Information About The comingintheclouds.org Web Site

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Edward Donnelly
describes what Hell
will be like...
Fascinating & sobering!

10 OUT OF 10 PEOPLE DIE.
So maybe it REALLY matters what we believe about our purpose in life and our eternal destiny.

About This Website & Ministry

There are a lot of web sites out there that discuss spiritual issues and Christianity. We feel this website distinguishes itself from many others by helping people to examine and rethink important spiritual issues that are not carefully examined in most churches or even by many Internet ministries. This site was established for several important reasons:

to challenge people to THINK about where they are GOING TO SPEND ETERNITY
to PRESENT FACTS about the God you are going to be judged by someday.
to let people KNOW that religion does NOT equal salvation
to help people IDENTIFY the false teachings in their own church or denomination.
to ASSIST biblical Christians as they seek to make DISCIPLES and live GODLY lives
To teach people STUFF THEY WILL PROBABLY NEVER LEARN FROM A LOCAL CHURCH or from their own religion, because most churches and religious institutions don't think "outside the box". They are locked into a specific way of thinking perpetuated by their publications and teaching institutions.

PLEASE NOTE: we have studied God's Bible long and hard but we are still fallible human beings. Except for direct Bible quotations, everything else posted on these sites is COMMENTARY. If you find any statement on this site which you consider is off-the-wall or misleading please let us know via our CONTACT page.

This Christian ministry seeks to meet 4 major needs in the body of Christ

Discipleship for new Christians and mature Christians alike
Evangelism to people of all faiths and lack of faith
Biblically accurate, high-quality Christian media distribution
Encouragement and instruction in the area of Christian fellowship

1. Regarding discipleship, we wish to encourage believers to follow Christ's example of spending quality time discipling a small group of believers for a significant amount of time. We believe first and foremost in discipleship by example. "My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth." I John 3:18. We also wish to encourage believers to gather together in each other's homes on a regular basis for fellowship, prayer, Bible study, breaking of bread, and ministering to one another's needs as was the practice of the early church, mentioned in Acts 2:42-47.

2. Regarding evangelism, we have found that many Christian churches today do not evangelize Catholics (and others) much if at all. We consider this a serious tragedy since it is such a huge window of opportunity and since there are so many Catholics around us in America today who are headed for a Christless eternity. We wish to alert both Catholics and Bible-believing Christians to the vast difference between biblical Christianity and Roman Catholicism so that many lost Catholics can learn that eternal life in heaven is obtained only through a personal relationship to Jesus Christ, not by being a Catholic or by performing religious rituals or good deeds. We also feel it is very important to share the Gospel on a regular basis including going out on the streets (the highways and byways of Luke 14:23) to talk to people about the Lord and to hand-out Gospel literature.

3. Regarding media distribution, we wish to share with other Christians various Christian tracts, books, video, audio materials, newsletters, and magazines from the best and most reliable Christian ministries across the country including several ministries that specialize in evangelism to Catholics and in teaching about Christian-like cults and error in the true Church of Christ.

4. Regarding Christian fellowship, we believe that true Christian fellowship is not a matter of going to church once or twice a week, or chatting online with other Christians, but of making a commitment to get involved in other Christian's lives. We believe that true Christian discipleship is even more than a matter of going to a Bible study once a week. It is a matter of making a commitment to take another Christian under your wing and nurture them until they are ready to start making disciples themselves, which should be not be too long after they come to know the Lord.

"Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."
[1Corinthians 15:58]

Have YOU read the Bible? The most published book in all the world? If it is so highly valued and so widely published, perhaps God really did inspire the prophets and apostles to write it, so that we might know the truth about God and His ONE AND ONLY plan of salvation for ALL of mankind.

"Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.: [Hebrews 11:6].

"Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul."
[Psalms 66:16]

If we can help you in any way, please let us know. We are anxious to serve you. Our services and materials are absolutely free of charge.

Your friends in Christ at
ComingInTheClouds.org

"And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." [Matthew 20:27-28]

If you examine most of what is at our web site you will perhaps know better what we believe than what your own church leadership believes.

What do we believe?

1. We believe in the doctrines of grace, meaning we do not believe the "free-will" gospel is the true gospel, but rather man is spiritually dead and cannot and will not "accept" the true Christ as his "all in all" until and unless God imparts the new life into him. In this area we are similar to Reformed Baptists and Reformed (Orthodox) Presbyterians.

2. In regards to the doctrines of grace and many other doctrines we are in agreement with Family Radio, John MacAthur, and Chapel Library. There are areas of doctrine in which we disagree with Family Radio, or in particular with the teachings of Harold Camping (Family Radio's president), primarily his "end of the world" predictions and his "end of the church age" declaration. It is true that many so-called Christian churches are apostate or at least not very healthy spiritually and what you can learn here at this website you may never learn from the average conventional church, unfortunately.

3. We believe that the scriptural pattern for doing church is to meet in homes in a much more interactive (yet orderly) format than most conventional churches. We along with other people on the net (such as the NT Restoration Foundation) encourage others to look into house churches and all that goes into them. Home church meetings are often run similar to Brethren churches to some extent where the men take turns teaching, whether or not they went to seminary.

4. We strongly believe that all Christians should be continually involved in making disciples, testing the spirits, and proving all things in the local church and anywhere they go.

A more specific and detailed list of our beliefs can be found HERE.

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