Ecclesiastical Matters
October 19, 2022, michaelbray Apostasy Cowardice or Buffoonery, Citizenship, Ecclesiastical Matters, Lamentations, Political Ministry of the Churches of God,
Re: The Retention of Biden on the Romanist Rolls One of the great, blatant but unmentioned, scandals of our time is the retention of Joe Biden a member of the Roman Catholic Church. How does this church maintain credibility, not to mention holiness, when it retains the likes of this prominent Holocaustian on its membership […]
October 18, 2022, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Ecclesiastical Matters, Poetry, Position Papers, Salvation,
They all pass away: Youth, possessions, good looks. Children grow up and find their way, And we are left to spend the day Pursuing the same course, But with fewer in the company. And yet that company is not so small! The Church of God is international And full of many members All sharing that […]
October 17, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Character - or not, Ecclesiastical Matters,
The earliest record we have of testimony among church leaders to the doctrine defining God as specifically triune comes from Justin Martyr. He was born in about 114 A.D. in a city of Samaria called Flavia Neopolis, known today as Nablous. He accepts the charge from the Greeks, whose gods he has exposed as frauds, […]
October 11, 2022, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Apologetics, Ecclesiastical Matters, Lamentations, Position Papers, Salvation,
Heresies are worse than regular crimes; they are an assault upon the soul rather than the body. So it is today with the likes of, say, Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Wierville’s Way religion, many Godless Democrats, and even some Republicans who deny the triune God. The one who wars against the soul, even in ignorance, does […]
October 8, 2022, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Correspondence, Ecclesiastical Matters, Political Ministry of the Churches of God, Wilmington Ohio,
[Nov., 2016] Notice: Termination of Prison Ministry I have determined to abandon the prison ministry here in Wilmington in order to pursue necessary support for my family. I am hoping to find a replacement minister(s) to continue the mission and will made efforts to that end in the next three months. (My last prison visit […]
October 7, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Character - or not, Ecclesiastical Matters, Good Riddance, Lamentations, Salvation,
“The Way” of Victor Paul Wierville is, frankly, the wrong way. Wierville denied that Christ was fully God, the second person of the Trinity. In other words, he blasphemed Jesus, the Father, and the Spirit, the one and only God. Wierville was a false teacher and ought to be called out as nothing less (or […]
October 5, 2022, michaelbray Ecclesiastical Matters, Political Ministry of the Churches of God, Position Papers,
Now, brothers and sisters of the Romanist fold, I understand your commitment to your church. You want to be loyal to your family and/or parents and ancestry as well. But your first loyalty is to Truth! To Justice! To God and His Word. And the Truth is that THE foremost American Catholic is our POTUS. […]
October 4, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Ecclesiastical Matters, Family Matters, Position Papers, Salvation,
God, the Father sent God the Son, the very Creator, down to join His creation and to participate in and accomplish its redemption. God, the Son, came down to dwell among His creatures. And after He accomplished our salvation through His death, The Father sent God, the Holy Spirit, to lead and guide us in […]
October 3, 2022, michaelbray Actors in the Kingdom: selections, Character - or not, Civil Disobedience, Ecclesiastical Matters, Political Ministry of the Churches of God, Sanctity of Human Beings, Terrorism - of God and Men, Wilmington Ohio,
Contraception indicates a questioning (if not questionable) attitude toward children. But Planned Parenthood, with its advocacy of abortion (murder) as an option, is a horrid blight on the political landscape. When God’s plan (children by means of conception) trumps our own plans, it is advisable to heed Him rather than our own fleeting liberty longings! […]
October 3, 2022, michaelbray Apologetics, Ecclesiastical Matters, Family Matters, Position Papers, Salvation,
Talkin’ about that church Father of the first century. He and Polycarp were fellow disciples under John (the apostle). He writes to the Ephesian Christians warning them against false teachers. Of the “spirit of deceit” he says this in chapter nine: “He glorifies himself, for he is full of arrogance. He is lying, fraudulent, soothing, […]