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  • Romans Chapter 1

    Romans Chapter 1 Paul’s Salutation   Rom. 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called to be an apostle, * separated unto the b gospel of God,t a. 1 Cor. 1:1; 9:1; 15:9; 2 Cor. 1:1; 1 Tim. 1:11. b. Acts 9:15; 13:2; [Gal. 1:15]   t Orthodox Bible: 1-4 St. Paul is a bo...
  • Going to a Church

    Trying a Church Visit Once Again Well Sunday before last I was encouraged to go to a church by someone who was of the belief this church would be interesting to me. I had mentioned how I was displeased with the segregated churches in MS. When you enter a church of African Americans all you will see...
  • Misquoting Jesus The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Wh

    Misquoting Jesus The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why By: Bart D. Ehrman   Who is Bart D. Ehrman? He chairs the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is an authority on the history of the New Testament, the early church, and the lif...
  • Chapter 28

    Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History Complete and Unabridged l New Updated Edition Translated By C.F. Cruse ISBN 978-1-56563-813-6 Tenth Printing --- January 2018   Book 5 Chapter 28   Those who followed the heresy of Artemon in the beginning Their character, and attempt at c...
  • Eusebius’ The Ecclesiastical History Of the Church / Misquoting

    Eusebius’ The Ecclesiastical History Of the Church   22 “The bishops who flourished at this time”   (1) In the tenth year of the reign of Commodus, Eleutherus, who had held the episcopate for thirteen years, was succeeded by Victor. In this year, also, Julianus, who...
  • Romans * Study

    Romans Chapter 8 Rev. Joseph Esquivel God’s Faith in Man Church   THERE is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who a walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. a. Gal. 5:16 "Footnote below" 8:1 Many manuscripts omit “who walk not after the...
  • Churches loss of Patronage

    The Churches Purpose of Teaching The reason I find churches losing patronage is mankind has become more curious about scripture and ancient beliefs. We see today corporate Churches pushing the dogma taught to them. Told not to go off base from what to preach. I remember going to the Methodist Chur...
  • Sacrifices & Reverence to God:

    Sacrifices & Reverence to God: Rev. Joseph E. Esquivel God’s Faith in Man Church ULC   Isa. 1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your n sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bulloc...
  • Lost Christianity's Past faith

    Bart D. Ehrman Lost Christianities Succession of Apostles:   Claims of apostolic connections or succession have a central role in the facts of what is or isn’t heretical. The proto-orthodox strategies to connect a link from their doctrine to those of the apostles known as the “a...
  • A Look at Our Border

    A Look at Our Borders A humble believer’s perspective’s   We see a lot of lost children of God trying to find security and protection from the troubles in their country of origin. We are a country founded on immigration of others escaping the trouble of their own country. The Rep...
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  • Ecclesiastical History of the Church

    Note:  This is merely a sample of the book of Eusebius Ecclesiastical History of the first church’s I hope it inspires you to find this wonderful book and purchase a copy for your theological growth, knowledge of our faith and its history brings fulfillment, for what else have we commi...
  • The Books of Enoch Treasure troves of Information

    Forward Books of Enoch   The Bible, as we hold it today, is esteemed by many religious institutions and especially conservative Christians to be the inspired Word of God. This doctrinal affirms that the Bible is unlike all other books of collections of works in that it is free of error due...
  • Barnabas Chap. II

    Epistle of Barnabas CHAP. II.   That God has abolished the legal sacrifices to introduce righteousness of the Gospel.   SEEING then the days are exceeding evil, and the adversary has got the power of this present 5 world we ought to give the more diligence to inquire into the 6righteo...
  • God's Holy Temple

        The True Temples of God: Jeremiah 31  Jer. 31:1 At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. Jer. 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the L...
  • Understanding Racism:

    God’s Faith in Man Church ULC Rev. Joseph E. Esquivel  Understanding Scriptural Writings  “What God really expects from His children”   Much can be spoken of on scriptural writings, I have a desire to study and understand as best can of theological writings. Reg...
  • The Importance of Obedience Over Ritual Ceremonies

    I have in the past and still do believe less importance of ritual ceremonies, money spent on churches appearance, over obedience to God's words of wisdom and his expectations of his children. Our attempts to placate God with services and ritual ceremonies has become more important to our society. Le...
  • T h e A p o c r y p h o n o f J a m e s CODEX I

    T h e A p o c r y p h o n o f J a m e s CODEX I Translated by Ron Cameron From Ron Cameron, The Other Gospels (Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1982), as quoted in Willis Barnstone, The Other Bible (Harper & Row, San Francisco, 1984). James writes to you. Peace be with you from Peace, love...
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  • The Prayer of Apostle Paul

    As taken from he Nag Hammadi Library The Prayer of the Apostle Paul CODEX I Translation by Dieter Mueller Selection made from James M. Robinson, ed., The Nag Hammadi Library, revised edition. HarperCollins, San Francisco, 1990. (Approximately two lines are missing.) ... your light, give me your m...
  • Women's Place in Church

    Concerning the Place of Women in Church   Much has been said about the place Women serve in Church, let us not be fooled by the male opinion of what purpose should our mother’s, daughter’s and sister’s serve for our Lord Jesus Christ.       &...
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  • Thoughts on Philo:

    Thoughts On the Works of Philo?             Mans’ creation in the form of God is a bottomless pit of philosophy, being we understand man is in the image of God. From what Moses said of the words of God Let us create man in our image.  &...
  • The ailments of worldly Riches and Power

      Wisdom from Our Father the Law Giver: Why Men like Donald Trump are exempt as President’s   From the Bible to your ears, our law giver “God” knew the down falls of riches brings sinful behavior and lack of belief in our creator and His Son Jesus Christ. Excerpts...
  • Epistle of Barnabas Chap IV

    Epistle of Barnabas CHAP. IV.   That Christ was to suffer: proved from the prophecies concerning him.   FOR this cause did our Lord vouchsafe to give up his body to destruction, that through the forgiveness of out sins we might be sanctified; that is, by the sprinkling of his blood. ...
  • General Epistle of Barnabas Chap. III

    CHAP. III.   The prophecies of Daniel. Concerning the ten kings, and the coming of Christ.   WHEREFORE it is necessary that searching diligently into those 11 things which are near to come to pass, we should write to you what may serve to keep you whole. 11 Histantibus: read Instantibu...
  • Proper Use of God's Name

    Proper Use of God’s Holy Name   Many things are said about the proper use of God’s name, in my studies of Philo and other books written by scholars. I have found the reason we have the words God, Lord, father, creator and other words in place of His Holy Name.   It is the s...
  • Down Fall of Jesus Gospel:

    The Down Fall of God's Word I am in no way shocked at the news of the Methodist Church and the splintering of their group. Nor because it is over the LBGT community, these people have been at the destruction of God Commandments for their physical pleasure from the beginning.    What ama...
  • Book of Jasher IX

    Book of Jasher CHAPTER IX.   And Haran, the son of Terah, Abram’s oldest brother, took a wife in those days. Haran was thirty-nine years old when he took her; and the wife of Haran conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Lot. And she conceived again and bare a daughter, an...
  • God and Jesus Christ's Acceptance:

    Our Experience with Churches and Temples I find myself amazed we haven't had a single effort put forth for our troubles. We have been praying for 14 years for some true Christians to render us aid. it seems there is no God in the temples built for him to reside in. God said he would reside with his...
  • Abraham's Birth:

    The Book of Jasher Chapter VIII.   And it was in the night that Abram was born, that all the servants of Terah, and all the wise men of Nimrod, and his conjurors came an ate and drank in the house of Terah, and they rejoiced with him on that night. And when all the wise men and conjurers ...
  • God revisits Same Sex Marriages:

    Same Sex Marriage God’s Word:             Let us understand that God has the final say on the legitimacy of same sex marriages performed in churches. Knowing this as truth in our knowledge of God, we must understand that any minister performi...
  • Introduction to Barnabas & Chap. II.

    The GENERAL EPISTLE of BARNABAS   [Barnabas was a companion and fellow-preacher with Paul. This Epistle lays a greater claim to canonical authority than most others. It has been cited by Clemens of Alexandrinus, Origen, Eusebius, and Jerome, and many ancient Fathers. Cotelerius affirms that O...
  • 1 John 4:7-8

      We are all God's children, created by the same Father, saved by His Son Jesus Christ. We may come in a variety of shapes, sizes, colors and texture but truly we are one people. In Malachi 2:10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man...