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From the Book Free To Serve God By J. Oliver Jones  1.   The Mystery of Our Death in Christ       (Freedom from Sin)                                            Philippians 1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.  2.   The Mind of Humility in Our Cross       (Freedom from Pride) Philippians 2:5-8 Let this mind [...]

J. Oliver Jones "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."  KJV "Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ."  NKJV  "Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ."  NIV Most every major translation has a similar if not exact rendering of this verse found in 1 Corinthians 11:1. [...]

By Lanny Carpenter and Jim Jones  There are a number of Bible teachers today who are preaching a gospel that many Christians are following. This movement is called the “Word-Faith Movement,” but also goes by such names as “Name It & Claim It,” “Health and Wealth,” “Positive Confession,” and “Word of Faith.” Opponents to this [...]

By J. Oliver Jones To be quite honest, this is a legitimate question, a question that I have also asked myself. But before I answer let me first cite a brief statement from a Southern Methodist College (College) brochure:                         The Southern Methodist Church holds that the Holy Scripture contains all things necessary to salvation. [...]

By Jim Jones For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it - lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to [...]

by J. Oliver Jones Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first [...]

Jim Jones This article is taken from a series of emailed Thoughts to Consider by Jim Jones             As I sit to write this it is after midnight following the 2012 Presidential election. One fourth of the country is elated; one fourth of the country is disheartened; one half of the country did not even [...]

By J. Oliver Jones 2007  The story is told of a Pastor who entered the Sunday school class room of a group of primary age boys. He asked them, “Who knocked down the walls of Jericho?” No one answered. After waiting a couple of minutes he said, “Surely someone in here knows what happened to [...]