Commissioner Steven Hedgren
and Major Rob Lyle explain what
it means to be a Salvationist in
three key areas: beliefs, values
and behaviors.
stand on the shoulders of the
saints who have blazed a trail for
them. According to General Linda
Bond, "The DNA of The Salvation
simply know what we're supposed to be about and
we recognize when we're not doing it as well as we
ought. We just know. And I don't think it has anything
to do with culture or diversity or color or language.
Once you're a Salvationist, you know."
experience, which offers a widely used model for
theological and ethical teaching. Reinforcing the pri-
macy of a life yoked to Jesus Christ, this book helps
Salvationists integrate their basic beliefs and values
into all that they think, say and do.
Bible, edited by Bill and Gloria
Gaither, aims to enhance the
vividness and devotional quality
of the Holy Scriptures by way
of the New King James transla-
tion. The Homecoming Bible
structures poetry in a contem-
porary style that reflects the
form and beauty of Scripture in
its original language. Readers
will discover the stories behind
by artists and writers on their favorite passages of
Scripture. Also featured are devotions, stories and po-
ems by Gloria Gaither and quotes from various saints
on the importance of music in the life of faith. The use
of italics indicates expressions in Hebrew and Greek
that need clarification with additional English words.
Oblique type in the New Testament indicates a quota-
tion from the Old Testament.
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us to have troubles and
hardships, for they often
call us back to our own
hearts. Once there, we
know ourselves to be
strangers in the world,
and we know that we
may not believe in any-
thing that it has to offer.
Sometimes it is good that
we put up with people
speaking against us, and
sometimes it is good that
we be thought of as bad
and flawed, even when
we do good things and
have good intentions.
Such troubles are often
aids to humility, and they
protect us from pride. In-
deed, we are sometimes
better at seeking God
when people have noth-
ing but bad things to say
about us and when they
refuse to give us credit
for the good things we
have done! That being
the case, we should so
root ourselves in God
that we do not need to
where else.
or tempted or vexed
by evil thoughts, then
he better understands
his need for God, with-
out whom he can do
nothing good at all. In
such a state, he is sad
and he sighs and prays
because of the miser-
ies he suffers; then, he
is tired of living any
die, so that he may be
set free to be with Christ.
When all that happens,
he knows for certain that
perfect security and full
peace cannot exist in this
world.
true liberty. There are
four things you must do.
First, strive to do anoth-
er's will rather than your
own. Second, choose
always to have less than
more. Third, seek the
lower places in life, dying
to the need to be rec-
ognized and important.
Fourth, always and in
everything desire that the
will of God may be com-
pletely fulfilled in you.
The person who tries this
will be treading the fron-
tiers of peace and rest.
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of peace and true liberty."