WHERE CAN A JEW FIND CHRIST?
CULTS CRITIQUE
by John Blanchard F in a l l y , my brethren, develop strong ego-centered personali ties and explore the power of your untapped human resources. Cultivate a total faith in man so that this armor will enable you to stand against the hard facts and continuing mysteries of life. For we wrestle not against reb els, racists, and rioters; but against open inquiry ; against faith in the permanence of any thing; against the authority of facts, elected officials, or the les sons o f history. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of man that you may be able to conduct stimulating dialogues in the time of great changes, and having rationally analyzed, to talk. Talk then, having all your ar gument held together with clever lies and subtle omissions ; and having for protection, participa tion in popular perversions. And your feet always ready to agitate strife, questioning and at tacking authority and all symbols o f permanence and values. Above all, taking the shield of doubt whereby you shall question all facts and avoid all data that do not support your rationaliza tions. And take the helmet o f open- mindedness so as to protect and harbor every inconsistent and de viant idea; and the sword o f rea son, which is the current intellec tual dogma. presence. Both the physical and bodily resurrection and the literal re turn of Jesus Christ are thereby denied. These are but a few of the many false doctrines promulgated by this group. They often seem to use the language of orthodoxy—more so than the Jehovah’s Witnesses at times, but they are way off on many of the basic fundamentals of our faith. They should most c e r t a in ly be shunned for fellowship but on the other hand taught the Word of God in love. THE KING'S BUSINESS
by B e tty Brueehert
On street corners, in homes, in shops, and in our witnessing cen ters, our workers faith fully proclaim the story of redemption accord ing to Moses and the prophets, and the gos pel message from the New Testament, and Jews are finding the Saviour. For hçlp in witnessing, or for your own spiritual need, write to: Rev. A. A. MacKinney Général Director American Messianic Fellowship 7448 N. Damen Avenue, Chicago, III. 60645
A Jewish boy accepted a tract, "Isaiah's Por trait of Messiah" and immediately asked, "Can you tell me more about this?" There on a street corner in Chicago a 12 year old boy listened intently to the skillful presentation of the Scriptures and ac cepted Jesus Christ as his Messiah and Sav iour. A middle-aged Jew ess, after hearing the gospel for several years at Miami Beach called and. said, "I am terribly distressed. Please come over. I must find the Lord today."
The following is a condensation of an article in The Discerner, of Re ligious Analysis Service, Inc., Min neapolis, Minn, and used by permis sion. LAYMEN’S HOME MISSIONARY MOVEMENT Rev. Andrew E. Johnson First Evangelical Free Church Lincoln, Nebraska T h e m o v e m e n t was founded by the late Prof. Paul S. L. Johnson who was a leader of the organization until his death in 1960. He wrote a series of 17 large volumes entitled, “ Epiphany Studies in the Scrip tures.” Since 1950 Mr. Jolly has been serving as Editor, Executive Trustee and Director of the organization. The Laymen’s Movement claims to be the only true followers of their “beloved Pastor Russell” and that Rutherford in taking over the or ganization after the death of the Pastor ruthlessly changed the struc ture and doctrine of the organization. Rutherford succeeded in transform ing the organization into a rigid, totalitarian one-man operation that functioned very smoothly during his life time. It seems also that he lit erally ruled with a rod of iron and left his authoritarian stamp on the whole structure of the organization of the Jehovah’s Witnesses to this very day. No deviation in thinking, doctrine or program is allowed. It is quite evident in both their writings as well as in personal con tact that the Laymen’s Home Mis sionary Movement people are much more conciliatory in their attitudes toward others. They attempt to re state some doctrinal errors less ob jectionably. However, they maintain much serious heresy. 1. They are Unitarian—God is one, allowing for no plurality of persons. 2. Jesus Christ is a creation of God, though one who had existed be fore physical birth on earth. He is not equal with the Father. 3. Everyone will have an oppor tunity to hear the Gospel properly either ih this life or in the life to come. 4. The non-consciousness of the dead and the ultimate complete anni hilation of the wicked. 5. Christ was resurrected as a spir it being and that he will return as a spirit-being at the second coming or
ANNUITY PLAN ..................
f nerous in“ me- ond
determine with certainty the Payments as high os eight disposa, aff#r their death of percent for those in the higher that which the Lord entrusted oge brackets. to their stewardship without Annuitants are enabled to delays, deductions, inheritance receive throughout life a taxes, and probate court costs. AMF - 7448 N. DAMEN STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60645 □ PLEASE SEND COPY OF AMF MONTHLY & LITERATURE □ I AM INTERESTED IN INFORMATION ON ANNUITY PLAN. NAME _____________________________________________ ADDRESS____________________________________________ CITY_________________STATE_________ZO N E__________
" . . . A M IG H T Y F O R T R E S S . . . ”
Training Christian Youth for Christian Service • MUSIC • DRAMA • INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS •••a Bible college where every student majors in Bible while enjoying a well-ordered and disciplined campus life in the realm of the physical, spiritual, academic and cultural. For information write: The President
BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE
Owatonna, Minnesota 5 5 06 0
Made with FlippingBook flipbook maker