7. I believe that God can do something unprecedented with The Salvation Army. I believe God can, but will we let him? Where does the future of the Army lie, how will God do his new thing? What will it look like? I believe God will be able to do something withus when we get … More Affirmations #7 New Army
Just a pause on the affirmations series to interject a post I wrote in Jan 2007, whilst I was still the CO at Pill. As I was reflecting on how things are going here at Torry, God just brought this back to my mind. I was pleasantly surpised about how Torry is beginning more and … More Simple Mission
6. I believe that charismatic cell-based Christian communities are the most effective means of accomplishing mission today I have to say that I believe this is true with all my heart. I think there is a place for larger gatherings, absolutely, but for the real nitty gritty, week-in-week-out Christianity, face to face accountability, study, worship, … More Affirmations #6 cell-based community
5. I believe that signs and wonders and prophetic and deliverance will play a big role in winning the world Again, long time readers of armyrenewal will know that this is another common feature. As we look through the pages of scripture, the gospels and Acts etc, we see a very direct correlation between proclaiming … More Affirmations #5 Demonstrating the Kingdom
4. I believe that lots of people are going to hell forever (some who never got saved, and some who lost their salvation) I can totally understand why people would want to theologise hell out of existance. I can imagine why in the midst of grief and uncertainty, Christians may chose to opt out of … More Affirmations #4: Jesus or Hell
3. I believe that we should (and can) win the world Again, this is a topic that has been repeatedly accented on this blog over its however many years now. We realise that the bottom line is that its either Jesus or hell…salvation is in him alone. We don’t hide that, we declare in in … More Affirmations #3: World Winning
2. I believe that we should (and can) be holy There is much confusion around about holiness, the arguements have been well rehearsed. Our tenth doctrine is a gem, straight out of the pages of scripture. It speaks of a possibility, a promise, a hope, a certainty…both now in our current experience and perfectly when … More Affirmations #2: Holiness
1. I believe the doctrines of The Salvation Army One thing I like about Salvation Army doctrine is that its short and to the point…doesn’t beat around the bush and are as simple or as deep as you are able or want to explore. They are memorable, can be recited without having a 100GB memory … More Affirmation #1: Doctrines
A couple of days ago Stephen Court blogged a list of nine affirmations he found somewhere on someones blog, I think. He didn’t quote, so I can’t either. Here they are: 1. I believe the doctrines of The Salvation Army;2. I believe that we should (and can) be holy;3. I believe that we should (and … More Firm
All rested, refreshed and all the other ‘re’ words after a wee holiday, we’re now back at the helm. So good to be back (not that the holiday was bad, its just good to be back!) Spent the week in a place I used to go as a child. In lots of ways, lots of … More Back from hols
Andrew S M Clark 