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I
have been preaching and teaching Bible for over 50 years. In 1957, I
began studying the scriptures diligently after graduating from high
school. In 1980, God began dealing with me, bringing me to what I
believed was my deathbed in 1985. In the hospital, I awoke near death
crying out to God, "Lord...you are going to kill me if I don't quit
living for myself and saying all the truth in my power." I began to say
these blunt plain words that appeal to you elect sheep. As a result, I
began to make more enemies than I could have ever imagined.
 Jim and Mary Brown
I
was sick and
tired of the “mush” gospel that churches were
preaching. My family was
confused, and on many occasions on the way home from church, my wife
would say, "he said such-and-such last week and he saidthis-and-that
this week contradicting what he said the previous week." I began to say
to my wife Mary, "Don't listen to the preacher, because he doesn't know
what he’s talking about." Finally, I said, "this is a waste
of time! We
are going home. We are not going to these churches anymore. I will
teach you from our home."
Twenty
years ago,
we started Grace and Truth Ministries which included my wife, son and
one other young man. We started taping the sermons shortly thereafter.
Grace and Truth Ministries is now meeting in a building located in
Hendersonville, TN. Last year, we gave away approximately 25,000 DVDs
free-of-charge. Regularly, we are adding more television, radio and
internet to get the truth to the sheep who have ears to hear. If you
are located in a city that does not air our programs, please contact us
so that we can let you know how you may help to get this message out to
God's predestinated elect family.
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Below
is one of many books in my library. What I am
looking for and what you should be looking for is information that will
give meaning to the original words and concepts and what they meant
during the time period in which the scriptures were written.
You need
books on information not inspiration. I can not recommend any
inspirational books.
Get your "inspiration" from the Word of God!
Jim
Brown
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Foxe's
Book of Martyrs
by
John Foxe
1516-1587
Throughout
the history of the church, from the First
Century onward,
both pagan and religious political leaders have killed those with
religious beliefs that differed from their own. The Roman Empire killed
Christians because they refused to worship Roman emperors as gods.
Thelong-dominant Catholic Church in Europe martyred Protestants for
their refusal to accept the Pope as God's Vice Regent on the earth. In
Muslim countries, Christians were killed for being
"infidels." Writing in the mid-1500s, John Foxe was living in
the midst of intense religious persecution at the hands of the dominant
Roman Catholic Church. In graphic detail, he offers accounts of
Christians being martyred for their belief in Jesus Christ, describing
how God gave them extraordinary courage and stamina to endure
unthinkable torture.
The
Book's Purpose:
- Showcase
the courage of
true believers who have willingly taken a stand for Jesus Christ
throughout the ages, even if it meant death
- Demonstrate
the grace
of God in the lives of those martyred for their faith
- Expose the
ruthlessness
of religious and political leaders as they sought to suppress those
with differing beliefs
- Celebrate
the courage
of those who risked their lives to translate the Bible into the common
language of the people
Chapter
I
..........
History of Christian
Martyrs to the First General Persecutions Under Nero
Chapter
II ......... The Ten Primitive
Persecutions
Chapter
III ......... Persecutions of the
Christians in Persia
Chapter
IV ........ Papal Persecutions
Chapter V
......... An Account of the Inquisition
Chapter
VI ....... An Account of the
Persecutions in Italy, Under the Papacy
Chapter
VII ...... An Account of the Life
and Persecutions of John Wickliffe
Chapter
VIII ..... An Account of the
Persecutions in Bohemia Under the Papacy
Chapter
IX ....... An Account of the Life
and Persecutions of Martin Luther
Chapter
X ........ General Persecutions
in Germany
Chapter
XI ....... An Account of the
Persecutions in the Netherlands
Chapter
XII ...... The Life and Story of
the True Servant and Martyr of God, William Tyndale
Chapter
XIII ..... An Account of the Life
of John Calvin
Chapter XIV
....... Prior to the Reign of Queen Mary I
Chapter XV
....... An Account of the Persecutions in
Scotland During the Reign of King Henry VIII
Chapter XVI
...... Persecutions in England During
the Reign of Queen Mary
Chapter
XVII .... Rise and Progress of
the Protestant Religion in Ireland
Chapter
XVIII .. The Rise, Progress,
Persecutions, and Sufferings of the Quakers
Chapter
XIX .... An Account of the Life
and Persecutions of John Bunyan
Chapter
XX ..... An Account of the Life
of John Wesley
Chapter
XXI .... Persecutions of the
French Protestants in the South of France
Chapter
XXII ... The Beginnings of American
Foreign Missions
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The Harlot of Babylon
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Revelation 17:5 -
"And upon her forehead was a name
written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
- harlot
- [Greek] : porne -
an idolator;
prostitute; " to sell"
- abomination
- [Greek] : bdelgma
- detestable; to stink
- name
- [Hebrew] : Shem
- honour;
authority conspicuous position
The Harlot of Babylon...the "false"
world religion has corrupted man throughout history with idolatrous
worship.
Genesis 11:4 - "And they said, Go to, let us build us a
city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us
a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the
whole earth."
In Genesus 11:4 Babylon rebelled against God mothering all idol
worship,
founding their idolatrous system, when they said, "Let us make us a
name."
Pride (honoring self) ) is the foundation of all idolatry.
A man is an idol worshipper of self when he says, "I will make a name
for myself. People will know me as an authority (name) by my idols
(cars, houses, lands, things.) My position in the community
will cause men to look up to me".
This is an abomination. Pride is a stinking smell to God. We are to be
living, acceptable, pleasing sacrifices, (Romans 12:1).
"Wicked-Spiritual" Babylon is the system of "pride" that will pollute
the world at the end of time.
God will return and destroy it.
I
fear we live in Babylon !
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God Has
Chosen
Romans 8:29-30 - "For whom he did foreknow,
he also did predestinate
to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn
among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate,
them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and
whom he justified, them he also glorified."
- Foreknow -
to have a personal intimate relationship beforehand.
God predetermined that all who belonged to him before the foundation of
the world were to "conform" to the word of God in obedience to Christ.
All that were predestined were "called", "justified", and "glorified"
(past tense verbs).
These were fixed in the mind of God before the
world began. (Ephesians
1:4; Acts
13:48; II
Thessalonians 2:13). The election of the saints is unto
accountability (I Peter
1:2).
The
majority of the protestant church held to this doctrine during the
reformation. It is the foundation of "The
London Baptist Confession of Faith of 1689".
You
Baptists
are
supposed to be believing it and you've
discarded this precious doctrine of
Grace !!!
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