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Footprints by the Sea
Last night I had a wondrous dream, of prints in beach sand I had
seen. Though my feet hadn't walked that shore, I saw the footprints of my
Lord.
And when a different print appeared, I asked the Lord, "What have
we here? This print is larger, round and neat, and wasn't made by walking
feet."
"My child," He said in somber tone, "For miles I carried you
alone. I challenged you to stand - not ride. To walk and let me be
your guide.
You would not stand. You would not grow. The walk of
faith, you would not know. So then I finally got fed up, and there I
dropped you on your butt.
Because in life, there comes a time, when one must fight and one
must climb, when one must rise and take a stand, or just leave butt prints in
the sand."
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Doctrine
Short List
This page last updated:
01/12/2007 08:36 AM
This is the Won't Make It To Mainstream
ministries short list of doctrinal beliefs. It is just a series of
statements on what we believe minus the explanation of the Doctrinal
Specifics page. Hopefully this will be a quick reference for those
who need such a thing. They are numbered in no particular order of
importance because they are all important. For more extended
explanations go to the Doctrinal
Specifics page and pick the heading you are interested in.
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We believe that God is Father, Son and Holy
Spirit, but we do not believe the trinity quite the way it is usually
represented.
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Jesus is God in the flesh.
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The entire Protestant cannon we receive as
the Word of God, inerrant in the original languages.
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God fills the believer with His Spirit and
gifts are sometimes manifested first through His Word, then through more
mystical processes. If a person teaches something against the Word
the Spirit is not with that person.
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We use the Literal interpretation method
for the Bible, which we define as the meaning the author intended.
There is only one meaning although there are many applications (or
significance).
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The Bible is one book, not two testaments.
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Salvation is by grace through faith.
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Faith without works is dead.
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The Torah (Instructions) of God (first five
books) is a valid discipleship method and lifestyle for the believer.
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The Satan is a fallen angelic being with
great power who has usurped rulership over the earth from God. He
is not the brother of Jesus.
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Israel has not been replaced by the Church,
but is still the focus (after the Messiah) of God's plan on earth and
heaven.
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The visible church is not the biblical
Remnant, but some of the people in the church are part of the Remnant.
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The Remnant consists of people who choose
to follow God by living as He dictates and are scattered throughout the
world among the Gentiles and Jews. It has always existed from the
beginning.
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Community government should be by a group
of leaders rather than one man. The community charter or
constitution is the Torah.
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We use Promise Theology, which is based on
Biblical Theology, for those who know such things and want to know where
we stand in shorthand form. We do not agree with Covenant Theology
or Dispensationalism.
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