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August 20, 2010


 

“. . . I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the Seven Churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea” (Revelation 1:11)

 

The History of God’s One and Only True Church

By
Alton (Don) B. Billingsley
 

Continued from 4-13-2010, 4-23-2010; 4-30-2010; 5-7-2010; 5-17-2010; 5-21-2010; 5-28-2010; 6-11-2010; 6-18-2010; 6-25-2010; 7-3-2010; 7-16-2010; 7-30-2010; 8-6-2010; 8-13-2010

Regarding the establishment of His Church, Jesus Christ said to the apostle Peter and the rest of His disciples:

“. . . On this ROCK (Greek: Masculine, Petros, Feminine, Petra, meaning Jesus Christ Himself, Deuteronomy 32:3-4; I Corinthians 10:4) I will BUILD My Church, and the gates of Hades (graves, I Corinthians 15:54-55) shall NOT prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18).

The Church in Sardis - The Dead Church approximately 15-85 A. D. to 1600 A.D. to the present time-

A nd to the angel of the Church in Sardis write, "These things says He who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars:

I know your works, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.

Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found your works perfect before God.

Remember therefore how you have received and heard: hold fast, and repent. Therefore if you will not watch, I will come upon you as a thief, and you will not know what hour I will come upon you.

You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their names; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

He who has an ear let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches.” “Revelation 3:1-6”

This Present Historical Writing-

This is a continuation from last week’s of the historical writing of the Sardis Church Era by the late apostle of the 7th Day Church of God, Mr. Andrew Dugger. He was accompanied in his research by Mr. Clarence Dodd.

Since this chapter from their book is very lengthy the third part of chapter 20 will be found continued in the next writing in the Pastor’s Comments.

This present writing is a continuation from last week.s of the historical writing of the Sardis Church Era by the late apostle of the 7th Day Church of God, Mr. Andrew Dugger. He was accompanied in his research by Mr. Clarence Dodd.

While reading their writings it would be well to keep in mind what Jesus Christ had the apostle John write about this Church Era - a dying/dead Church - a shell of which yet remains today due to its tolerance of apostate ministers among them and refusal to accept any restored true doctrinal teachings and admitted as such to Mr. Armstrong by Mr. Dugger. Please review Autobiobraphy of Mr. Armstrong, Volume 1, pages 425-448, 481-489, 494-561.

A History of the True Church

Traced From 33 A.D. to Date

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Andrew N. Dugger and Clarence O. Dodd

Due to the fact Mr. Dugger/Mr. Dodd were the authors of this book, it will possibly be of interest to know something about them. (This information has been taken from the internet.)

About the Authors

Andrew N. Dugger (1886-1975) was the most famous Church of God, Seventh Day, leader in the twentieth century. He was born in Bassett, Nebraska.

Andrew N. Dugger's father, A.F. Dugger, Sr., had been an Advent Christian Minister. When commissioned by his church to do a study refuting the Sabbath, A.F. Dugger instead became convinced that the Sabbath should be observed. The result was a book he later published, called The Bible Sabbath Defended. For more than thirty-five years until his death in 1910, A.F. Dugger, Sr., was a leader in the Church of God, Seventh Day. His son Andrew, a school teacher and farmer, was in his early 20's when his father died.

A bright light in the sky around him seemed to Dugger to be a sign from God that he should follow his father's footsteps in the ministry. A.N. Dugger immediately sold his large farm and equipment, and went to the University of Chicago, where he majored in theology and public speaking, mastering Greek, Hebrew, and German.

Dugger periodically returned to Bassett to visit his mother and Effie Carpenter (1895-1980), a student of his whom he wanted to marry. Although he first proposed to her when she was sixteen, it wasn't until 1925 until they were married. They shared fifty years together.

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tpr_0107_150The Philadelphia Remnant Magazine
 for chekmark_red02 JULY-AUGUST 2010 is available online here, in PDF Format.

You can read about the Magazine, its purpose and goals at:
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We will keep the current issue as well as archived issues linked from this new site.

 
There are many excellent articles in this issue, learn about:

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Author

Revelation 12 in Prophecy

Mr. Herbert W. Armstrong

Personal from the Editor

Mr. Alton ‘Don’ Billingsley

Economic Collapse

Mr. Mark Mendiola

The Fall of America

Mr. Garfield Grergoire

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Sabbath Services - Now available in our Members Only Area

We currently provide a live Internet broadcast of our services, which are held on Saturdays at 11:00 am Pacific time (PST). The broadcast is only available during this time. Note: Holy Day Services will be at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm Pacific Time (PST). If you would like additional information, or need to contact us concerning the link, please E-mail us here.

Video Webcast of Live Services can be seen here.

Check out our online Meeting Room. An Audio broadcast of services should be streaming at 11 A.M. PST. Someone will be in the room by 10:30 to help. Bible Study Friday at 5:30 P.M. PST Room open at 5 P.M., Bible Studies will begin again on a weekly basis starting on October 23, 2009. Remember Sabbath and Holy Day services will have a live video stream from the Video Player page also.

If you cannot access the room please give Mr. Duncan a call for access to the phone hookups for services or member/guest logins.
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Each week we will post 7 World Tomorrow Broadcasts that can be played using our player located below.A nice way to start your day listen to a different one each morning or evening.

We have the Foreign Language Material available now, the side bar links for each of the countries are live.

Online Meeting Room Recordings of Sabbath Services and Weekly Bible Studies are available here.

We now have a more complete set of Audio Books. These are audio files of many of our Books and booklets. Now you can listen to these excellent study resources in the background.

We have added the Worldwide News publications from 1975 to 1979 in the Library Section of the site.

An RSS Feed is now available for those of you who use News Readers, it will give you automatic updates on what has been added to the site each week. Just click on the RSS Icon.

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Topical Index “Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh.” How true this seems to me. This Topical Index is not finished and cannot be. It is simply an effort to list basic related scriptures under subject headings to assist in bible study and in answering questions. It has been compiled with input from many individuals but it has inherent limitations. There is simply no right or complete set of scriptures except the Bible itself. Also, different people take into account different things. This is a start though and I hope a profitable one to you.- Mark Mickelson (December 2002)
 
New Booklets and Brochures have been added to our site as Study Resources and can be reviewed via a Graphical Index located here. A number of Reprinted Articles from the magazines are included in Booklet Form.
 
We have added a new Scripture search tool that is powered at this site. The Scripture Search Tool can be accessed from the left margin of any page. You will be able to look up word or phrases in the King James Bible along with the String’s meanings of the Hebrew or Greek.
 
Use our new Online Bible Hymnal to sing along with us during the Live Sabbath services or Feast Day Broadcasts.
 
We now have a Daily Bible Reading resource for your Bible Studies. Each month we will post links to each day’s bible reading. It will be completed in one year.
 
We now have available from our site a series of 7 Bible Classes recorded at Ambassador College. These are mp3 format. These class tapes are a range of subjects from the major and minor prophets, the acts of the Apostles, A study of the Ancient Culture of Israel, Church History and the Psalms and Proverbs.
 
We have archived the list of difficult scriptures developed at Ambassador College to prepare you to give answer to the faith that lies within you. 1Pe 3:15 . The link above will take you to the completed list for a quick answer to some of the puzzling questions that arise from time to time.

Here is a link to the Fundamental Doctrines of the Church. This listing of scriptures relating to each of our primary doctrines was composed by ministers of the Worldwide Church of God approximately 1984 or before and was used in the Graduate Spokesman's Club in the Chicago area and is presented here unchanged. While this listing is very detailed, it is not an exhaustive listing of the doctrines of The Church of God.

If you have any questions about the bible, what it says please feel free to ask. biblestudy@cog-ff.com

58 Lesson Bible Study Course

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Here is the new Online Version of the 58 Lesson Correspondence Course. The free bible study course features interactive tests with each of the lessons. The word of God is the foundation of knowledge. This online course is offered free without tuition cost to those who earnestly desire to understand the bible.

Free Bible Tools

Here is a link to several tools that you can use online to study the Bible. Look up Strong’s Numbers, words or phrases anywhere in the bible as well as some searches in topical indexes and dictionaries.

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World Tomorrow Broadcasts

Each week we will provide 7 new broadcasts that you may listen to using this audio player. Stop by daily to hear the next in the series of Broadcasts.

They may take a moment to start. You can select the one you want to listen to by clicking on it in the list.

New Bible Study Tools Online:

chekmark_red02We are adding the audio versions of many of Mr. Armstrong’s Books and Booklets to the site. There will be a link to streaming versions that will have explanations of each of the links. For now you can begin enjoying them by using our open HWA Audio Books directory link.

In addition to the many files located below we have added 300 World Tomorrow Broadcasts cataloged by primary subject matter in Real Audio format.

The Robert Taylor Collection of a series of 80 Daily World Tomorrow Broadcasts form April - August of 1979 has been uploaded to our site as well. These are being presented to you each week below.

We have uploaded 668 audio files recorded by Mr. Armstrong. This is a three disk set, a compendium of Mr. Armstrong’s recordings. You can see a linked list here, or you can search for a specific audio file by title or subject here.

If you have a problem using the database tool you can also find links to the 3 disk set in html format in the Audio Page of this site.

Prayer Requests

We welcome anyone seeking a prayer request to contact Mr. Billingsley by E-Mail, or by phone, at (209) 772-0737 to have their request posted on our prayer requests page.

 

Open Letters

Mr. Billingsley's Open Letters that have appeared in The Journal.

True Womanhood
(Titus 2:3) The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;
(Titus 2:4) That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
(Titus 2:5) [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

True Womanhood - Is It a "Lost Cause"?
(Plain Truth article - November 1965)

Ruling on Womens Dress
(Good News Article 1962 Herbert W. Armstrong)

Truth About Makeup
Here are the eye-opening FACTS -- where, when, by whom, and why the use of makeup began -- its history, and what the BIBLE says about it!

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