WELCOME TO THE DEN.
AS WE WARM OURSELVES BY THE FIRE,
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT JESUS CHRIST
 

(from home page, continued...) That's a little kid's prayer. All too many adults still pray like that, but in the beginning of our walk, God honors this childlike, even childish,  faith. Later that evening my dad did indeed call me. I cried and cried, knowing that God really was "there" and had heard me .
   The church on the corner heard about the poverty of our family and through their generosity I eventually got hooked up with them. They became my new family. I was loved. I was taught. And in gratitude I wanted to give my life to Christ and the "cause" of the church of Christ denomination. 
   In 1968 they ordained me to the ministry, just before my graduation from the Cincinnati Bible Seminary. I started working on some mission projects, intent on carrying "our message" to all the places that needed it. But on one of those trips I was confronted with some Scriptural truths that this group was not expecting I would embrace.
   When it became clear that I believed that the Scriptures taught that gifts of the Spirit are available today, that group asked me to leave its ministry, 
   My own experience in the Spirit, and especially in forgiveness of sins occurred in the early 70's, at a Christian "drive-in movie". A Billy Graham film was playing. ...
He preached Jesus, and a spirit of repentance came all over me. I cried, then rejoiced as the truth of Christ dawned on me. I was baptized in water the same hour of the night.
   The Assemblies of God took me in, but later I became an "independent", having trouble fitting my particular knowledge of Scripture plus my experience in any of the hundreds of groups available to the Christian world. I have recently become disillusioned with large portions of the charismatic movement, preferring to fellowship more closely with those who love God's Word above even their own feelings.             
   During these 30+ years as a forgiven saint, I have served in various churches in various ways. In my earlier  years, I began writing: For my college professor at U.C., I wrote about the dangers of TV watching: I have since tied this to the Word that says, "I have made a Covenant With My Eyes." For the Church youth group I created this modern update of Jesus and the woman At The Well. It's  in drama form and was actually published in a denominational magazine.
   I've taken a lot of summer mission trips, my favorite ones being to Communist  Romania in 1985 and in 1987. 
   Both of these trips are recorded at Sermonaudio.com.
   Right now, besides supporting my local assembly, I'm doing this  internet ministry as co-builder of this web site,  supporting overseas missions, teaching a Korean children's Sunday School class, and teaching  in a home Bible study.
  Would be glad to hear your story!
  Let's talk more: write me at
diakonos5@yahoo.com

HERE'S WHAT I BELIEVE

• I BELIEVE that JESUS CHRIST is the Son of God and God the Son.
   

• I BELIEVE that JESUS CHRIST is the only way to the Father, because of Who He is, because of His death, that is the shedding of His blood, and because of His resurrection.
   

• I BELIEVE that salvation, or the new birth, comes as a result of the GRACE of GOD. That GRACE causes a man to believe and call out to God for forgiveness of sins.

• I BELIEVE that at that moment of forgiveness he is saved and therefore added to the true church. He is credited with the very RIGHTEOUSNESS of GOD through no merit of his own.
   

• I BELIEVE that that same man, now saved, is called to a life of holy living, and good works, also conceived by the Spirit's grace, without which such a life would be impossible.
   

• I BELIEVE that the 66 Books of the Bible are "God-breathed" and sufficient, when obeyed, to make one complete in Christ. These Books are my "creed" and contain the rest of the things that I believe and teach. 
  
  
  And finally, if I could tell you the things that I think are most important for your life, if you are not yet a believer, they would be the following:
  
  God has sent His Son, JESUS, into the world to save sinners
  (I Timothy 1:15).
  
  All are sinners. (Romans 3:23)
  
  All need to be forgiven their sins in order to be saved now and forever (Romans 6:23).
  
  The only forgiveness available from God was made possible by the death of Jesus Christ (Acts 4:12).
  
  Those who accept what Jesus did on the cross will be saved -immediately! Those who do not will be lost forever. (John 3:36)
  
  Because Jesus rose from the dead, He is alive now, and able, through His Spirit (Acts 2:33) to enter your life and change you. (II Corinthians 5:17)
  
  Millions of people have found Jesus to be just what the Bible says He is: The Saviour , the Lord, the Comforter, the Son of the Living God.
  
  Please come to Him. If you need help in prayer, contact us, and we will be glad to lead you to Jesus.
  
  Jesus said, "You MUST be born again." (John 3:7) Please accept Him today!
  
  The story does not end here. Jesus has promised to return to this earth, gather His people together, and with them, rule the planet and enjoy all of eternity! Don't miss all of this!
  He may be coming SOON!
  
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