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Salvation Army Lingo

1/27/2016

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Salvation Army Crest, blood + fire
Salvation Army Crest, blood and fire.
Of all the religious organizations out there, I think the Salvation Army used to have the most fascinating terminology for church-related things.  In this first part of a series of articles on Salvation Army terminology, we are going to take a quick look at their basic terminology like knee drills, firing volleys, soldiers, officers, and articles of war!

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Miss Elizabeth Ann Wilson, Part 2

1/25/2016

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Gray Hair ... A Blessing?
It turns out that Elizabeth would never have been as effective in China if she had come as a young woman instead.  It seems her gray hair was especially fascinating to the local women, and they were sure that this “Elder Sister” (as they nicknamed her) was especially wise and knowledgeable because of her silver hair.  While many missionaries struggled to gather crowds, the locals begged Elizabeth to talk with them and teach them because of their respect for the wisdom that her hair color implied.  They stayed to listen because she was wise, wise in the things of God.

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Miss Elizabeth Ann Wilson

1/23/2016

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Elizabeth Ann Wilson, CIM
Elizabeth Annie Wilson, China Inland Missionary
Elizabeth would have to wait 30 years to fulfill the call of God on her life
Early Years
Not much can be found about the early years of Elizabeth Wilson, such as who her parents were or when she was born.  We do know that she was brought up in a Christian home, and according to her mother was interested in the things of God at a very young age.  It was also at a very young age that Elizabeth was horrified to discover that some people didn’t love God.

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John Bunyan, Part 5

1/20/2016

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Bunyan's Trial
Here is an excerpt from Bunyan's discussion with the Constable upon his arrest.  My comments are in [ ] square brackets.

CONSTABLE:  What do you do there? And why do you not content yourself with following your calling (tinker)? for it is against the law, that such as you should be admitted to do as you do.  [It seems that their major issue with Bunyan was that he was preaching without being ordained by the government-encouraged national church.  How dare a mere tinker take it upon himself to preach the Gospel!]

BUNYAN: The intent of my coming thither, and to other places, was to instruct, and counsel people to forsake their sins, and close in with Christ, lest they did miserably perish; and that I could do both these without confusion (to wit), follow my calling, and preach the Word also.

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John Bunyan, Part 4

1/18/2016

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Statue of John Bunyan
Statue of John Bunyan
Lay Preacher
You will remember that a Mr. Gifford invited Bunyan to attend Bible meetings in his home -- this group grew into a non-conformist church.  Basically, a non-conformist was anyone that didn’t attend the Anglican (Church of England), which included Baptists, Methodists, Puritans, Quakers, and Presbyterians.

The people who attended the non-conformist meetings with Bunyan felt that he was called to preach, most likely after hearing him give his testimony.  John, too, felt called to preach.  Within four years of being saved, Bunyan was drawing in large crowds to hear him speak as a lay minister.  As a lay minister, he kept working full-time as a tinker while preaching every opportunity he got.

During this time he began writing the Gospel Truths Opened, what was to be the first of fifty-eight total publications.  Sadly, it was also during this same time period that John Bunyan became a widower at the age of 30.

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Book Review: The Beautiful Side of Evil

1/17/2016

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 This post is a bit different from my usual ... I am doing a book review, on a book that was actually published (at least the paperback version I have) in 1982.  The book is called The Beautiful Side of Evil by Johanna Michaelsen.  I ran across her testimony one night when I was unable to sleep and prowling around on YouTube. The message I heard is below.  I decided to purchase her book after I listened to the video.

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John Bunyan, Part 3

1/16/2016

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Revelation
In Bedford, John Bunyan overheard heard a small group of ladies discussing the Lord. Religion being one of his favorite subjects, he walked over to join them.  Upon listening to them, however, he realized that this was one subject he had no idea about:  they talked about a new birth, about how the Lord had worked in their hearts, about His love they had experienced.  He kept listening. 

He heard them talking about how the words and promises of God had brought deep comfort to their souls, and they discussed how He had helped them when temptation came, and when bad things happened.  This small group of ladies also talked about how their own attempts at living right didn’t measure up to God’s standards.  There was something else that John noticed:  these ladies were full of joy.
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John Bunyan, portrait by Thomas Sadler.

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John Bunyan, Part 2

1/15/2016

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A Very "Religious" Man
During the time that John Bunyan was convicted over swearing, he states that he became interested in religion.  However, he was more superstitious, he states, than religious. He loved church, he loved Bibles, he loved the ministers, he loved crosses -- but he did not yet love Jesus. 

Keep in mind, though, that this was a stepping stone on the path to his salvation.  Sometimes it is important that Christians keep in mind that people come to the Lord from many different directions, and no two people's paths are going to be the same.
Color painting of John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress.

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John Bunyan, Part 1

1/12/2016

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John Bunyan is probably best known as the author of ​Pilgrim's Progress​ -- but he was much more than that.  Bunyan was a tinker, a soldier during wartime, a Baptist preacher, the father of a handicapped child, and a prolific author.

Something else that many people don't realize is that not only did his conversion experience mirror that of the hero, Pilgrim, but he began to write that book while he was imprisoned for what he was preaching.  In the next few blog posts we are going to look at his life.
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John Bunyan.

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Miriam Booth, Part 4

1/4/2016

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What Was Wrong

Miriam's illness began with an abscessed appendix.  It was removed, and after surgery drainage tubes were inserted.  Next came blood poisoning, followed by more abscesses in her body.  Each abscess would be opened and drained, but another would then form.  Before long, the wounds stopped healing.  The doctors decided to remove all the drainage tubes, but rather than helping this only lead to more severe infections.

According to her biographer, “Finally, there were five deep, open wounds, excruciatingly tender, which required probing and dressing twice daily, while to relieve the system she endured the exhaustion and distress of tapping over thirty times.”
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Miriam Booth

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