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 [...]
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Following Christ
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. [...]
Prayer and Faith: The Error of the Word-Faith Movement
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 [...]
Do We Need Southern Methodist College
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. [...]
Counting the Cost
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 [...]
Considering the Great Commandment
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 [...]
The Basic Meaning of Biblical Inspiration
J. Oliver Jones 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NKJV) states, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” The term “Scripture” can be understood to refer to the writings found [...]
After the Election – What Now
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 [...]
A Crisis of Theological Illiteracy
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 [...]
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J. Oliver Jones, Jr. Founder 1953-2018 Jim was the Founder and first Director of Light of Life Ministry, Inc. A 1981 graduate of Free Will Baptist Bible College (now Welsh College), he was an ordained elder in the Southern Methodist Church and served in the position of Christian Education Director. His greatest ministry love was [...]