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3rdMo. 2015 Blog Posts (10)

Sad news from the UK, concerning Ursula Windsor

Yesterday, I received the sad news that our dear Friend, and long-time New Foundation Worker, Ursula Windsor passed away two days ago (29-3-2015)

Even though this may not be the most suitable or appropriate means for sharing news of this nature, nevertheless, I feel it right to use our web site to let Friends now that this has happened.

We in the UK keenly feel Ursula's passing, because of her long and sustained contribution to our work. She was one of the last…

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Added by Allistair Lomax on 3rdMo. 31, 2015 at 22:00 — 3 Comments

Fox References regarding the Lord's Supper

As I promised, here is a beginning of sharing references from Fox. This one is entitled A Distinction Between The Two Suppers and is about 6 pages long, so I have placed in the Online Resources under the Resources tab above. You can either go there for it or use this link: http://nffquaker.org/page/a-distinction-between-the-two-suppers. It is a rich…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 3rdMo. 31, 2015 at 19:00 — 12 Comments

George Fox and the Apostle Paul

In a discussion on Bill Carsley's last post, two people have raised questions about how to reconcile George Fox and the apostle Paul concerning the issue of partaking of the bread and wine, which most of Christendom has practiced while Fox and the early Quakers did not. Would it not open an avenue for the rest of Christendom to receive what Fox and the early Quakers had to say if these two positions could be reconciled? The following words have risen in my heart in response.



There…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 3rdMo. 27, 2015 at 16:32 — 11 Comments

Who's Standing In the Gap?

Ellis has made a comment on my latest post, posing three important questions. He has given me permission to include the full text of his comment here. In this post, I’ll attempt to address those questions. Hopefully this will be helpful to other readers as well.   Here is his comment:

Comment by Ellis Hein

Bill,

You stated: "Preterism gives powerful biblical support to some of Fox’s most controversial ideas." I am coming from a background where, upon reading Fox,…

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Added by Earlon William (Bill) Carsley on 3rdMo. 23, 2015 at 17:00 — 23 Comments

A Good Question

In response to my last post, a very good question was raised which I'll attempt to answer here. In doing so, my hope is that I can tie up some of the loose ends that are still out there, and that the overall intention of this series will begin to become clearer for everyone. The gist of the question is this:

“We know that George Fox’s central focus on Christ’s coming was its awesome spiritual power for our present experience.  He emphasized Christ’s office as Prophet (the one like…

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Added by Earlon William (Bill) Carsley on 3rdMo. 13, 2015 at 3:38 — 3 Comments

George Fox's Preterism

In my first three posts I outlined a proposal which seeks to understand George Fox’s view of the “Second Coming” (parousia) of Christ, particularly as he saw it being realized in the Quaker movement of his own time. I pointed to the fact that Fox believed that Christ’s coming (at least in some sense) had already happened, and was an ongoing reality, and that this was one of the arguments he used to make his case against celebrating Eucharistic rituals or sacraments. I pointed out that later…

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Added by Earlon William (Bill) Carsley on 3rdMo. 11, 2015 at 3:47 — 5 Comments

Fox's Message to the Yearly Meeting 1658

Here is another example of how Fox viewed the so-called Sacraments, practiced by most of Chrstendom. This is also an example of how Fox understood the relationship between the people of God and Christ. The quote below is taken from The Works of George Fox, Vol. 1, pp. 364-366.

I was moved by the power and spirit of the Lord to open unto them the ' promise of God, that it was made to the seed, not to seeds, as many, but to one; which seed was Christ: and that all people,…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 3rdMo. 7, 2015 at 13:30 — 6 Comments

Why Should A Quaker Care?

I'm currently working on a blog post which will explore where George Fox may fit in the various eschatological schools of interpretation.  However I believe the Spirit is prompting me to post a little aside to clarify my motivations and intentions before proceeding.  Some responses to my previous posts have alerted me to the fact that there's a more important issue to be addressed first.  That is, I don't want there to be any unnecessary misunderstandings about where I'm going with this. …

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Added by Earlon William (Bill) Carsley on 3rdMo. 5, 2015 at 19:00 — 4 Comments

What Is Preterism?

In regard to my first post, "The Coming of Christ, Sacraments etc.", the question has been asked, "What is meant by a preterist approach to biblical eschatology?  What is preterism?"  In response I offer this very brief introduction and overview. 

In a nutshell, preterism is one of the three main approaches to interpreting the "end times" prophecies of Scripture.  These three are preterism, historicism, and futurism.  Of course there are almost…

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Added by Earlon William (Bill) Carsley on 3rdMo. 5, 2015 at 2:00 — No Comments

The Coming of Christ, Sacraments etc.

I've recently been doing a lot of reading regarding the very early Quaker view of the "parousia" (or second coming) and how it provided the original rationale for rejecting ritual sacraments or ordinances - the Mass, Eucharist, or Lord's Supper in particular. It's interesting that by the second generation of Quakers (Barclay etc.) Friends had already pretty much dropped their claim that such ordinances were anachronistic (Paul had said the meal was "to proclaim the Lord's death till He…

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Added by Earlon William (Bill) Carsley on 3rdMo. 2, 2015 at 4:00 — 11 Comments

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