting works for me, Ellis. But try this one: https://among.wordpress.com/a-simplified-index-to-the-digital-quaker-collection-alphabetically-by-author/"
5thMo 4, 2022
John Jeremiah Edminster commented on John Jeremiah Edminster's blog post Announcing: A Simplified Index to the Digital Quaker Collection hosted by Earlham School of Religion
"I consider this Simplified Index to the Digital Quaker Collection a work still in progress. In particular, I hope to provide tables of contents to: • The 5-volume Works of Joseph John Gurney;• The 2-volume Works of William…"
5thMo 4, 2022
Ellis Hein commented on John Jeremiah Edminster's blog post Announcing: A Simplified Index to the Digital Quaker Collection hosted by Earlham School of Religion
"John, the link takes me to a blog put up by someone named Matt Rutherford, not the Index to the Digital Quaker Collection."
5thMo 4, 2022
John Jeremiah Edminster posted a blog post

Announcing: A Simplified Index to the Digital Quaker Collection hosted by Earlham School of Religion

5thMo 4, 2022
4 Comments
John Jeremiah Edminster posted a blog post

Great Joy, Dreadful Danger

A Sermon preached at Mooresville (Indiana) Friends Church, Sixth Month 13, 2021, and previously blogged at Brethren Life & Thought (www.brethrenlifeandthought.org/2021/06/27/great-joy-dreadful-danger-a-sermon-by-john-jeremiah-edminster/). Reprinted by permission“Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people,” said the angel of the…See More
6thMo 30, 2021
0 Comments
John Jeremiah Edminster posted a blog post

Juneteenth, 2021

I just posted this comment on a Facebook page, and it seemed important enough to tell the whole world. Whoever is moved to, share it freely:The attitude I'd encourage in all my fellow enjoyers of well-educated, able-bodied, tall white male American-with-no-felony-record privilege, is this: everyone you know, everyone you meet is not your "equal," but Jesus Christ, your Lord, clothed in their skin. You have probably sinned against them in more ways than you realize, so you ought to walk in such…See More
6thMo 19, 2021
0 Comments
John Jeremiah Edminster posted a blog post

HISTORIC WILBURITE MEETING HOUSE REOPENS FOR WAITING WORSHIP IN PLAINFIELD, INDIANA

2 P. M. FIRST-DAY MEETINGS NOW SET FOR THIRD FIRST DAY OF EACH MONTH: 11/15, 12/20, ETC.A group of Indiana Friends have reopened the Sugar Grove Meeting House in Plainfield, just west of the Indianapolis Airport, for a monthly hour of waiting worship after the manner of Conservative Friends. The time was chosen with a view to letting Friends worship at their home meetings in the morning and then travel to Sugar Grove without pressure to hurry. The Meeting House, a sturdy brick building erected…See More
11thMo 4, 2020
0 Comments
John Jeremiah Edminster posted a blog post

Navigating the Thick Night of Darkness

HOW TO FIND YOUR FAVORITE GEORGE FOX QUOTE IN THE DIGITAL QUAKER COLLECTION, SO THAT YOU CAN CITE IT IN SOMETHING YOU'RE WRITING, PONDER IT, TAKE WARNING OR ENCOURAGEMENT FROM IT, OR JUST BASK IN ITS WISDOM, GOODNESS, AND BEAUTY:Step 1: Say, for example, that you recall that somewhere George Fox wrote the phrase, "in this thick night of darkness that may be felt," and you want to find its source. Go to esr.earlham.edu/dqc/ and click on the button that reads "ENTER."Step 2: Trim the phrase down…See More
8thMo 7, 2020
0 Comments
Ellis Hein commented on John Jeremiah Edminster's blog post TO INCOMING SEMINARIANS: START PREPARING NOW FOR THE FINAL
"John, I may have further comments to make after letting your content sit. However, could you post an explanation of how to use ESR's Digital Quaker Collection and Quaker Bible Index? Maybe that should also go under the resources tab? Thanks."
8thMo 5, 2020
John Jeremiah Edminster posted a blog post

TO INCOMING SEMINARIANS: START PREPARING NOW FOR THE FINAL

“He must increase, but I must decrease,” said John the Baptist of Jesus (John 3:30 NRSV). Can you imagine having that be your own seven-word graduation speech when you leave seminary? Five years into your post-graduate career, can you imagine yourself saying, with Paul, “it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me” (Galatians 2:20)? If a serious soul comes to you for counsel, will you be able to credibly say “we ought to lay down our lives for one another” (1 John 3:16),…See More
8thMo 3, 2020
1 Comment
Martin Kelley commented on John Jeremiah Edminster's blog post Arthur Berk, 1927-2020 in the eyes of the world, eternal in the eyes of Christ
"Oh I'm sorry to hear this. I'm sure he's wrapped in the arms of the Holy Spirit. He graciously let me interview him back in 2009: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jYEnqQaZsM"
4thMo 8, 2020
John Jeremiah Edminster commented on John Jeremiah Edminster's blog post Arthur Berk, 1927-2020 in the eyes of the world, eternal in the eyes of Christ
4thMo 8, 2020
John Jeremiah Edminster posted a blog post

Arthur Berk, 1927-2020 in the eyes of the world, eternal in the eyes of Christ

Friends, I've just been informed that Arthur died at 10 o'clock last night, Fourth Month 7, 2020. He was comfortable, the attending physician said. May he forever enjoy "righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit."See More
4thMo 8, 2020
2 Comments

Profile Information

John Jeremiah Edminster's Blog

Praise for the NFF's new publication, the Sermons of Stephen Crisp

With the publication of these sermons, the "library" of Quaker classics readily available to the reading public gains a completeness it had previously lacked. Oh, we'd had the writings of George Fox, Isaac Penington, James Nayler, Robert Barclay, and William Penn in print; but none of these had fully penetrated the armor of my complacent world-view until I'd read Stephen Crisp's Sermon No. 14, "The Kingdom of God Within," made available by the NFF a generation ago, and been struck by Crisp's…

Continue

Posted on 12thMo. 9, 2022 at 14:19

Announcing the DQC-QBI Kit

   I think my presentation yesterday about the Digital Quaker Collection and the Quaker Bible Index went well. Then I went home and made up a kind of "kit" out of it, that any Friend (with some familiarity with using the DQC and the QBI) is welcome to use to make a similar presentation at their own Meeting. Here it is:

   My approximately 45-minute hybrid presentation at West Richmond Friends Meeting began with an account of how I found the “Browse by Author” utility in Earlham School of…

Continue

Posted on 5thMo. 9, 2022 at 18:12

Announcing: A Simplified Index to the Digital Quaker Collection hosted by Earlham School of Religion

https://wordpress.com/page/among.wordpress.com/1141.

Posted on 5thMo. 4, 2022 at 22:19 — 4 Comments

Great Joy, Dreadful Danger

A Sermon preached at Mooresville (Indiana) Friends Church, Sixth Month 13, 2021, and previously blogged at Brethren Life & Thought (www.brethrenlifeandthought.org/2021/06/27/great-joy-dreadful-danger-a-sermon-by-john-jeremiah-edminster/). Reprinted by permission

“Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people,”…

Continue

Posted on 6thMo. 30, 2021 at 18:03

Comment Wall (9 comments)

At 7:23 on 5thMo. 27, 2011, Allistair Lomax said…
Welcome John!
At 23:38 on 5thMo. 3, 2018, Susan R Davis said…

Hello John! I've just joined, too, and I saw that you live in Richmond, Indiana. That's where I live also. Welcome to the site! 

At 0:02 on 5thMo. 4, 2018, John Jeremiah Edminster said…

I'm so glad to meet a NFF member who also lives in Richmond! Susan, you may be the catalyst for my getting more involved in the NFF. I'm just now finishing up my last schoolwork for the spring term - I'm an M. Div. student at Earlham School of Religion, hoping to graduate a year from now, now embarking on a ministry of promoting wider knowledge of the wealth of early Quaker resources available on the internet, and of continuing to build the Quaker Bible Index, begun by Esther Greenleaf Mürer in the 1980s and now under my custody.
     I'm planning to make an eight-day silent retreat from 5/6 to 5/14, and then be back in touch with people, starting with my wife Elizabeth and my two adult children in New York. I'd love to get together with you soon after! You can contact me at john.edminster@gmail.com.

At 2:25 on 5thMo. 7, 2018, Susan R Davis said…

Yes, I would very much like to meet you, too. Have a good trip! My email is shasta4737@aol.com -- it's the best way to contact me. By the way, my cousin Jon Berry attends ESR. Do you know him?

At 12:20 on 8thMo. 1, 2019, Rebecca Hein said…

John, David Johnson of Australia mentioned he spent a very good week with you at Richmond. Is there anything from that visit you would like to share with us?

At 12:23 on 8thMo. 1, 2019, Ellis Hein said…

Sorry, that comment was supposed to be from me rather than from Becky.

At 15:33 on 8thMo. 1, 2019, John Jeremiah Edminster said…

MIGHT WE BECOME AS OBEDIENT AS JESUS?

On 6/23/2019 I was privileged to be among the seventeen Friends who heard Australian Friend David Johnson (_A Quaker Prayer Life_, Inner Light Books, 2013; _Jesus, Christ and Servant of God_, Inner Light Books, 2017) lead an intense after-meeting discussion, at West Richmond (IN) Friends Meeting, on what the Gospel of John has to say about the relation of Jesus Christ to God, His _Abba_.

Friend David had us go around the room, each reading one of the following verses:

John 4:34
John 5:19
John 5:30
John 6:38
John 7:15-16
John 8:26-28
John 14:10
John 14:23-24
John 15:10

The picture that emerged was of Jesus the Man explaining His astonishing ability to do divine works as being rooted in His “having no will but to do the will of Him Who sent Me” (John 6:38), and “to finish His work” (John 4:34). It was clear that, during His years of ministry, Jesus was all the while training, encouraging, and empowering His disciples to act in a similar spirit of unwavering obedience to the divine will. After Jesus’ departure from the earth, David added, the early Church understood this unity with God’s will to be the supreme criterion of its faithfulness. “Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave,” exhorted Paul in Philippians 2:5-7 NRSV. The “anointing” that gave members of the early Church this “mind that was in Christ Jesus” empowered them to “abide in the Son and in the Father” (1 John 2:20-24).

It was the great accomplishment of early Friends that they recovered this key understanding of the early Church and found the living Christ empowering then to live up to it.

The question that David bade us consider as we parted, at the end of the hour, was this: _Can I accept the possibility of my being as obedient in all things as was Jesus?_

At 2:25 on 8thMo. 2, 2019, Ellis Hein said…

John, you characterize the discussion at West Richmond Friends Meeting as "intense." Was that because of controversy? because of the depth of the discussion? or what?

At 18:55 on 9thMo. 18, 2019, Rhonda Fuller said…

Hello, John Jeremiah Edminster. It has been a long time since I have spoken in NFF Community. Your post I enjoyed. It was in the 8th month I was reading the Book of John myself. I read Scripture morning and evening, evening being New Testament. I pray the Holy Ghost to guide me and open to me what I am capable of understanding before I read. I'll tell you that I have read the Book of John at least three other times, but not with my prayer. I used to pray that my reading would be profitable; that was like a secular song, nothing of value. When I read Scripture now, the Holy Spirit opens amazing things to me, and one of them was from 8th month reading. I ,too, was aware of Jesus expressing his love repeatedly to the Father in doing His will. And my reaction was similar to yours: I could in no way not do God's will.   

Thank you very much for your post. Rhonda Fuller

You need to be a member of New Foundation Fellowship to add comments!

Join New Foundation Fellowship

 
 
 

The NFF exists to preach the Christian Message that was proclaimed by the Early Friends. Christ has come to teach his People himself

Visit Our Literature Site

To find New Foundation Fellowship books and materials, go to our literature site. Items for  download can be found on our Downloads page. There is a small charge for downloaded items.

Want to join this New Foundation Web Site?

Please note also that this site is primarily a means for the New Foundation Fellowship to preach the Gospel, and an online community for established New Foundation Workers.

If you are thinking of signing up, may we please direct you to this note, before signing up?


Allistair Lomax, on behalf of the site working committee

NFF Events

Please Note

Blocked Email Domains

Created by Allistair Lomax 7thMo 26, 2013 at 11:13am. Last updated by Allistair Lomax 7thMo 26, 2013.

The 'Do-Not-Reply' Note

Created by Allistair Lomax 7thMo 28, 2011 at 9:38pm. Last updated by Allistair Lomax 12thMo 29, 2018.

Contact Address for New Foundation Fellowship

Created by Allistair Lomax 5thMo 25, 2011 at 8:11pm. Last updated by Allistair Lomax 3rdMo 8, 2013.

© 2025   Created by Allistair Lomax.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service