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April 2011

April 21, 2011

Just gonna stand there and watch me burn…

What makes people believe the Message? What makes them keep believing even when it's become...

March 2011

March 08, 2011

When Dreams Become Promises

This post is forthcoming on No Longer Quivering. As followers of God’s final prophet and...

February 2011

February 03, 2011

Mythbusting the Message: “A Pardon is Not a Pardon”

William Branham told a lot of stories to illustrate his points. I suspect that he...

November 2010

November 19, 2010

Mythbusting the Message: The Ku Klux Klan

It has been rumored that some of William Branham's unsavory doctrines stemmed from a personal...

November 10, 2010

Anger and bitterness

My friends at No Longer Quivering and I are frequently accused of unforgiveness. The blog...

November 09, 2010

Nothing Between

Nothing between my soul and the Savior So that His blessed face may be seen...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

Study time! Marriage, submission, and control in the Message

Let's take a walk down Message theology lane. Today's text is a relatively recent sermon...

October 17, 2010

Why Branham? Why the Message?

Hardly anybody knows who William Branham was, much less that he has an...

October 17, 2010

Mind control and the Message

In another post, I discussed the defenses of Message believers against accusations that...

October 07, 2010

Elijah, but which one?

Message believers take William Branham to be the last prophet of the gentile...

September 2010

September 26, 2010

Mythbusting the Message: Misogyny

William Branham's attitude toward women has already been the subject of much commentary. The Apologetics...

September 23, 2010

“We’re not a cult.”

Message believers have a lot of answers to the accusation that they are part of...

September 22, 2010

Love is corrective

The doctrine of "love is corrective" assumes that there is always an error to be...

September 18, 2010

The myth of the failing world

The end is near, it's nigh at hand The bride is gathering, the world is...

September 11, 2010

The Eagle Scream

William Branham delivered nearly all of his messages in a bellowing, screaming voice. Message believers...

September 02, 2010

The burden of being a witness

Sharing the Message with someone for the first time is a terrifying process for the...

September 01, 2010

The fear of falling apart

During his altar calls, William Branham liked to tell a story about a young deacon's...

August 2010

August 28, 2010

The fear of falling away

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the...

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