Forum: The Local Church in the 21st Century
12-26-2023, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 91
Views: 6,514
Re: What's going on in OKC?
Please be careful with reading this. I had to stop and continue multiple times through because of how difficult and disturbing it is. Words cannot explain. Trigger warnings include but are not...
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Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
08-14-2023, 12:47 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 297
parts of man (concentric circles)
I read a while back either on this forum or on the Facebook group about how the 3 concentric circles (body, soul, spirit) originated from Jesse Penn-Lewis in one of her books/writings. Does anyone...
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Forum: Introductions and Testimonies
08-12-2023, 12:23 AM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,169
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Forum: Introductions and Testimonies
08-07-2023, 04:25 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 1,169
Re: TheStarswillFall Testimony
Hi TheStarswillFall,
Thanks for your testimony. I have to ask, do you still happen to have that letter you wrote the leading brothers, and perhaps even a copy (email, letter, etc) of their...
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Forum: Christian Movements/Ministries
08-06-2023, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 973
Re: Witness Lee vs Baptists
Thanks Trapped for the helpful reply. It means a lot knowing others have gone through this in their own journey.
Do you happen to have any type of relationships with ones who are still in the LC?...
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Forum: Extras! Extras! Read All About It!
08-06-2023, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 218
Views: 6,905
Re: 1000 Years Discipline
Is there any footage (or even audio) of this? Would like to see it, perhaps even the entire message if it's available...
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Forum: Introductions and Testimonies
08-05-2023, 03:36 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,317
Re: Just left The Local Church
That's a bar right there. Couldn't be more true. As a church kid and in the process of leaving right now, this one echoed.
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Forum: Christian Movements/Ministries
07-29-2023, 12:20 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 973
Re: Witness Lee vs Baptists
Thank you all for the responses. It'll be quite a future trying to break down a lifetime of being told one thing, when in fact, it was mostly never true to begin with.
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Forum: Christian Movements/Ministries
07-26-2023, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 973
Witness Lee vs Baptists
How does Witness Lee differ from other Baptists? (aside from the well-known yet strangely vague and non-concrete ideas/beliefs about the "economy" of God and the ground of "oneness" as Lee and the LC...
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Forum: Various Living Stream Ministry Publications
01-05-2023, 05:02 PM
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Replies: 458
Views: 62,185
Re: Quote From Today's Watchman/Witness Wednesday
A simple google search led me to this https://lifehopeandtruth.com/change/christian-conversion/christ-in-us/.
Seems like Brother Lee is a bit wrong on this matter, many actually do teach the Christ...
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Forum: Introductions and Testimonies
01-02-2023, 04:06 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,794
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Forum: Introductions and Testimonies
01-01-2023, 04:07 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,794
Re: Finally Writing About My Years in the Recovery
Going through this right now as I'm well into my college years and am still in the LC physically but checked out of it mentally. Met a really nice girl who's a Christian (not in LC fortunately, seems...
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Forum: Introductions and Testimonies
12-29-2022, 08:59 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 891
Mind-blown.
I had a conversation recently with two of my closest friends (we're all in college, raised in the LC, I'm on my way out but still struggling very much with all this). I asked them, if the Creator of...
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Forum: Introductions and Testimonies
07-05-2022, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 143
Views: 6,552
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Forum: Extras! Extras! Read All About It!
05-13-2021, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 324
What Is Our Personal Purpose In Life?
So growing up I've always heard about God's eternal purpose, etc, etc.... But never, not once in the LC have I heard about what God wants to do in our life, it's only outside of the LC that I've been...
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Forum: Orthodoxy - Christian Teaching
04-11-2021, 10:58 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 537
What Is The Human Spirit?
I saw this link and it seems to have answered a lot of my questions, maybe it might be helpful to someone here. What Witness Lee had said through the years seems to be true since it is also presented...
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Forum: Christian Movements/Ministries
04-11-2021, 01:52 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 867
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Forum: Glorious Church Life!
04-11-2021, 12:51 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,065
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Forum: Christian Movements/Ministries
04-05-2021, 05:12 PM
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Replies: 16
Views: 867
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Forum: Spiritual Abuse Titles
03-10-2021, 01:01 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,984
Re: Deceiving and Self-Serving Terms
On the shepherding words website, there's a pdf that says the following, quoting witness lee first:
"We have to see that in every age, God gives only one vision to man. In Adam is seen God's...
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Forum: Apologetic discussions
03-08-2021, 10:26 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 314
Free Will in the Day to Day Life of a Christian
What does free will look like in the day to day life of a normal Christian? I have been feeling under attack in my mind as of late relating to this matter. I don't really know how to explain this as...
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Forum: Extras! Extras! Read All About It!
02-21-2021, 10:52 AM
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,138
Regarding Fornication/Spiritual Birthright
So as a college student I've made some stupid decisions and was wondering what the Bible really says about fornication as it relates to our 'spiritual birthright'. What happens when someone...
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Forum: The Local Church in the 21st Century
02-14-2021, 08:37 PM
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Replies: 70
Views: 29,241
Re: Current status of the Local Church?
I know I'm replying to this a couple of years late but yes, this was always my question when I went to other saints' home. Not that this is a bad thing per-say, but I always did feel a bit "weirded...
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Forum: Apologetic discussions
01-26-2021, 12:14 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,688
Re: Self-control vs. Lee's Economy
I wanted to look this up really quickly and searched for "self control, witness lee" on google and it led me to Our Urgent Need - Spirit and Life by Witness Lee. It seems like he did address this....
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Forum: Introductions and Testimonies
01-25-2021, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,381
For those who chose to stay
For those who chose to stay in the recovery in spite of knowing that not all of what is in the ministry is "good" and in spite of recognizing many of the "traditions" and ways of living may be...
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