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Salvation: Part III

In Part II I looked at Fox's exposition concerning three estates and three teachers wherein he declared that by following the serpent's teaching, mankind entered the fallen estate. By following Jesus Christ's teaching, we are brought up out of the fall into the state of Adam and Eve before the fall and into a higher state in Christ Jesus who never fell.

In Part III I am continuing to explore the answer to the question, "How are we to encounter this divine influence upon the heart that…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 5thMo. 13, 2020 at 11:09 — No Comments

Salvation: Part II

In Part I, I looked at some of the writings of Paul and considered what they had to say concerning man's problem and God's solution (salvation) to that problem. I noted Paul's statement that man's problem is death and God's solution is an influence on the heart that brings life. I asked the question, "How are we to encounter this divine influence upon the heart (i.e. God's grace)?

In part II, I want to examine a passage from the Works of Fox, which pertains to the answer to this…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 4thMo. 25, 2020 at 2:30 — No Comments

Salvation: Part I

In his recent post, The Felt Need Of Salvation That Drives Many To Seek A Savior, John Jeremiah Edminster opened a subject that is replete with contradiction. If you browse the shelves of bookstores or look on the internet, you will find a widely varying body of theologies purporting to be supported by cited scripture, the texts of which often have little or no…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 4thMo. 8, 2020 at 2:47 — No Comments

The Bush Is Still Burning

The following first appeared on Reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/Quakers/comments/ettifg/the_bush_is_still_burning/. I am slightly revising the original post and incorporating some of the comments. To see the original, follow the link above.

One of the enduring Bible stories of my youth is the story of Moses and the burning bush. That story came to me…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 1stMo. 27, 2020 at 3:19 — No Comments

The New Covenant

This material first appeared on This Was the True Light.

In Catholic Quakerism, chapter III, The Quaker Conception of Christian Community and Church Order, Lewis Benson stated:



Of the two basic presuppositions in Fox's conception of…
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Added by Ellis Hein on 8thMo. 23, 2019 at 12:45 — 3 Comments

Blindness Hath Happened to the Professed Christians

[S]o great a sense came upon me of the veil of darkness that was over the priests and professors of christianity, that I was moved to give forth the following, as an awakening warning to them:
BLINDNESS hath happened to the professed christians of the letter now-a-days, as blindness happened to the Jews; who professed the letter, but owned not the life, which the letter speaks of: as the christians now, to whom this blindness hath happened, who profess the…
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Added by Ellis Hein on 7thMo. 14, 2019 at 2:19 — No Comments

Through the Lens of Passover

I have finished this series of posts looking at the book of John through the ideas surrounding the Jewish Passover. I had thought to publish the final post here, but it is too long. Instead, I am presenting the opening paragraphs and encourage you to read it on my Wordpress blog.

We now reach a dividing line that separates two opposite…
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Added by Ellis Hein on 6thMo. 21, 2019 at 1:30 — No Comments

Through the Lens of Passover: part 8

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want, he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters, he restores my soul. He leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.  

Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 4thMo. 12, 2019 at 12:38 — No Comments

Through the Lens of Passover: part 7

This post first appeared on my blog https://thiswasthetruelight.wordpress.com

...for that eye that is turned from the light is the blind, and leads into the ditch. (Works, Vol. IV, p.25)…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 4thMo. 4, 2019 at 0:10 — No Comments

Kathleen Hertzberg

Announcement:

Kathleen Schmitz-Hertzberg nee Brookhouse, February 16, 1916 – January 29, 2019 (known as Kathleen Hertzberg)

Kathleen died peacefully in her sleep at Parkview Long Term Care Home in Stouffville, Ontario, Canada. She is buried in the Friends Burial Ground in…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 3rdMo. 8, 2019 at 14:24 — No Comments

Through the Lens of Passover: Part 4

This is part 4 of a series I am working on that has been appearing on my blog, This was the true light.

Now, lest I should lose my way, I want to recap what this study is about. Conventional theology looks at John the Baptist's announcement, "Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world," as pertaining to Jesus being a guilt offering enabling God to forgive errant humanity. Mankind's…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 1stMo. 20, 2019 at 12:38 — No Comments

No Water of Life In Your Broken Cisterns

ALL ye churches gathered into outward forms upon the earth, the son of God is come to reign; and he will tread and trample, will shake, and make you quiver, you that are found out of his life, his light, and his power. His day hath appeared...Come you, that have boasted of my name, saith the Lord, and have gloried in the flesh...who have slain my witness, yet boast of my words...What! hast thou professed the prophets’ words? hast thou…
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Added by Ellis Hein on 12thMo. 1, 2018 at 0:00 — No Comments

Interesting Discussion on Reddit.com/r/Quakers

Just to alert you to an interesting discussion that has taken place on reddit.com/r/Quakers. See https://www.reddit.com/r/Quakers/comments/9x7h1w/can_there_really_be_quakerism_without_jesus/

This is a post I put up in response to another post someone put up concerning Quakerism Without Jesus. (Sorry, I don't have the like to that post.)

If you find that post useful, feel…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 11thMo. 18, 2018 at 12:57 — No Comments

The Gospel Generates Moral Power and Fellowship Forming Power: an Introduction to Lewis Benson's Lecture #3 of A New Foundation to Build On

Moral -- 1 a: of or relating to principles of right and wrong in behavior... b: expressing or teaching a conception of right behavior... c: conforming to a standard of right behavior d: sanctioned by or operative on one's conscience or ethical judgment... e: capable of right and wrong action...

Fellowship -- 1: companionship, company. 2 a: community of interest, activity, feeling, or…
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Added by Ellis Hein on 10thMo. 10, 2018 at 16:08 — No Comments

Quaker Psalm #22

Taken from QuakerPsalms: A Book of Devotions, edited by T.H.S. Wallace

Added by Ellis Hein on 10thMo. 3, 2018 at 2:30 — No Comments

Isaac Penington on the Work of the Light of Christ Within

The following quote from Penington is the full text of what I quoted parts of in my previous post. It is well worth reading in full.

[Question] What is it to believe in the light?

[Answer] To receive its testimony either concerning good or evil, and so either to turn towards or from, in the will and power which the light begets in the heart.

[Question] How will this save me?

[Answer] By this means; that in thee which…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 9thMo. 25, 2018 at 0:52 — No Comments

The Power That Transcends Cultural Forces

I am a member of culture A, which has practice X. While traveling to a foreign country I meet you, a member of culture B. I am shocked to find that you have practice Y. I convince you that practice X is much better than practice Y and then return home. You now want to participate in practice X, but all the forces of culture B are against you. I have given you no power to forsake the practices of your culture to take up the practices of mine.…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 9thMo. 20, 2018 at 2:33 — No Comments

Quaker Psalm 3

From QuakerPsalms, edited by T.H.S. Wallace

Added by Ellis Hein on 9thMo. 12, 2018 at 12:30 — No Comments

The Burning Bush and The Brewing of Soma

I keep coming back to Moses, so much started there. God had established his covenant with Abraham, renewed it through Isaac and Jacob (or Israel). The descendants of Israel, slaves in Egypt, were being subjected to infanticide. Baby Moses caught the attention of Pharaoh's daughter, who adopted him. As an adult, Moses killed an Egyptian who was abusing one of the Israelites, and had to flee Egypt.

For 40 years Moses lived…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 7thMo. 27, 2018 at 11:30 — No Comments

Live The Stories: Part Three

Part three

In a recent blog post, For the Love of Stories: Imagining Quakerism Beyond Belief, The Armchair Theologian posits the need to return to the stories of our beginnings, to sit with these stories even if they are uncomfortable to our modern ideologies, to live these stories. This…

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Added by Ellis Hein on 6thMo. 18, 2018 at 16:30 — No Comments

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