tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62593323161998472432024-02-19T08:10:56.411-08:00In Christ's ArmyA Blog Devoted to Biographies of Famous or Not So Famous ChristiansSoldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-52929196880706992552013-01-14T17:03:00.001-08:002013-01-14T17:03:59.638-08:00Samuel Porter Jones: RevivalistSamuel Porter Jones is one of my brothers favorites so today I thought I would cover a little bit about his life. Sam Jones was a great preacher and revivalist of the 19th century. He is well known and has several books out either by himself or about him. They would be great to add to any collection or just have to read about a man that greatly influenced America.<br />
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Sam Jones was born on October 16, 1847 in Oak Bowery, Alabama,
the son of lawyer and real estate entrepreneur John Jones and homemaker
Queenie Jones, the grandson of Methodist preacher Samuel Gamble Jones,
and nephew of four additional Methodist ministers. In 1857, when Sam was
ten years old, the family moved to Cartersville, Georgia,
where John's parents had made their home. Jones ended up living there
for most of his life. Sam had hoped to attend college, but he
purportedly suffered from an unspecified medical condition (his eyes or
his stomach, depending on circumstance) and began drinking heavily.
Eventually, despite his Methodist heritage which included seven
Methodist ministers, Jones decided to become a lawyer. He was admitted
to the Georgia bar in 1868. At the age of twenty-one, Sam trekked to Kentucky to claim his bride to be, Laura McElwain (whom he had befriended during the Civil War).
Though his reputation as a drunkard had preceded him to Kentucky, and
Laura’s father refused to attend the wedding, Laura’s mother convinced
her to keep her promise to Sam Jones—the two were wed and became
lifetime companions.<br />
Sam Jones did not stay a lawyer for long and, in spite of his hopes
that marriage would save him from himself, he continued to drink heavily
and destroyed his career. By 1872 Jones was stoking furnaces and
driving freight wagons for a living. The death of his infant daughter
sobered him for a time, before he fell off the wagon yet again. Then, in
1872, Jones was called to his father's deathbed where his father
pleaded with him to quit drinking—Sam promised he would. A week later
Samuel P. Jones walked down the aisle of his grandfather’s church, made
his confession to God, and became a Christian. <br />
Jones was accepted by the North Georgia Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, and began his ministry with the Van Wert
circuit, a group of five churches spread over four counties. Before long
his talent for preaching had him doing revivals in large cities before
thousands of attendees. He was asked to speak not only for religious
organizations but for the likes of state legislatures and President
Theodore Roosevelt<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-1">.</sup><br />
Sam Jones was known for preaching hard against sin and hypocrisy. He
preached once at a Church dedication in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and in
the middle of the service he stopped his message and asked the
congregation how much they paid the Pastor. They were unwilling to tell
him, but when the appallingly low sum was finally revealed, the
congregation was so embarrassed that the next day he was given a
substantial raise.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2"></sup><br />
On October 15, 1906, Jones was returning home from a revival in
Oklahoma City on the Rock Island Train. While the train was stopped in
Perry, Arkansas, Sam suddenly collapsed and died. It is estimated that
over 30,000 people came to view him as he lay in state in the rotunda of
the Capital in Atlanta. Rev. Samuel P. Jones is now buried at Oak Hill
cemetery in Cartersville, Georgia, where a stone monument marks the grave of Sam and his wife Laura.<br />
At the time of Jones’ death, the sanctuary of what was then named Cartersville Methodist Episcopal
Church was in the process of being completed. After a unanimous vote,
the congregation officially changed the name of the church to Sam Jones
Memorial Methodist Church (now known as Sam Jones Memorial United Methodist Church), which is still in existence today.<br />
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Here are some quotes by Jones. <br />
<i>"Quit your meanness."</i><br />
<i>"I always did despise theology and botany, but I do love religion and flowers."</i><br />
<i>"The curse of this age is that we have put gold above God,
chattels above character, and mammon above manhood. We have inverted
God's order of things"</i><br />
<i>"The tune of America is pitched to the dollar"</i><br />
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Here are some on alcohol.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">emperance
is a great regulation force of man's life. No man can drink whisky and be
a Christian. Bob Ingersoll, the worst in the country, says whisky is God;s
worst enemy and the devil's best friend. I never got so low down as to discuss
a man who drinks vile lager beer. There ain't a four-legged hog in the country
that'll drink beer. But lots of two-legged hogs will. And the ladies
are absolutely drinking beer for their health. Shame on them! The
only hope of America is in her sober mothers, for when they debauch themselves
their children will be born full-fledged drunkards.The spirit of gentleness and
the spirit of temperance. Be not only temperate in regard to liquor, but
be a total prohibitionist on that subject.<br /> --<br /> I want to tell you, brethren,
that it takes more money to run one old red-nosed drunkard than it does to run
any member of the church in this city.<br /> --<br /> The girl that will marry a boy
whose breath smells with whisky is the biggest fool angels ever looked at.<br />
--<br /> I don't want to be a gentleman if I have to get drunk. Do you?<br />
--<br /> What do you think of an elder who has to think of the question about the
barrooms before he can answer? When you ask a preacher he says: "Why,
I consult my board, and if they are, why I are too."<br /> --<br /> How did I become
a drunkard? By drinking wine like some of you do. If any man had tasted
what I have and been where I have been, he'd be recreant if he did not preach
as I do. You get some letters as I do and it would go to your heart. I'm
not only not going to drink but I'll fight it to perdition, and when perdition
freezes, then I'll fight it on the ice. If you can make it any stronger
than that, put my name to it.<br /> --<br /> Nobody but an infernal scoundrel will
sell whisky, and nobody but an infernal fool will drink it.</span></b></h3>
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And there are women in St. Louis that will go and hear things in the theater whose
tendencies are the most vulgar of the vulgar, and she will be tickled all over,
and she will come to the church and she will have her poor nerves all shocked
to pieces at something Sam Jones says, and she will turn up her nose at me, and
I can always tell when the devil has got a mortgage on a woman's nose. It
is always turning up. And he is going to foreclose it some of these days, too,
sister, and he will get the gal when he gets the nose.<br /> --<br /> You take society
about this town. If I had the money that the Christian women, so-called,
pay at the theater during the year, I could run every charitable institution in
this town grandly. That is a fact. You can't walk to church -- it is too far;
but you will walk the next night a third farther to the theater, and your husband
does not really want to go. Let us try and reform ourselves on this line.<br />
--<br /> A man once asked me how long it had been since I had been at a theater.
<br /> I told him I had not been at the theater since I had quit being a vagabond.
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Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-79559837925644637822012-08-16T14:09:00.001-07:002012-08-16T14:11:47.174-07:00Peter Cartwright Circuit Riding PreacherPeter Cartwright is one of my favorite old time preachers. Although he was a Methodist he was greatly used by God. Here is a little bit about his life. <b> </b><br />
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Peter Cartwright (September 1, 1785 – September 25, 1872) was an American Methodist revivalist and politician in Illinois. Born in Amherst County, Virginia, Cartwright was a missionary who helped start the Second Great Awakening and personally baptized twelve thousand converts. He settled in Illinois. He lost against Abraham Lincoln for a United States Congress seat in 1846. As a Methodist circuit rider, Cartwright rode circuits in Tennessee and Kentucky. His <i>Autobiography</i> from (1856) made him nationally prominent.<br />
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His Career- <br />
Soon after his birth his family moved to Logan County, Kentucky. At the age of 16 Peter was converted at a camp meeting and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He became a preacher in 1802 and was later ordained by Francis Asbury and William McKendree. In 1812 he was appointed a presiding elder (now District Superintendent), and he served in that office for the next fifty years.<br />
In 1808, Cartwright married Frances Gaines. Together they had two
sons and seven daughters, one of whom, Cynthia, died on the journey to
Illinois.<br />
Cartwright was a veteran of the War of 1812.
His hatred of slavery in Kentucky and his failure to convince the
slaveholders to free their slaves, led him to transfer to Illinois in
1824, where slavery was illegal. In his <i>Autobiography</i> he said
that in Illinois he "would get entirely clear of the evil of slavery,
that he could improve his financial situation and procure lands for my
children as they grew up. And... I could carry the Gospel to destitute
souls that had, by their removal into some new country, been deprived of
the means of grace."<br />
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His Ministry- <br />
He called himself "God's Plowman." As a circuit rider Cartwright explained in his <i>Autobiography,</i>
"My district was four hundred miles long, and covered all the west side
of the Grand Prairie, fully two-thirds of the geographical boundaries
of the state."<br />
Cartwright was a founding member of the Illinois Annual Conference in
1824, and remained in Illinois for the rest of his life. He was a
towering figure of frontier Methodism and one of the most colorful and
energetic preachers the church has produced. He was elected to 13
General Conferences (1816 through 1856, missing only 1832).<br />
Cartwright was charismatic; he pursued a divine calling, not a
profession. His conversion of others to Methodism, rather than his own
education, gained him admission to the ministry and verified his
methods. His sermons were always extemporaneous, anecdotal, and
participatory. He was a master of charismatic domination and used it
effectively to create the ecstatic conversion required to be reborn. He
opposed the routinization and institutionalization of religion and
favored the more democratic, egalitarian, and associational form of the
frontier circuits. Theologically he was an Arminian, and was convinced that all people could be saved, especially through the camp meeting revival.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"></sup><br />
In the Methodist church, the presiding elder oversaw the works of
preachers and churches to which he was assigned, and was below the
bishop in the denomination's chain of command. In the 19th-century
presiding elders were the most important officers in the Methodist
"army" that sought to "conquer the land for Christ." Cartwright who
served as a presiding elder for 50 years, demonstrating that the office
was that of a sub-bishop who was not always popular with his
subordinates. Cartwright was strong-willed in his office and was often
accused as being dictatorial, but he eventually earned notoriety as the
father of Illinois Methodism."<br />
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Peter Cartwright ran for office twice both times as a Democrat but was defeated by Abraham Lincoln.<br />
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Here is the way Cartwright described his own conversion if his autobiography- <br />
<i>In 1801, when I was in my sixteenth year, my father, my eldest
half brother, and myself, attended a wedding about five miles from home,
where there was great deal of drinking and dancing, which was very
common at marriages those days. I drank little or nothing; my delight
was in dancing. After a late hour in the night, we mounted our horses
and started for home. I was riding my race-horse.</i><br />
<i>A few minutes after we had put up the horses, and were sitting by
the fire, I began to reflect on the manner in which I had spent the day
and evening felt guilty and condemned. I rose and walked the floor. My
mother was in bed. It seemed to me, all of a sudden, my blood rushed to
my head, my heart palpitated, in a few minutes I turned blind; an awful
impression rested on my mind that death had come and I was unprepared to
die. I fell on my knees and began to ask God to have mercy on me.</i><br />
<i>My mother sprang from her bed, and was soon on her knees by my
side, praying for me, and exhorting me to look to Christ for mercy, and
then and there I promised the Lord that if he would spare me, I would
seek and serve him; and I never fully broke that promise. My mother
prayed for me a long time. At length we lay down, but there was little
sleep for me. Next morning I rose, feeling wretched beyond expression. I
tried to read in the Testament, and retired many times to secret prayer
through the day, but found no relief. I gave up my racehorse to my
father, and requested him to sell him. I went and brought my pack of
cards, and gave them to mother, who threw them into the fire, and they
were consumed. I fasted, watched, and prayed, and engaged in regular
reading of the Testament. I was so distressed and miserable, that I was
incapable of any regular business.</i><br />
<i>My father was greatly distressed on my account, thinking I must
die, and he would lose his only son. He bade me retire altogether from
business, and take care of myself. Soon it was noised abroad that I was
distracted, and many of my associates in wickedness came to see me, to
try and divert my mind from those gloomy thoughts of my wretchedness;
but all in vain. I exhorted them to desist from the course of wickedness
which we had been guilty of together. The class-leader and local
preacher were sent for. They tried to point me to the bleeding Lamb,
they prayed for me most fervently. Still I found no comfort, and
although I had never believed in the doctrine of unconditional election
and reprobation, I was sorely tempted to believe I was a reprobate, and
doomed, and lost eternally, without any chance of salvation.</i><br />
<i>At length one day I retired to the horse-lot, and was walking and
wringing my hands in great anguish, trying to pray, on the borders of
utter despair. It appeared to me that I heard a voice from heaven,
saying, "Peter, look at me." A feeling of relief flashed over me as
quick as an electric shock. It gave me hopeful feelings, and some
encouragement to seek mercy, but still my load of guilt remained. I
repaired to the house, and told my mother what had happened to me in the
horse-lot. Instantly she seemed to understand it, and told me the Lord
had done this to encourage me to hope for mercy, and exhorted me to take
encouragement, and seek on, and God would bless me with the pardon of
my sins at another time.</i><br />
<i>Some days after this, I retired to a cave on my father's farm to
pray in secret. My soul was in an agony; I wept, I prayed, and said,
"Now, Lord, if there is mercy for me, let me find it," and it really
seemed to me that I could almost lay hold of the Saviour, and realize a
reconciled God, All of a sudden, such a fear of the devil fell upon me
that it really appeared to me that he was surely personally there, to
seize and drag me down to hell, soul and body, and such a horror fell on
me that I sprang to my feet and ran to my mother at the house. My
mother told me this was a device of Satan to prevent me from finding the
blessing then. Three months rolled away, and still I did not find the
blessing of the pardon of my sins.</i><br />
<i>This year, 1801, the Western Conference existed, and I think there
was but one presiding elder's district in it, called the Kentucky
District. William M'Kendree (afterward bishop) was appointed to the
Kentucky District. Cumberland Circuit, which, perhaps, was six hundred
miles round, and lying partly in Kentucky and partly in Tennessee, was
one of the circuits of this district. John Page and Thomas Wilkerson
were appointed to this circuit.</i><br />
<i>In the spring of this year, Mr. M'Grady, a minister of the
Presbyterian Church, who had a congregation and meeting-house, as we
then called them, about three miles north of my father's house,
appointed a sacramental meeting in this congregation, and invited the
Methodist preachers to attend with them, and especially John Page, who
was a powerful Gospel minister, and was very popular among the
Presbyterians. Accordingly he came, and preached with great power and
success.</i><br />
<i>There were no camp-meetings in regular form at this time, but as
there was a great waking up among the Churches, from the revival that
had broken out at Cane Ridge, before mentioned, many flocked to those
sacramental meetings. The church would not hold the tenth part of the
congregation. Accordingly, the officers of the Church erected a stand in
a contiguous shady grove, and prepared seats for a large congregation.</i><br />
<i>The people crowded to this meeting from far and near. They came in
their large wagons, with victuals mostly prepared. The women slept in
the wagons, and the men under them. Many stayed on the ground night and
day for a number of nights and days together. Others were provided for
among the neighbors around. The power of God was wonderfully displayed;
scores of sinners fell under the preaching, like men slain in mighty
battle; Christians shouted aloud for joy.</i><br />
<i>To this meeting I repaired, a guilty, wretched sinner. On the
Saturday evening of said meeting, I went, with weeping multitudes, and
bowed before the stand, and earnestly prayed for mercy. In the midst of a
solemn struggle of soul, an impression was made on my mind, as though a
voice said to me, "Thy sins are all forgiven thee." Divine light
flashed all round me, unspeakable joy sprung up in my soul. I rose to my
feet, opened my eyes, and it really seemed as if I was in heaven; the
trees, the leaves on them, and everything seemed, and I really thought
were, praising God. My mother raised the shout, my Christian friends
crowded around me and joined me in praising God; and though I have been
since then, in many instances, unfaithful, yet I have never, for one
moment, doubted that the Lord did, then and there, forgive my sins and
give me religion."</i><br />
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Peter Cartwright was a man used by God to help change this nation. If he had gotten into office there would have been a big difference between him and Abraham Lincoln. Although Lincoln may have been saved Cartwright was definitely more outspoken about his Christianity than Lincoln.<i><br /></i><br />
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<br />Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-39896535958394650912011-12-13T08:29:00.000-08:002011-12-13T08:34:58.405-08:00John Wycliffe<b>John Wycliffe</b> <span class="nowrap"><span title="pronunciation:"></span><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="primary stress" style="border-bottom:1px dotted"></span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'w' in 'wind'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted"></span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="short 'i' in 'bid'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted"></span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'k' in 'kind'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted"></span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'l' in 'lie'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted"></span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="short 'i' in 'bid'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted"></span></a></span><span class="IPA"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_English#Key" title="Wikipedia:IPA for English"><span title="'f' in 'find'" style="border-bottom:1px dotted"></span></a></span><span title="Representation in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)" class="IPA"></span></span> also spelled <b>Wyclif</b>, <b>Wycliff</b>, <b>Wiclef</b>, <b>Wicliffe</b>, or <b>Wickliffe</b>) (c. 1328 – December 31, 1384) was an <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_%28people%29" title="English (people)" class="mw-redirect">English</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholastic_philosopher" title="Scholastic philosopher" class="mw-redirect">Scholastic philosopher</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theologian" title="Theologian" class="mw-redirect">theologian</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laity" title="Laity">lay</a> preacher<span style="text-decoration: underline;">,</span><sup id="cite_ref-Roberts2006_0-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe#cite_note-Roberts2006-0"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation" title="Translation">translator</a>, reformer and university teacher who was known as an early dissident in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" title="Roman Catholic Church" class="mw-redirect">Roman Catholic Church</a> during the 14th century. His followers were known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollards" title="Lollards" class="mw-redirect">Lollards</a>, a somewhat rebellious movement, which preached anticlerical and biblically-centred reforms. The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollard" title="Lollard" class="mw-redirect">Lollard</a> movement,<sup id="cite_ref-Roberts2006_0-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe#cite_note-Roberts2006-0"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> was a precursor to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_Reformation" title="Protestant Reformation">Protestant Reformation</a> (for this reason, Wycliffe is sometimes called "The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eosphoros" title="Eosphoros" class="mw-redirect">Morning Star</a> of the Reformation"). He was one of the earliest opponents of papal authority influencing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular" title="Secular" class="mw-redirect">secular</a> power.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe#cite_note-1"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> Wycliffe was also an early advocate for translation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a> into the common language. He completed his translation directly from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a> into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernacular" title="Vernacular">vernacular</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> in the year 1382, now known as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe%27s_Bible" title="Wycliffe's Bible">Wycliffe's Bible</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe#cite_note-2"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> It is probable that he personally translated the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; and it is possible he translated the entire <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>, while his associates translated the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kenyon_3-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe#cite_note-kenyon-3"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe%27s_Bible" title="Wycliffe's Bible">Wycliffe's Bible</a> appears to have been completed by 1384<span style="text-decoration: underline;">,</span><sup id="cite_ref-kenyon_3-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe#cite_note-kenyon-3"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> with additional updated versions being done by Wycliffe's assistant <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Purvey" title="John Purvey">John Purvey</a> and others in 1388 and 1395.<br />Wycliffe's Early Life Wycliffe was born in the factory village of modern-day <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipswell" title="Hipswell">Hipswell</a> in the North Riding of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a>, England in the mid-1320s.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe#cite_note-5"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> His family was long settled in Yorkshire. The family was quite large, covering considerable territory, principally centred around <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wycliffe,_County_Durham" title="Wycliffe, County Durham">Wycliffe-on-Tees</a>, about ten miles to the north of Hipswell. <p>Wycliffe received his early education close to his home<span style="text-decoration: underline;">.</span><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe#cite_note-6"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> It is not known when he first came to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">Oxford</a>, with which he was so closely connected until the end of his life, but he is known to have been at Oxford around 1345. He was influenced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Bacon" title="Roger Bacon">Roger Bacon</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Grosseteste" title="Robert Grosseteste">Robert Grosseteste</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bradwardine" title="Thomas Bradwardine">Thomas Bradwardine</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Ockham" title="William of Ockham">William of Occam</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_FitzRalph" title="Richard FitzRalph">Richard Fitzralph</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;"><i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from July 2007"><br /></span></a></i></sup></p> <p>Wycliffe owed much to William of Occam's work and thought. He showed interest in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_science" title="Natural science">natural science</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a>, but applied himself to studying <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theology" title="Theology">theology</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_law" title="Canon law">ecclesiastical law</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy" title="Philosophy">philosophy</a>. His opponents acknowledged the keenness of his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialectic" title="Dialectic">dialectic</a>, and his writings prove he was well grounded in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_law" title="Roman law">Roman</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_law" title="English law">English law</a>, as well as in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_England" title="History of England">native history</a>.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from July 2007">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></p> <p>During this time there was conflict between the northern (<i>Boreales</i>) and southern (<i>Australes</i>) "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_society" title="Student society">nations</a>" at Oxford. Wycliffe belonged to Boreales, in which the prevailing tendency was anticurial, while the other was curial. Not less sharp was the separation over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominalism" title="Nominalism">Nominalism</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_realism" title="Philosophical realism">Realism</a>. He mastered most of the techniques.</p> Wycliffe became deeply disillusioned both with Scholastic theology of his day and also with the state of the church, at least as represented by the clergy. In the final phase of his life in the years before his death in 1384 he increasingly argued for Scriptures as the authoritative centre of Christianity, that the claims of the papacy were unhistorical, that monasticism was irredeemably corrupt, and like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatist" title="Donatist" class="mw-redirect">Donatist</a> heresy one thousand years earlier, that the moral unworthiness of priests invalidated their office and sacraments.<br /><br />Wycliffe and the Bible-Some members of the nobility possessed the Bible in French, and some portions of the Bible had been translated into English as early as the seventh century under the auspices of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a>. While Wycliffe is credited, it is not possible exactly to define his part in the translation, which was based on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgate" title="Vulgate">Vulgate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wycliffe#cite_note-16"><span></span><span></span></a></sup> There is no doubt that it was his initiative, and that the success of the project was due to his leadership. From him comes the translation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a>, which was smoother, clearer, and more readable than the rendering of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament" title="Old Testament">Old Testament</a> by his friend <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_of_Hereford" title="Nicholas of Hereford" class="mw-redirect">Nicholas of Hereford</a>. The whole was revised by Wycliffe's younger contemporary <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Purvey" title="John Purvey">John Purvey</a> in 1388. Thus the cry of his opponents may be heard: "The jewel of the clergy has become the toy of the laity." <p>In spite of the zeal with which the hierarchy sought to destroy it due to mistranslations and erroneous commentary, there still exist about 150 manuscripts, complete or partial, containing the translation in its revised form. From this, one may easily infer how widely diffused it was in the fifteenth century. For this reason the Wycliffites in England were often designated by their opponents as "Bible men." Just as Luther's version had great influence upon the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German language</a>, so Wycliffe's, by reason of its clarity, beauty, and strength, influenced the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English" title="Middle English">English language</a> as the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version" title="King James Version" class="mw-redirect">King James Version</a> (which borrowed heavily from Wycliffe's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Testament" title="New Testament">New Testament</a> translation) was later to do.</p><p>Wycliffe as a Preacher-Wycliffe aimed to do away with the existing hierarchy and replace it with the "poor priests" who lived in poverty, were bound by no vows, had received no formal <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consecration" title="Consecration">consecration</a>, and preached the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel" title="Gospel">Gospel</a> to the people. These itinerant preachers spread the teachings of Wycliffe. Two by two they went, barefoot, wearing long dark-red robes and carrying a staff in the hand, the latter having symbolic reference to their pastoral calling, and passed from place to place preaching the sovereignty of God. The bull of Gregory XI impressed upon them the name of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollards" title="Lollards" class="mw-redirect">Lollards</a>, intended as an opprobrious epithet, but it became, to them, a name of honour. Even in Wycliffe's time the "Lollards" had reached wide circles in England and preached "God's law, without which no one could be justified."</p><p><br /></p>Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-11143332099320019902010-12-15T12:17:00.000-08:002010-12-16T11:20:08.681-08:00Do You Act As Christ Would?If Christ was to return would you want to be caught doing some things that you do?<br /><br />1. What you read. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Psalms 101:3</span> Does it honor Christ? Would you want your pastor or friends to see it, or would you hide it?<br />Here is a list of some popular books that a Christian should not read.<br />#1. Harry Potter. This series is full of witchcraft and is very occultic, and occultism is WRONG! 1 Samuel 15:23, and in Galatians 5:20 it is listed as a work of the flesh.<br />#2. Lord of the Rings. This is also full of witchcraft and is wrong for the same reasons.<br /><br />2. What you watch? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Psalms 101:3</span> Would you allow your children to view it? Is it filled with trash, profanity, drunkenness etc.<br />A list of movies a Christian shouldn't watch.<br />#1. Star Wars. These films all have occultism in them, which alone should be enough for a Christian not to watch them. Not to mention the profanity, women etc.<br /><br />3. Where you go? <span style="font-weight: bold;">1 Thess. 5:22. </span>Would your children be allowed to go in with you? If your friends saw it, would it be possible for them to gossip about it?<br />Would you go into a bar with your kids? Would you want them going into a movie store?<br /><br />4. The way you talk? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Eph. 4:29</span> Is it vulgar, crude? Would it be alright if you were in mixed company?<br />Do you want your children to grow up and talk as you do?<br /><br />5. How you act? <span style="font-weight: bold;">1 Peter 5:8</span> Are you sober or foolish?<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">1 Timothy 3:2-7</span> I know this is aimed at men, but it would be good for everyone. Are you know as a Christian, of one that has good behaviour? Does the world look at you and say "He/she claims to be a Christian?"<br /><br />6. The music you listen to? <span style="font-weight: bold;">Eph. 5:19</span> says to sing to "...Hymns, songs and spiritual songs."<br />There is no such thing as "Christian" rock, they don't go together. Most rock stars Christian or otherwise, are filthy, and vile.<br />#1. Jars of Clay. When asked by Christianity today magazine to list their musical influences none of them listed a Christian singer. They listed Ozzie Osborne, The Beatles, etc. Right before Billy Graham (another compromiser) had them sing at one of his crusades, Jars of Clay recorded an R-rated film full of trash and profanity. The lead vocalist from the group said "We don't want to be called a 'Christian Band', because it is a turnoff." No one who is a Christian should be ashamed of being know as one, Paul said in Rom. 1 he was not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.<br />#2. DC Talk. Some of their role models include The Beatles, David Bowie, and the Police, all of which are secular wicked rock stars. DC Talk performs Jimmy Hendrix's song Purple Haze, and opened their 'Jesus Freak' concert with an old Beatles song. No Christian would do this.<br />THESE PEOPLE ARE HEADED TO HELL!Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-22727891683547261472010-07-13T08:24:00.000-07:002010-07-13T08:50:45.360-07:00Street Preaching At The Rock Concerts And Hill CumorahRecently we have been very busy street preaching and preaching in the churches.<br />This past Thursday night we went out to the Buffalo in the Square Rock Concert to preach. We normally go there whenever we are here as it is a really good time. There are hundreds of people who don't even go into the concert but stay outside and talk to us. It got violent a couple of times, as they do not like what we are saying because it condemns their sin. We had one kid come up and start rubbing lotion all over the preacher, and made himself a hero to all the wicked. Another time what looked like a lesbian came up and started kicking and punching at the preachers, her friends ended up pulling her off. The police were around there but they wouldn't do their job. And when police protection was requested (as it is their job if we are in danger) denied it saying we knew the risk. Later on though a group of officers came up and protected us after we called 911. I had a good conversation with a kid who was raised in the Catholic church and still claimed to be one but didn't practice it. He said that as a child some of the things confused him, he was just lacking the courage to question the priest and his parents. He said he would think on what I had given him. The church doctrines that they worship Mary, believe in Mary for their salvation, in works for salvation etc.<br />Then Friday night we had the Rochester East End Rock Fest. We had a really good time there. At the start we had a so called Christian get mad and spit on dad, who then went to the police and complained. we also went to the officer because of assault and was told to get out of the road. Another man came out of the coffee shop behind us and tried to grab the sign from dad. The officer saw it and we decided to press charges. The officer at first said it was only assault if you were injured and wouldn't arrest the man. Dad told him it was and he was pressing charges, he wanted the man arrested now. The officer went to get the guy but he had taken off and tried to get away. They caught him and brought him back to us. The man apologized and tried to get out of being arrested, but dad pressed charges anyway. Overall we had a good night. At one point we walked across the street near the actual concert and one of the band members read our sign oer the loud speaker "Women are to be keepers at home." It was great.<br />Then Saturday night we went to the Mormon Hill Cumorah Pageant. Dad had a couple good conversations. I held a banner most of the night and didn't get to talk to anyone.<br />Please pray for us as we are going to the pageant tonight, possibly tomorrow night, Friday night, and Saturday night. We also have the the Buffalo rock concert Thursday night, the J.W. convention Friday and Saturday morning and the Gay parade Saturday afternoon.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-44021254084822822212010-06-10T11:51:00.000-07:002010-06-10T17:17:47.289-07:00J R Tolkien A Lost Sinner In Hell<div>I would just like to deal a little bit about the life of J R Tolkien, author of Lord of the Rings. Alot of people say Tolkien was saved and the Lord of the Rings was a good Christian book. </div><br /><div>I am going to just give a little bit of his life and show how he was a lost man, who ended up in hell.</div><br />Born John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, on January 3rd 1892. He was raised Catholic by his mother, after his father died. His grandparents were Protestant and against them being Catholic. His mother died when he was 12 years old. He continued in the Catholic faith till his dying day. Some of his favorite readings were fantasies by George Macdonald, an Irish man from the late 1800's. He went to college at Oxford, and studied classics and English language.<br /><br />He was close friends with C. S. Lewis another lost man in hell. And some of their favorite times together were sitting in a pub discussing literature over a glass of beer, and smoking cigars.<br /><br />The book Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy novel. Here is an overview of the book Lord of the Rings. The title of the book refers to the story's main antagonist, the Dark Lord <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauron" title="Sauron">Sauron</a>, who had in an earlier age created the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Ring" title="One Ring">One Ring</a> to rule the other <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Power" title="Rings of Power">Rings of Power</a>, as the ultimate weapon in his campaign to conquer and rule all of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth" title="Middle-earth">Middle-earth</a>. From quiet beginnings in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire_%28Middle-earth%29" title="Shire (Middle-earth)">Shire</a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit" title="Hobbit">hobbit</a> land not unlike the English countryside, the story ranges across Middle-earth following the course of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Ring" title="War of the Ring">War of the Ring</a> through the eyes of its characters, most notably the hobbits, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frodo_Baggins" title="Frodo Baggins">Frodo Baggins</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samwise_Gamgee" title="Samwise Gamgee">Samwise Gamgee</a> (Sam), <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriadoc_Brandybuck" title="Meriadoc Brandybuck">Meriadoc Brandybuck</a> (Merry) and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peregrin_Took" title="Peregrin Took">Peregrin Took</a> (Pippin), but also the hobbits' chief helpers: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aragorn" title="Aragorn">Aragorn</a>, a ranger, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandalf" title="Gandalf">Gandalf</a>, a wizard. As you can tell he has a wizard who is on the good side throughout the whole book.<br /><br />Tolkien's devout faith was a significant factor in the conversion of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis" title="C. S. Lewis">C. S. Lewis</a> from atheism to Christianity, although Tolkien was dismayed that Lewis chose to join the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CSL_89-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien#cite_note-CSL-89"><span>[</span>90<span>]</span></a></sup> <p>In the last years of his life, Tolkien became greatly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditionalist_Catholic" title="Traditionalist Catholic">disappointed</a> by the reforms and changes implemented after the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council" title="Second Vatican Council">Second Vatican Council</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien#cite_note-90"><span>[</span>91<span>]</span></a></sup> as his grandson <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Tolkien" title="Simon Tolkien">Simon Tolkien</a> recalls:</p> I vividly remember going to church with him in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bournemouth" title="Bournemouth">Bournemouth</a>. He was a devout Roman Catholic and it was soon after the Church had changed the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgy" title="Liturgy">liturgy</a> from Latin to English. My grandfather obviously didn't agree with this and made all the responses very loudly in Latin while the rest of the congregation answered in English. I found the whole experience quite excruciating, but my grandfather was oblivious. He simply had to do what he believed to be right.<br /><br />Here are some quotes by and about Tolkien.<br /><br />The inspiration for the great fantasy novels of J.R.R. Tolkien cannot be separated from his profoundly Catholic approach to life:<br /><br />Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament ... There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth ... which every man's heart desire<br /><br />Although it is not my joy to say this. He was a devout Roman Catholic, who died and went to hell, at the age of 81 on September 2 1973. <br />Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed it.<br />Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-22368885033145173012010-06-01T12:49:00.000-07:002010-06-01T17:31:33.011-07:00Street Preaching At The Indy 500.I am sorry I have not kept up on my blog but I have been very busy. I would just like to give some of the facts of our past week street preaching. On Friday myself, my dad, sister and two friends went preaching at a Z Z Top concert at the speedway. We had some good conversations and overall it went nice. We had a lesbian come up (who of course was a christian) and started to tell us that we were doing it all wrong and she was a Christian homo. We started talking to her about 1 Cor. 6:9-11, and Romans 1. Where it states that NO HOMO will make it in to HEAVEN, and that they are reprobate. She proceeded to get mad and tried to swipe the sign from my dad. She then walked back across the street but on the way almost got run over by a motorcycle.<br /> On Saturday we went out to the Parade, a very good time of street preaching. We had a J.W who said he was saved and either going to heaven or the ground, because there was no hell (J.W doctrine). We told him that there was a hell and showed him Luke 16:23, Rev. 20:10-15. He still said there was no hell but got off onto another subject. We brought up that Jesus was God. He denied it even after we took him to Zechariah 12:10 and John 19:37. He finally got mad and walked off. I was able to talk to one of the Clowns For Christ (No Greater Love Ministries) about salvation, God hating people, and them looking foolish in their costumes. He told me he ho[ed he would get to heaven, God did not hate anyone even after being showed Psalms 5:5.<br /> That night myself,my brother, my dad and 9 other friends went street preaching at Georgetown. This the night before the Indy where everyone is getting drunk or doing some other form of wickedness. This is so vile and wicked no women or children are allowed, and all officers walk around in sets of 5. We were out from 7:00-11:00. While there we had several drunks try and attack us at several different times. Once a drunk Catholic kid started physically attacking us saying he had been raised in a christian home was spanked as a child and so on. We proceeded to keep him off and he went on down the road. We also had a police officer pull up in his car and tell us we needed a permit. My father dealt with him and told him we did not need one, he then continued to read off the statutes to the officer. The officer kept walking towards him and when he got real close to him told him to back up which my father did. The officer did not like how far he had stepped back and pulled out his cuffs and cuffed him. He then told all of us to back off, which we did about two-three feet. He then walked up to my brother and myself who had backed up and put his hand on our shoulder and pushed us over more stating that we had not backed off enough. After that a better trained officer pulled up got out and started talking to the other officer when he realized he had done wrong, he told my dad if he would calm down and cool off he would take the cuffs off. Which he did, and then left. Later that night we had an older drunken Catholic attack us again getting very violent shoving and spitting on all of us. When we called the police he took off and we didn't see him he rest of the evening.<br /> Sunday we went out to the actual race. There were several good conversations. We had quite a few people get mad and some tried getting violent but nothing serious happened.<br /> We hope God worked in peoples lives and that some will get converted before they die.<br />That is all for now, thanks for reading. Next time I will try and get a post up sooner than last time.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-13621112665477330922010-03-08T17:55:00.000-08:002010-03-08T18:51:08.587-08:00Does God Judge And Should We As Christaians Judge Others?In our many travels and street preaching, we get asked this same question many times, and I would just like to deal with the subject for a little bit.<br /><br /><br /><br />According to the Websters 1828 the definition for judge is- To rightly understand and discern, to discern, to distinguish, to consider accurately for the purpose of forming an opinion or conclusion.<br /><br /><br /><br />1. Yes! God did.<br /><br />Jesus Christ is God. And when Jesus was here on earth he judged the quote on quote believing Jews. John 8:44 "Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from te beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it"<br />He also called one of the 12 a devil. John 6:70. "Jesus answered them, have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?"<br /><br />2. God says it's okay for us to judge if we are spiritual.<br /><br />In 1 Corinthians 2:15 "But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. We are given the okay to judge anyone, yet we can't be judged.<br /><br />3. What Type Of Judgment Should We Give?<br /><br />In John 7:24 "Judge not according to he appearance, but judge righteous judgment."<br />We are commanded to judge.<br /><br />4. What About Matthew 7:1?<br /><br />We constantly get asked the question "Why do you judge? The Bible says judge not."<br />Matthew 7:1 says "Judge not, that ye be not judged." verse 2 says "For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and wth what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."<br />In olther words we are going to be judged with the same standards as we judge others.<br /><br />5. We All Judge Daily.<br /><br />Alot of people say don't judge. Yet each and every one of us judge daily. We judge what to eat, what to watch, who we vote for, where to go, who to go with and the list goes on and on.<br /><br />So Yes, God does judge and Yes! we are allowed to judge.<br />I hope this has been a blessing to you all, thanks for reading.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-68164373439673566942010-02-08T07:39:00.001-08:002010-02-08T10:57:18.849-08:00Preaching To Drunks At Ybor City Before Gasparilla.We have been very busy, but also had a very good time the past week and a half. We got in Thursday afternoon and got set up and got ready to pick up a couple of friends who were flying in for the weekend.<br />Friday Dad and I went out and picked up the friends we had coming in and got the bullhorns and banners ready for Ybor City that night.<br />We got out to Ybor City about 9:00. We instantly had a crowd of people that did not like us, which is normal when you preach the Gospel of Christ. Some of us were standing in front of a bar on the one corner. And one of the employees came out and told us that he had called the manager, and that we had to leave the corner. And do it now! We told him that it was our Constitutional right to be there and he would just have to live with it. He ended up leaving and his boss came out and told us that we needed to leave, we told him the same thing as his employee. He told us he was calling the police and we would have to deal with them. We told him we would be quite happy to deal with them when they got here. The police arrived and were talking to the manager about us. In the meantime some of us had moved across the street, but we still left some people over there. There was a group of 2 guy's and their girlfriends who came up and started arguing with us, and acting quite stupid as they were somewhat drunk. I started talking to one of the girls who had asked me what we were doing, and why it was a sin to drink.<br />As I was answering them their one boy friend popped in and hit my hat off, while hitting my face.<br />My dad then went over and told the police he wanted to press charges for assault. The police came over and made the punks leave for the time being, but did not do their job. They then called my dad over to talk to him, my sister Hope followed with a camcorder. The officer commanded that Hope stay on the one side of the street while they went to the other side with my dad. Hope told the officer that he was a public officer in a public forum therefore she had every right to record him, he still insisted that she stay on the other side. My mother then took over and followed them. The officer finally allowed her to follow him. Once on the other side they told my dad that we were not allowed out there as we were blocking the sidewalk, and specifically pointing and preaching to particular people, which was not allowed. Dad then read them the Constitution stating that we had the right to be out there. Later on the supervisor came over and apologized for his officers actions. He stated that they were new on the force and didn't know how to deal with the preachers.<br />It was a good night overall, with alot of witnessing and preaching. But there was alot of drunkenness, and wickedness.<br />I will do a post next week about the actual parade.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-41984058286067722002010-01-20T10:32:00.000-08:002010-01-20T11:57:03.565-08:00CHRISTIAN BLUNDERS<div style="text-align: center;">Things That Are Preached As Fact But Can't Be Proven.<br /><div style="text-align: left;">I would just like to spend a few minutes and talk about some things that people preach as fact from the Bible, but they cannot prove it from the Bible.<br /> 1. People say that when Moses went up into Mt. Sinai he got the Ten Commandments on two stone tablets. But if you actually read the Biblical version of the story you find out that no where does it say that he did get them on tablets. In Exodus 20 he goes up to Mt. Sinai as the Lord has told him to do. While up there the Lord gives Moses the Ten Commandments. He also gives him several other laws for Israel. In chapter 24 Moses is called back up to Mt Sinai by the Lord, so he has obviously come back down. No where does it say anything about stone tablets. Now if you go to chapter 31 verse 18. It reads "And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God". No where does it say they had the Ten Commandments on them.<br /> 2. This now leads me to my next point. Everyone also states that when Aaron made the golden calf was when Moses was getting the Ten Commandments. Yet if you read the Biblical account you find that Moses had just gotten down off the mount, when God had given him the specifications for the Ark of the Covenant. The references for this are the same as the first one. In exodus 20-23 He is getting the Ten Commandments, and other laws. In chapter 24 he goes back up, and in chapter 32 we see the account of the golden calf.<br /> 3. Another thing people say is that when Samson married Delilah the philistine he was out of God's will. Yet if you read it, it says it was God's will. Judges 14:1-4 In the first three verses Samson tells his parents about Delilah, and then in verse 4 we read. "But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel".<br /> 4. Another subject I would like to deal with is that when The Wise Men came to see the baby Jesus there were only three men. But again when we read the account it just says wise men and never tells how many. We find these account in Matthew 2:1-12.<br /> 5. Another thing is that when the angels came to the shepherds they were singing yet the Bible says they were simply praising God. Luke 2:13.<br />This is all for now thanks for reading.<br /></div></div>Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-64922598281733744252010-01-03T13:08:00.000-08:002010-01-03T13:12:30.573-08:00John G Paton Missionary To The New Hebrides<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9-R2q8BLuLZ3vvR7V0BxqSS2CCIDt9IVvy8nBV-ghVhbNSf4qVDJxs_10pQDryIHU5_0b3qc_3fdv5QAbk64qjC9bWrl-sjdme45wLU8m14YwbqP34QvwAxuy98pG3fF8fLkv2_rzRkJ/s1600-h/John_Gibson_Paton.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR9-R2q8BLuLZ3vvR7V0BxqSS2CCIDt9IVvy8nBV-ghVhbNSf4qVDJxs_10pQDryIHU5_0b3qc_3fdv5QAbk64qjC9bWrl-sjdme45wLU8m14YwbqP34QvwAxuy98pG3fF8fLkv2_rzRkJ/s320/John_Gibson_Paton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422624100278041458" border="0" /></a><br /> <br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> John Gibson Paton<br /></div><br /> John Paton was born to James and Janet Paton on May 24 of the year 1824, in a farm cottage in Braehead Scotland near Dumfries. His father, who was a stocking manufacturer, was a good and godly man who prayed three times daily. John was born to a large family, being the first of 11 children.<br /> John one day during family prayer heard the door open and close softly. When prayer was through, he ran over and picked up a box which contained a new suit for the growing child. John found out later that the school teacher had given it to him. At the age of twelve young John left school because his teacher had an ugly temper. He came home one day complaining that the teacher had wrongly accused and disciplined him. The boy’s parents finally persuaded the lad to go back the next day, but John was back home almost right away saying the teacher had seen the lad and started kicking him. So this caused John to start as an apprentice to his father learning the trade of stocking for 14 hours a day, yet still got in 2 hours of study on lunch break.<br /> As a youth he felt God calling him to be a missionary overseas. He started working with a surveying company to earn more money so he could get an education. After a few years of working with the company, the manager called him into his office and told John he had heard about John’s desire to work hard and earn enough money to go and complete college. He told John that if he would sign a contract for seven years he would get a raise and a promotion. John told him that he could not do that as it was a long time and he was under contract to someone else. The manager asked him who this person was? John replied, “I have given my life to the Lord Jesus Christ and have committed to work overseas as a missionary”. The manager got mad and told him to sign the contract or he was fired. John thought and replied that he would have to be fired. The manager told him to get his pay and leave. John did this right away.<br /> John finally ended up walking to Glasgow, forty miles away, to start working in a school to earn a college education. He worked hard and soon earned a degree.<br /> John was ordained by a reformed Presbyterian Pastor on March 23rd 1858. John was married to Mary Ann Robson April 2nd 1858. 14 days later, April 16th, with a Mr. Joseph Copeland, Mary, and John set sail for the South Pacific leaving Scotland as missionaries.<br /> They landed at Tanna, an island in the southern part of the New Hebrides on November 5th 1858, and built a small house at Port Resolution. The natives they were to be missionaries to were reported to be cannibals. Those savages which were near them ran about constantly, and they were enveloped in superstition, occultism, and heathenism at its worst. The men ran about in complete nakedness, while the women wore little leaf aprons. Three months later February 12th 1859 a son Peter Robert Robson was born to the family, 19 days later his wife Mary died from tropical fever; soon after Peter died at 36 days of age. It was a sad time for John. Yet through all this he still witnessed faithfully and survived many attacks on his life, including once when a passing ship arrived and took John and another missionary couple, Mr. and Mrs. Mathieson from another part of the island to safety on Aneitym, a friendly island nearby.<br /> From there John went back to Australia and then to Scotland. While in these places he was going to try and arouse interest in the missionary work in the New Hebrides and raise money to buy a ship for the work. Later he raised a much larger sum with which to build a mission steamship. While in Edinburgh Scotland on June 17th 1864 John married Margaret (Maggie) Whitecross, a descendant of the so called Whitecross Knights.<br />Arriving back in the New Hebrides August 1866, John and his wife Maggie set up a mission house on Aniwa Island, the closest island to Tanna, the island of John’s earlier work. Here they lived in a small native hut, while building a house for themselves and two houses for orphan children. They later also erected a church, and printing house etc.<br /> Here in Aniwa they found the natives just as bad, with the same superstition, occultism, cannibalism, indecency etc.<br /> Yet they still continued on their missionary work. They ended up having six of their ten children in Aniwa, four of them dying in infancy. Their fourth son Frank, born in Aniwa, later ended up becoming a missionary to the New Hebride islands.<br /> John learned the language and put it into writing, while Maggie lead a class of about fifty women and children. These women and children would soon become experts at sewing, plaiting hats, reading, singing, etc.<br /> They trained teachers, translated, taught, printed the Scriptures, ministered to the sick and dying, gave out medicine, taught the use of tools, and held worship services every Sunday,<br /> After many years of hard work, tragedies, and trials, the whole island of Aniwa professed Christianity. In 1899 he saw the Aniwa Bible printed, and missionaries established on 25 of the 30 islands in the New Hebrides.<br /> Margaret died at the age of 64 on May 16th 1905, while at “Kennet”, believed to be the family home at 74 Princess St. New Victoria.<br /> John G. survived his wife by two years, dying at the age of 82 on January 28th 1907. He was at Cross Street, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia.<br /> They are both buried at Boroondara, at the intersection of High and Park Hill Rd, Kew Victoria, Australia.<br /> Just look at how much this man suffered and yet he still followed and worked for God. What an example he is to us.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-89899551252191348252009-11-22T15:57:00.000-08:002010-01-13T16:52:50.457-08:00The Life Of Christ On Earth.<div>I would like to deal with the subject of Jesus Christ while he was here on earth.</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>1. First I would like to deal with some prophecies in the Old Testament that were fulfilled by Jesus when he was here on earth.</div><br /><div>A. Is. 9:7 says He will be an heir to the throne of David. We see this prophecy fulfilled in Matt. 1:1.<br />B. Micah 5:2 We see that he is too be born in Bethlehem, this is fulfilled in Matt. 2:1.<br />C. Is. 7:14 He is to be born of a virgin. The fulfillment of this prophecy is in Matt. 1:18.<br />D. His hands and His feet are to be pierced according to Psalms 22:16. This is fulfilled when He is put on the cross in John 20:27.<br />E. His side is to be pierced according to Zechariah 12:10 this is also fulfilled while he is on the cross in John 19:37.<br /><br />2. His childhood life.<br /><br />A. We see that mother was a virgin Matt.1:18.<br />B. He is born in a manger because there is no room in the inn. Luke 2:7.<br />C. He has both a prophet (Simeon) and a prophetess (Anna) say that He is the Christ.<br />In Luke 2:25-38<br /><br />3. His ministry as a child.<br /><br />A. We see that He started His ministry at the early age of 12. Luke 2:42-49.<br /><br />That is all for now thanks for looking.<br /><br /></div>Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-71167655848905279582009-11-13T13:59:00.000-08:002009-11-13T19:07:57.717-08:00Where We Have Been LatelySince my last post we have been very busy and I will just update on where we have been and what we have been doing.<br />We were at our home church the end of September. It was great to be back and see the church. We went out Street Preaching nothing confrontational really happened but we still got to witness to a couple hundred people.<br />In October we went to Atlanta for a preachers meeting, where we preached at Georgia State for three afternoons. It got rough a little but nothing much and we had some pretty good conversations. During the whole time the students were out there almost all were against us yet there were still some who agreed with us. The students were holding signs and singing "No hate at Georgia State," and had signs stating the same along with some other things. Overall it was really good.<br />We are presently in IL. Where we are going to be doing some street preaching and door knocking a lot because it is the second most important place for the Mormons as Joseph Smith died around here and such, it is a lot of fun to go and preach in front of the temple, where dad stirred up the gardener last time we were here. We just took a little side trip down to Pittsburg Kansas to meet with a pastor we know in the area.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-49568009493390066892009-08-22T17:26:00.000-07:002009-08-22T18:11:31.580-07:00Who We As Christians Should Obey.I would just like to take a little time and deal with the subject of obedience and who, or what we should obey as Christians.<br />Definitions-Submit-To be submissive, to yield to one's opinion, to the opinion of authority of another. To surrender, to yield without murmuring.<br /><br />Obey-To submit to the government, to comply commands, orders or instructions of a superior, to yield.<br /><br />1. We should obey the Lord Jesus Christ according to James 4:7.<br /> We should obey him by.<br />A. Reading His Word (The Bible). Isaiah 34:16.<br />B. Keeping His commandments. John 8:31.<br />C.Witnessing. (Door to door, in the parking lot, where ever you are at). Mark 16:15.<br />D. Street Preaching. Acts 20:20.<br />E. Abstaining from alcohol, or any alcoholic beverages. Proverbs 20:1.<br />2. We are to obey the Bible. John 8:31.<br />3. We are to obey our parents while we are in the house, unless it conflicts with God's Word. Ephesians 6:1.<br />4. The Bible says we are to obey those in rule over us (pastors, elders, bishops, or anyone your parents set over you as an authority). Hebrews 13:17.<br />5. We are to obey the government, and it's laws until they conflict with God's laws. (speed limits, stop signs, lights etc). 1 Peter 2:14.<br />6. We are to obey those older than us if they are godly, and will help us with godly matters.<br />1 Peter 5;5.<br />7. According to the Bible we are to obey one another if they are godly. Ephesians 5:21.<br /><br />According to the Bible disobedience is as the sin of witchcraft. 1 Samuel 15:23.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-56242419515281003972009-07-23T16:10:00.000-07:002009-07-23T16:30:49.412-07:00What We Have Been Doing.We were in Nauvoo IL. last month after my last post street p;reaching and visiting some friends, we had a very good time irritating the Mormons as it is the second most important place for them. It is near where Joseph Smith was killed, they moved to after they were kicked out of Missouri etc. We went up to the Temple a couple times a week and would preach and witness out front. While preaching one time my dad got a Mormon mad who's wife was trying to take a picture, but he was in the way, so the man rudely demanded that he move. Dad said if he had asked politely he would have but since he was rude he could forget about it. Needless to say the man continued to get mad and eventually cursed and threatened my dad. After that we went to a friends house in Ohio and did some street preaching around there. We then headed to New York for our usual meetings. Our first few were all good meetings. While at one of them we preached at the World's Largest Spiritualist community called Lily Dale. They have their own Fire Dept. Post Office etc. We got interviewed and put in the Sunday newspaper nothing big but it still had what we had been preaching. The following Sunday the local churches wrote the editor and apologized for our preaching, they said God damns no one to hell, and then quoted John 3:18 later on. The pastor we had been working with has a radio station at the church and the next day preached on the pastors repenting for us, and how God does and will damn someone to hell that is not saved. After that we moved up towards Buffalo area and went to several of the rock concerts on Thursday night. We started an old fashioned camp-meeting with a pastor near there where Ron Williams (head-director of Hephzibah House a girls house) and my dad were preaching. That Thursday we went out to Buffalo and found the streets crowded, we found out that the band that was playing that night had not done a concert since 1973. My dad went out with one white glove and a sign that read Ask Me Why Micheal Jackson Went To Hell. Within minutes we had about forty people around us. We had at various times anywhere from fifty to three hundred people, the police arrested one man and broke up several near riots.<br />That Friday we also went witnessing in Niagara Falls and got rained on the whole time, but we still got tracts out.<br />Till next time.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-77295148915592785632009-05-31T14:39:00.000-07:002009-05-31T14:50:00.303-07:00Street Preaching at the Indy 500This past weekend we went out Street Preaching at the Indy 500 parade on Saturday and the race on Sunday, with the men going out Saturday night to Georgetown. We had groups from Chicago, Ohio, Michigan, New York and a few other places. Saturday went well we had plenty of Street Preaching and witnessing. We got out more tracts this year than we have in the past few years. We were in our normal spot, and where normally by 10:00 is packed this year was still not packed by the time the parade started at 1:00. On Sunday we went out to the race track and preached. We got into quite a few good conversations including with a smoking minister, who thought there was only 4 books in the entire Bible, couldn't tell you where the 10 commandments were, but we were wrong for being out there. We had one point where it got a little rough with a man throwing his beer all over us. We got out a lot more tracts than usual here also. All in all it was a good time.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-50923491370036699662009-05-14T19:56:00.000-07:002009-05-14T20:08:58.099-07:00Chicago<div style="text-align: left;">The past week we have been up in Chicago IL. Doing a revival meeting and street preaching on the weekends. On this past Saturday Pastor Teesdale from the church here started dealing with a young man about the Lord, after about forty-five minutes the young man knelt on the sidewalk and accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his Saviour. Pastor Teesdale then spent thirty minutes more talking to the young man about what he should do once he had been saved.<br />A lot of decisions have been made this past week as my dad preached a revival meeting for the church up here.<br />Please pray for us as we will be street preaching again Saturday, and then we have the Indy 500 coming up next week where we will also be street preaching.<br /></div>Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-68165317095975819772009-04-27T07:55:00.000-07:002009-04-27T08:31:08.680-07:00Why We As Christians Should Street Preach.<div style="text-align: center;">Here are some reasons why we as Christians should be willing to go out and Street Preach.<br /></div>#1. Because Jesus Christ said to. Mark 16:15 Go ye into all the world and PREACH the gospel.<br /><br />#2. Jesus Christ Street Preached Publickly. Matthew 4:23, 9:35, Luke 3:3, 9:6, And many other places.<br /><br />#3. Paul inspired by the Holy Spirit said to. In Acts 20:20, 1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Timothy 4:2.<br /><br /><br />#4. Paul Preached Publickly. Acts 9:29, 13:35, 16:13-15, 18:4, 22:1-16 along with many other<br /> places.<br /><br />#5. Many of the disciples and Christians in the Bible Preached Publickly.<br /> Silas preached Acts 16:13-15.<br /> Peter Acts 2:14-36, 4:8-12, 15:7.<br /> Apollos Acts 18;26-28.<br /> Timothy Acts 16:4-5.<br /> John the Baptist Matthew 3:1.<br /> Philip Acts 8:12.<br /> Barnabas Acts 13:35.<br /><br /> We should be willing to Street Preach if our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ did.<br /> So many people say I want to be like Jesus but are to concerned about their image to get up and go out and Street Preach.<br /> <br /> Paul said in 2 Timothy 4:2 to reprove and rebuke, that is the reason many people pastors included will not go out and preach the gospel to a world that is on it's way to hell.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-13132665147729282512009-03-26T14:01:00.000-07:002009-03-26T15:09:13.872-07:00A Letter To Young Men.<span style="font-weight: bold;">1 Timothy 3:1-7</span>.<br />This passage may be directed at Bishops but it would be a good set of guidelines for a young man to live by.<br /><br />1. v. 2. Says to be sober. We as young men should be sober. Sober means to be serious, solemn etc. We should not be foolish or loud, always goofing off, flippant, etc. Some other verses dealing with this subject. <span style="font-weight: bold;">1 Thess. 5:6,8. 1 Peter 1:13, 4:7, 5:8.</span><br /><br />2. v.2. Says to be of good behavior. Behavior means Manner of behaving whether good or bad, in conduct, and manners. It is time that we learned to have manners around the table, at the church, in front of ladies and everywhere else. You say manners don't matter much, but they do when you have bad manners it shows almost a disrespect for those around us.<br /><br />3. v.3. Says not greedy of filthy lucre. This says filthy lucre but it can apply to everything.<br />The Bible also says to not be greedy in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Prov 15:27</span>.<br /><br />4. v.3. The Bible says to be patient here. We need to learn patience as a young man so we don't need to when we are older. It is a good virtue to learn. It also says it in <span style="font-weight: bold;">Eccl. 7:8, Rom. 12:12, 1 Thess. 5:14, James 5:7-8.</span><br /><br />5. v .3. The Bible says no not be covetous. You say coveting is a small thing it really doesn't matter to God. It's enough to send someone to hell as we see in <span style="font-weight: bold;">1 Corinthians 6:10</span>. It is also important enough for God to mention it in the Law <span style="font-weight: bold;">Exodus 20:17.</span> Some more references <span style="font-weight: bold;">Romans 7:7, Ephesians 5:5, 2 Timothy 3:2.</span><br /><br />6. v. 7. It says to have a good report of them which are without. Do you have a good good report among your friends, the church people, the lost. Do they know that you are a Christian, and that you are a honest person who can be trusted. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Prov. 15:30, Acts 6:3, 10:22, and 22:12</span>. These 2 last places are where people had a good report among others. In <span style="font-weight: bold;">Acts 6:3</span> it was important enough to have men of good report to take care of the widows.<br /><br />Thanks for taking your time to read this. I should have another one up soon.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-19888558741322196302009-03-08T13:48:00.000-07:002009-03-08T14:52:29.936-07:00Sunday Morning ServiceMy dad preached the morning service today on hell, and Praise the Lord, a boy in our church said he got saved.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6259332316199847243.post-12323037068686830752009-03-07T18:58:00.000-08:002009-03-08T13:06:09.697-07:00Street Preaching in Panama City.We went out Street Preaching today in Panama City Florida. While we were out there we had a Lutheran Pastor come out who thought it was okay to drink alcohol, watch Lord of the Rings, be a Catholic, and still be saved what a laugh. This is so typical of a unsaved man trying to tell us were doing it wrong.Soldier Of Christ.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13144931468258998288noreply@blogger.com1