Category: Faith and Practice
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Concerning the order and government of the church of Christ, No. 1 and No. 2
These two tracts describe the proper ordering and functioning of spiritual religious society from extracts of the writings of Isaac Penington.
Isaac Penington
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Detraction
Speak only good of people. Evil, even if true, is hurtful to the speaker, the hearer, and the person spoken about.
Seth Hinshaw
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Five Tests for Discerning a True Leading
How do we know when we experience a leading? We can test a leading and its rightness by looking to Scripture, offering it for community discernment, and taking time to allow the leading deepen.
Hugh Barbour
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In the Will of God, Stand
There’s a moment in the life of a Christian when you finally yield fully to God. Adapted from a longer tract by Kenneth Morse, “Conversion: Is it Gradual or Instantaneous?” in 1943.
Kenneth Morse
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On Coming to Love One’s Enemies
The Holy Spirit makes us able to love and gives us the specific leadings to live in that love.
Virginia Schurman
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Our Divine Lord
Jesus is not simply a great teacher and a beautiful example. He is the proper object of faith and worthy of worship. He lives and reigns in the lives of his people.
Max Reich
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Prayer
Prayer is actually something God does in us. When we turn to God in prayer, we turn to One who is always within us and waiting.
Virginia Schurman