Publication Format: Digital
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The Christian’s Joy
There is a peace and joy that goes beyond understanding. We will find it as we yield to God’s will that we partake in Christian joy.
Author Unknown
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The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the glorified Christ. When the day of the Spirit broke in power on the day of Pentecost, mighty results followed. One result of this new experience was the formation of a new fellowship.
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
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The Inspired Ministry
Thomas Gould (1813-1856) was a Wilburite minister in New England Yearly Meeting. He left no journal, but described two incidents in his writings. One is a story of minister Isaac Lawton and boy who spoke during meeting and, and the other is about James Scribbens, who did not have many natural talents, but yet had…
Thomas Gould
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A True Testimony Concerning My Faith in Christ
“I believe in Him, as he is the Minister of the sanctuary, and true tabernacle which God hath pitched, and not man; who by his power and spirit hath fitted and made many able and faithful ministers. He is the Minister of ministers.”
John Banks
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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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Congregational Silence
When we wait upon the Lord, there are postures we take during worship. There is the silence of reality, the silence of reverence, the silence of recollection, and the silence of receptivity.
Max Reich
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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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Forgiveness
If we do not love those who trespass against us, we will not be in a forgiving spirit.
Phoebe Hall