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What That Means, and What it Doesn't
By Tony Cooke
Instead of simply saying, “I’m not under the law [of Moses],” perhaps we should consider focusing more on what actually does govern and influence our lives. Like Paul, we should say, “...not that I am without the law of God and lawless toward Him, but that I am [especially keeping] within and committed to the law of Christ” (1 Corinthians 9:21, AMP). Read this article by Tony Cooke.
Pictorial Travelogue: Ministry in Europe
Tony and Lisa enjoyed ministry in Switzerland, France, Austria, and Germany from March 28 - April 9. Tony taught 26 times in a variety of settings, and Lisa ministered several times in music.
An Analysis of the Tithe (Part One)
by James J. Purcell
James Purcell is a Christian attorney in Seattle, Washington. In this analysis, Purcell approaches the subject of tithing as he would a question presented by a client, taking the reader with him on an examination that no believer should miss. Seen through a lawyer's eyes, the scriptures reveal a surprising message about the role of the tithe in everyday economics and its importance to human endeavors. Read part one this booklet excerpt by James J. Purcell. Part two will be featured next month.
Read this report about what's happened at Tony Cooke Ministries in the past ten years.
The Doxology Experience: Valley Family Church
(Kalamazoo, MI)
Jeff and Beth Jones
Southwest Michigan is a very religious region, largely made up of those who grew up in the Roman Catholics, Dutch Reformed and Christian Reformed traditions. We felt if we could connect with a part of their upbringing, past experiences and perhaps what seemed dead to them, with something that was familiar - yet alive, anointed and powerful - God might use it to quicken them towards Him. Read this article by Jeff and Beth Jones.
Darrell Huffman
To help the congregation of New Life Church maximize the revelation and experience of Easter and the resurrection of Christ, I instituted something in our church that religion has stolen and perverted. This year, we rediscovered Lent with a Pentecostal, charismatic renewal experience in the Word and Spirit of God. Read this article by Darrell Huffman.
(Lansing, MI)
Stephen Marshall
There are two times a year that a person who rarely attends church gets a notion to visit a local house of worship. Christmas and Easter are those occasions when the calendar can actually help call the lost. Whether it's for the sake of tradition, a vow to a dying mother or some sense of accomplishing penance, visitors who don't have a habit of coming to God's house show up on these dates. This is an opportunity we need to capitalize on. Read this article by Stephen Marshall.
Tony Teaching on "Qualified" at Charis Bible College
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BLESSINGS
"All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors."
- John Calvin
PRAYER
"The answer of our prayers is secured by the fact that in rejecting them God would in a certain sense deny His own nature."
- John Calvin
MUSIC
"Our children will grow up confused, not respecting the Bible or anything else that is sacred."
- Critics referring to the "new" hymns written by Charles Wesley
BEGINNINGS
"Everyone who got where he is has had to begin where he was."
- Robert Louis Stevenson
PEER PRESSURE
"What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself."
- Thomas a Kempis