JAC # 64 (December 2009 - January 2010)
by Karyn Wishart
I want to start today by asking you a question, Is the ocean of life, today, as dark and stormy as it seemed to William Booth in his day? As you think about your response, I’d like to read to you a portion of William Booth’s reflection upon what he thought the world looked like in his day.
“On one of my recent journeys as I gazed from the coach window, I was led into a train of thought concerning the conditions of the multitudes around me. They were living carelessly in the most open and shameless rebellion against God, without a thought for their eternal welfare. As I looked out the window, I seemed to see them all….
Millions of people all around me given up to their drink and their pleasure, their dancing and their music, their business and their anxieties, their politics and their troubles. Ignorant – wilfully ignorant in many cases – and in other instances knowing all about the truth and not caring at all. But all of them, the whole mass of them, sweeping on and up in their blasphemies and devilries to the throne of God. While my mind was thus engaged, I had a vision.”
I’m wondering if this seems to be a picture that we still view daily.
Do we see a world that is filled with utter darkness that creates absolute heaviness?
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Tuesday, December 08, 2009
Church and church
JAC # 64 (December 2009 - January 2010)
by Commissioner Wesley Harris
OUR founding fathers may not have been keen on the Army being known as a church but they certainly held that they were part of the Church or the people of God and the Body of Christ.
Like them I am not comfortable about calling my corps a church although I know comrades who relish the use of ecclesiastical terms – like a young sergeant major of my acquaintance who wished to be known as the senior elder, presumably with the unlikely thought that it would make his position clearer to people in the highly secular situation in which he lived. As if!
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by Commissioner Wesley Harris
OUR founding fathers may not have been keen on the Army being known as a church but they certainly held that they were part of the Church or the people of God and the Body of Christ.
Like them I am not comfortable about calling my corps a church although I know comrades who relish the use of ecclesiastical terms – like a young sergeant major of my acquaintance who wished to be known as the senior elder, presumably with the unlikely thought that it would make his position clearer to people in the highly secular situation in which he lived. As if!
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A Greater _______ is here
JAC # 64 (December 2009 - January 2010)
by Major David Laeger
GREATER THAN “THE SABBATH …” (Matthew 12:8)
Rest, O my soul,
enter Shabbat,
the Kiddush of the soul has come again –
the lesser labor days have reached an end;
flesh-impulses on this sacred day rescind;
the creature seeks what They intend:
He who is greater is here -
the weary soul will mend.
“… the Son of Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”
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by Major David Laeger
GREATER THAN “THE SABBATH …” (Matthew 12:8)
Rest, O my soul,
enter Shabbat,
the Kiddush of the soul has come again –
the lesser labor days have reached an end;
flesh-impulses on this sacred day rescind;
the creature seeks what They intend:
He who is greater is here -
the weary soul will mend.
“… the Son of Man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”
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Monday, December 07, 2009
Hebrews 8:13: The Old Covenant, New Covenant, Milkshakes, and Coming of Age
JAC # 64 (December 2009 - January 2010)
by Captain Michael Ramsay
“By calling this covenant ‘new,’ he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.”
What is this old covenant that is now obsolete?
This old covenant was very important to the Hebrew people. Their whole society was founded upon it. It was more important than but not entirely dissimilar to the Canadian Constitutional Act of 1982 and 1867, the American Declaration of Independence or even the Magna Carta and its very important Habeus Corpus clause. There were a number of activities, ceremonies and cultural traditions related to this old covenant that were cherished by the Hebrews such as circumcision (this actually relates to Abraham’s covenant but often is seen in light of the Mosaic covenant; John 7:22, see Genesis 17:11); ceremonial hand-washing; worshipping at the Temple; priests and Levites who had various jobs relating to the covenant; Sabbath (this has its roots even before Moses, in creation itself; see Genesis 2:2, Exodus 20:11, Hebrews 4); the Ten Commandments; the Law and the prophets (see Exodus 20, 34; Deuteronomy 5, 10); frequent sacrifices and much more.
Between all of these things relating to Moses, the election of the Hebrews for the task of proclaiming salvation to the world (see Genesis 12:3), the Temple and the Torah (even though the Israelites did not live up to the terms of this old covenant): these ceremonies were very significant to the people. They loved them. It was like a number of things are to some of us who have been involved with The Salvation Army for a while: the band, timbrels, Songsters, Soldiers, Officers, uniforms, League of Mercy (Community Care Ministries), thrift stores, emergency disaster work, community and family social work, evangelism, social justice, etc. Even more than that: Moses, election, the Temple, Torah, all their ceremonies and holidays were as important to them as is to us: our national anthem at sporting events, birthday parties, Sunday church services, New Years celebrations, Christmas, Christmas Eve, and Easter. It would be as difficult for the Hebrews to imagine life without the ceremonies of the old covenant as it would be for us to imagine winter without Christmas.
The application of the old covenant covered every aspect of the Hebrews’ lives...
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by Captain Michael Ramsay
“By calling this covenant ‘new,’ he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.”
What is this old covenant that is now obsolete?
This old covenant was very important to the Hebrew people. Their whole society was founded upon it. It was more important than but not entirely dissimilar to the Canadian Constitutional Act of 1982 and 1867, the American Declaration of Independence or even the Magna Carta and its very important Habeus Corpus clause. There were a number of activities, ceremonies and cultural traditions related to this old covenant that were cherished by the Hebrews such as circumcision (this actually relates to Abraham’s covenant but often is seen in light of the Mosaic covenant; John 7:22, see Genesis 17:11); ceremonial hand-washing; worshipping at the Temple; priests and Levites who had various jobs relating to the covenant; Sabbath (this has its roots even before Moses, in creation itself; see Genesis 2:2, Exodus 20:11, Hebrews 4); the Ten Commandments; the Law and the prophets (see Exodus 20, 34; Deuteronomy 5, 10); frequent sacrifices and much more.
Between all of these things relating to Moses, the election of the Hebrews for the task of proclaiming salvation to the world (see Genesis 12:3), the Temple and the Torah (even though the Israelites did not live up to the terms of this old covenant): these ceremonies were very significant to the people. They loved them. It was like a number of things are to some of us who have been involved with The Salvation Army for a while: the band, timbrels, Songsters, Soldiers, Officers, uniforms, League of Mercy (Community Care Ministries), thrift stores, emergency disaster work, community and family social work, evangelism, social justice, etc. Even more than that: Moses, election, the Temple, Torah, all their ceremonies and holidays were as important to them as is to us: our national anthem at sporting events, birthday parties, Sunday church services, New Years celebrations, Christmas, Christmas Eve, and Easter. It would be as difficult for the Hebrews to imagine life without the ceremonies of the old covenant as it would be for us to imagine winter without Christmas.
The application of the old covenant covered every aspect of the Hebrews’ lives...
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Four Anchors from the Stern
JAC # 64 (December 2009 - January 2010)
by Harold Hill
This article first appeared in the Practical Theologian, 2007
The Salvation Army as “a Church”: a Dissuasive
You will recall that when the ship in which Paul was sailing had come through a great storm, the sailors sounded a rising sea floor. To save the ship from drifting onto rocks in the darkness, they threw out four anchors from the stern and waited for the morning.[1]
I think the Salvation Army’s drift to “denominationalism” also runs onto a shoaling shore in a fog of confusing definitions and I would like to throw out four anchors from the stern. While the organisation’s mission statement has until recently described it as “an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church”, there is now a tendency for it to be described as “a world wide evangelical Christian church”. Certainly, we are part of the Church, members of the body of Christ. That is altogether different from being a church.
My four anchors are the Salvation Army’s own history, the doctrine and history of the Church, the sociology of the Church and, finally, Scripture.
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by Harold Hill
This article first appeared in the Practical Theologian, 2007
The Salvation Army as “a Church”: a Dissuasive
You will recall that when the ship in which Paul was sailing had come through a great storm, the sailors sounded a rising sea floor. To save the ship from drifting onto rocks in the darkness, they threw out four anchors from the stern and waited for the morning.[1]
I think the Salvation Army’s drift to “denominationalism” also runs onto a shoaling shore in a fog of confusing definitions and I would like to throw out four anchors from the stern. While the organisation’s mission statement has until recently described it as “an evangelical part of the universal Christian Church”, there is now a tendency for it to be described as “a world wide evangelical Christian church”. Certainly, we are part of the Church, members of the body of Christ. That is altogether different from being a church.
My four anchors are the Salvation Army’s own history, the doctrine and history of the Church, the sociology of the Church and, finally, Scripture.
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Sunday, December 06, 2009
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Sunday's Sermon: Luke 1:68-79
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http://sheepspeaks.blogspot.com/2009/12/luke-168-79-next-year-in-edmonton.html
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
JAC Editorial Introduction
Major Stephen Court
Welcome to JAC64. We praise God for the expanding influence of Journal of Aggressive Christianity. You will know that there are 63 issues archived for free download on this site. You can search to your heart’s content some great content on issues of Salvationism and warfare. Enjoy.
Major Harold Hill leads of JAC64 with Four Anchors From The Stern, an important article on Salvation Army identity and mission. This article will be studied for years to come in training colleges around the world and will impact our understanding of who we are and what we are about.
Captain Michael Ramsay is back with another article on, you guessed it, covenant. His name is now synonymous with covenant (not that we want to limit him to that subject) and we are guessing that there has to be a book on the way. Be sure that you will hear about it right here at JAC. His take on Hebrews 8 is called Old Covenant, New Covenant, Milkshakes, and Coming of Age.
Major David Laeger contributes A Greater Is Here, a timely reminder and confidence booster in our faith and fighting.
Commissioner Wesley Harris clarifies for us Church and church in his typical clever manner.
Lieutenant Karyn Wishart considers the Ocean of Life that William Booth saw in his vision Who Cares. And Cadet Sean Attard considers that vision’s Mighty Rock.
Cory Harrison is convinced that real Life (is) Outside the Amusement Park, and conveys this hard-hitting message with silk gloves. Get ready for some surprise conviction.
Captain Genevieve Peterson, in The Great Divide, tries to separate Siamese twins and, in the process, discovers some subtle, but important, distinctions in theology and praxis that complicate our salvation warfare.
Major David Laeger provides us with an outline on Triune Aspects of Man in Scripture.
Commissioner Wesley Harris asks if The Salvation Army is a holiness movement. Since he’s been at it for more than 80 years, you might guess that he has a considered opinion on the subject.
Colonel Raymond Finger, in a book excerpt, provides a piece called Holy Leadership. He originally delivered this lecture at the 2009 National Brengle Institute in Geelong, Australia to officer delegates from three territories (AUS, AUE, NZF). Read it with the original audience in mind. And you can easily transfer the lessons even if you are not an officer. The book is BOSTON COMMON, which also features Lieut-Colonel Ian Barr, Major Alan Harley, and Captain Grant Sandercock-Brown (with other single-chapter contributors) to be launched Sanctification Day 2010 (January 9).
Captain Danielle Strickland adds a little something about Mary - a short study for the Christmas season. Women and the economy look especially good in this take. Check it out.
And we wrap it up with a short piece on Stomping on demons. Last issue I contributed Demonised Salvos. Don’t read into it too much of a theme or a future book. But it is all part of our salvation warfighting and this generation’s silence on it in the Army has resulted in unhelpful extremes – at one end those who see demons under every music stand, and at the other those who don’t believe that demons exist. Biblical and Salvationist teaching on the subject should spare us from both extremes and enable us to confront and defeat the enemy.
That's JAC64. It is dedicated to the glory of God and the salvation of the world.
read JAC: http://www.armybarmy.com/jac.html
Welcome to JAC64. We praise God for the expanding influence of Journal of Aggressive Christianity. You will know that there are 63 issues archived for free download on this site. You can search to your heart’s content some great content on issues of Salvationism and warfare. Enjoy.
Major Harold Hill leads of JAC64 with Four Anchors From The Stern, an important article on Salvation Army identity and mission. This article will be studied for years to come in training colleges around the world and will impact our understanding of who we are and what we are about.
Captain Michael Ramsay is back with another article on, you guessed it, covenant. His name is now synonymous with covenant (not that we want to limit him to that subject) and we are guessing that there has to be a book on the way. Be sure that you will hear about it right here at JAC. His take on Hebrews 8 is called Old Covenant, New Covenant, Milkshakes, and Coming of Age.
Major David Laeger contributes A Greater Is Here, a timely reminder and confidence booster in our faith and fighting.
Commissioner Wesley Harris clarifies for us Church and church in his typical clever manner.
Lieutenant Karyn Wishart considers the Ocean of Life that William Booth saw in his vision Who Cares. And Cadet Sean Attard considers that vision’s Mighty Rock.
Cory Harrison is convinced that real Life (is) Outside the Amusement Park, and conveys this hard-hitting message with silk gloves. Get ready for some surprise conviction.
Captain Genevieve Peterson, in The Great Divide, tries to separate Siamese twins and, in the process, discovers some subtle, but important, distinctions in theology and praxis that complicate our salvation warfare.
Major David Laeger provides us with an outline on Triune Aspects of Man in Scripture.
Commissioner Wesley Harris asks if The Salvation Army is a holiness movement. Since he’s been at it for more than 80 years, you might guess that he has a considered opinion on the subject.
Colonel Raymond Finger, in a book excerpt, provides a piece called Holy Leadership. He originally delivered this lecture at the 2009 National Brengle Institute in Geelong, Australia to officer delegates from three territories (AUS, AUE, NZF). Read it with the original audience in mind. And you can easily transfer the lessons even if you are not an officer. The book is BOSTON COMMON, which also features Lieut-Colonel Ian Barr, Major Alan Harley, and Captain Grant Sandercock-Brown (with other single-chapter contributors) to be launched Sanctification Day 2010 (January 9).
Captain Danielle Strickland adds a little something about Mary - a short study for the Christmas season. Women and the economy look especially good in this take. Check it out.
And we wrap it up with a short piece on Stomping on demons. Last issue I contributed Demonised Salvos. Don’t read into it too much of a theme or a future book. But it is all part of our salvation warfighting and this generation’s silence on it in the Army has resulted in unhelpful extremes – at one end those who see demons under every music stand, and at the other those who don’t believe that demons exist. Biblical and Salvationist teaching on the subject should spare us from both extremes and enable us to confront and defeat the enemy.
That's JAC64. It is dedicated to the glory of God and the salvation of the world.
read JAC: http://www.armybarmy.com/jac.html
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
JAC is BACk
December 2009 - January 2010
Issue # 64
Editorial Introduction
Major Stephen Court
Four Anchors from the Stern
Harold Hill
Hebrews 8:13 - The Old Covenant, The New Covenant, Milkshakes, and Coming of Age
Captain Michael Ramsay
A Greater ... is Here
Major David Laeger
Church and church
Commissioner Wesley Harris
Ocean of Life
Karyn Wishart
Who Cares?
Cadet Sean Attard
Life outside the Amusement Park
Cory Harrison
The Great Divide
Captain Genevieve Peterson
Triune Aspects of Man in Scripture
Major David Laeger
A Holiness Movement?
Commissioner Wesley Harris
Holy Leadership
Colonel Raymond Finger
Something about Mary
Captain Danielle Strickland
Start Stomping!
Major Stephen Court
Issue # 64
Editorial Introduction
Major Stephen Court
Four Anchors from the Stern
Harold Hill
Hebrews 8:13 - The Old Covenant, The New Covenant, Milkshakes, and Coming of Age
Captain Michael Ramsay
A Greater ... is Here
Major David Laeger
Church and church
Commissioner Wesley Harris
Ocean of Life
Karyn Wishart
Who Cares?
Cadet Sean Attard
Life outside the Amusement Park
Cory Harrison
The Great Divide
Captain Genevieve Peterson
Triune Aspects of Man in Scripture
Major David Laeger
A Holiness Movement?
Commissioner Wesley Harris
Holy Leadership
Colonel Raymond Finger
Something about Mary
Captain Danielle Strickland
Start Stomping!
Major Stephen Court
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