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Thursday, February 28, 2008
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Dear Dr. Phillips Thank You for your Audio Study MP3’s Posted on Sermonaudio.com They are very informative and helpful in understanding just what the Scriptures are really saying to us. Our journey over the past 40 years has been interesting to say the least… My wife was raised a Catholic and I was a Lutheran we both quit church at a very young age (teens). When we met a friend I worked with (at the Post Office) came to our house & studied the Bible with us (He was a Baptist) we finished our studies and made our commitment to Christ and were Baptised in the "Bible Baptist Church" in West Seattle (Wash.) During the Charismatic Movement of the 1960's we got involved with the Pentacostal Movement & later the "Assemblies of God Church” not feeling spiritual enough we then went to "Community Chapel Bible Church", Which got into some really weird stuff like Tongues & interpretation (Nearly always conducted by the Pastor & his wife), Dancing in the spirit (in which people would pare off with people other than their spouses and eventually it became very erotic the things they would do. We became very discouraged and dropped out of everything for a while.... Then we were "visited" by the Jehovah Witnesses and attended their meetings for over 13 years doing the door to door work etc. (there’s a whole separate story there) after breaking that Bondage we knocked around a few apostolic type Churches until my wife said "IM NOT GOING TO ANY CHURCH ANYMORE." After a few years we moved to Minnesota to be near our son who was "on fire for Jesus" (His Words) We attended the "Spirit Filled" church he went to for a while but saw the "Fake Healings", (known members would show up at the “advertised healing Meetings” in wheel chairs & back braces and fake healing…. One lady (we had seen in church a couple of times perfectly normal, came with a back brace & Crutches which after she was “TOUCHED” by the Evangelist she was miracously healed and chased the Evangelist all over the stage to the gleeful cheers of the audience and the "Prophetic" utterances that were achieved by the Pastors Elders by “cruising the room”“and listening to the conversations of congregants. They would then tell the Pastor and during service she would have these “special revelations” concerning the needs of her congregation. We quickly realized that there was nothing there for us. We went back to staying home and just reading the Bible on our own. One day I found a book in the recycle bin on Revelation by Ellen G. White and was very impressed with the scriptural content and began attending the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a little later on my wife started going too! She didn't like the "rules" such “No cosmetics” “No Jewelary” “Modest dress” No meat Eating”, etc. We went there for about 7 years and one day I read in the Scriptures John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and we realized that it was the thoughts and advice of men that we were following. We stopped going to church and got free from the Bondage of Men's Rules and Just read the scriptures then I found out about Sermonaudio.com and began listening to different messages according to Title. We really appreciate your "Class Style" Teachings based on the books & history of the Bible and have been truly blessed! It seems we’ve been on a long journey and have come back home where we wandered from. Like the prodigal son? (Luke 15:11-32 God Bless Ron Johnson
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