Author: tractfriends
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Maranatha!
Do we as Quakers summon our Lord with expectant urgency? Are we doing as he has commanded us to do?
Charles Subock
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Mind the Heavenly Treasure
Thoughts for each day from the Scriptures and the eight volumes of the writings of George Fox. Includes volumes and page numbers for Fox quotations.
compiled by Gary Bowell
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My Friend God
My Friend God can be your Friend, too. God is always with us. We need to learn to be quiet and still to hear God.
Christine Greenland
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On Solid Sitting
Some of those meetings were seasons of favor to me, never to be forgotten. The solid sitting of some Friends frequently reached me and touched my heart.
Brian Drayton
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Reclaiming the Bible in Friends Tradition
Friends have valued the teachings of the Bible. The Scriptures are a witness to the Word of God, not the word of God itself.
Virginia Schurman
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Selected Quotations from William Penn’s No Cross, No Crown
William Penn (1644-1718) wrote No Cross, No Crown in 1669 about the importance of self-denial in the Christian life.
Sarah I. Miller
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The Beatitudes: Pathways of Living in True Joy and Peace
The teachings of Jesus called Beatitudes, recorded in Matthew and Luke, are an invitation to a way of living that brings true happiness and inward and outward peace.
Virginia Schurman
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How Grace Works
There is such an experience as “conversion.” It is not a mechanical process or a mere gush of emotion. It is a transaction in the realm of the spirit, where deep calleth unto deep, registering itself outwardly.
Max I. Reich
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Inner Peace and the Right Use of Media: Reflections on Thomas Shillitoe’s Advice
What does it take to keep inward peace, stay gathered and near the Guide? Drayton follows the advice of Thomas Shillitoe to suggest that we yield our lives, and media, to the Holy Spirit.
Brian Drayton