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The Lutheran Formula Of Concord

The Lutheran Formula Of Concord – 1576

 
 

Introduction

 
 
Formula of Concord (1577) (German, Konkordienformel; Latin, Formula concordiae; also the “Bergic Book” or the “Bergen Book”) is an authoritative Lutheran statement of faith (called a confession, creed, or “symbol”) that, in its two parts (Epitome and Solid Declaration), makes up the final section of the Lutheran Corpus Doctrinae or Body of Doctrine, known as the Book of Concord (most references to these texts are to the original… Continue reading

Jehovahs Witnesses Secret Answer Book

Jehovahs Witnesses Secret Answer Book

Known As “Reasoning From The Scriptures”

Jehovahs Witnesses Answer Book Reasoning From The Scriptures

Did you know that the Jehovah’s Witnesses have a secret book they use to give answers to questions that people have when they go door to door? Its called “Reasoning From The Scriptures”. It is published by the main publishing organization of the Witnesses which is the “Watchtower Bible and Tract Society”. They won’t give these books to outsiders, but nowadays, thanks to the Internet and online stores such… Continue reading

Detailed Statement Of Beliefs

Detailed Statement Of Beliefs

 

ComingInTheClouds.org ministry subscribes to these fundamental doctrines of the Christian faith:

 

1. The Bible (in the original Greek & Hebrew) is the infallible Word of God (Psalm 19:7).

     a. Bibles translated using the “Received Text” Greek manuscripts are the most accurate and reliable translations (i.e. KJV, MKJV, YLT).

     b. Bibles translated using the “Alexandrian Text” Greek manuscripts are NOT reliable translations and are to be avoided (i.e. NIV, NASB).

     b. Paraphrased (i.e. loosely translated)… Continue reading

Resources About Dispensationalism

Resources About Dispensationalism

post-trip pre-trib rapture of the Christian Church

 
Here are some materials you may wish to examine to see some of the views on Dispensationalism, including some opposing views that are no longer very popular within the Church at large of our day, especially the Church in the United States. Historically, did the corporate Church really believe in and teach about a secret rapture of the Church prior to a 7 year tribulation period? Or did they generally believe that the rapture would be… Continue reading

Remember Lot’s Wife

Remember Lot’s Wife

A Solemn Warning From Jesus About Lost Souls

by J.C. Ryle (1816-1900)

remember Lots wife sodom burning pillar of salt

 
There are few warnings in Scripture more solemn than this. The Lord Jesus Christ says to us (in Luke 17:32) “Remember Lot’s wife.”
 
Lot’s wife was a professor of religion: her husband was a “righteous man” (II Peter 2:8). She left Sodom with him on the day when Sodom was destroyed; she looked back towards the city from behind her husband, against God’s… Continue reading

Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>