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#Was there a fundamental problem with the message itself? | #Was there a fundamental problem with the message itself? | ||
And so the purpose of this website changed to become a source of | And so the purpose of this website changed to become a source of objective, verifiable information on William Branham and '''[[List of Issues with the Message|to detail the research that resulted from our questions]]''' about the message. | ||
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|'''''A special message to followers of William Branham'''''<br>To the best of our knowledge, all of the information on this website is factual.<br>[[A Scriptural Challenge to Followers of William Branham|If you believe any of the evidence contained on this website is inaccurate, please provide us with the details.<br> '''We will immediately post any evidence that conflicts with our research and revise our conclusions]],''' provided that we can independently confirm the accuracy of the evidence. <br> | |||
On January 14, 2016 we issued "''[[A Scriptural Challenge to Followers of William Branham]]''" and have not yet received a single response. We are still waiting... | |||
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We started asking a lot of questions which didn't make us popular with the leadership within the message. | =Our questions= | ||
We started '''[[List of Issues with the Message|asking a lot of questions]]''' which didn't make us popular with the leadership within the message. | |||
===Can we trust the Bible?=== | ===Can we trust the Bible?=== | ||
Because the message is basically a "King James Version Only" denomination (and, yes, we believe the message is a "denomination" as that word is commonly defined), [[The King James Version of the Bible|we started examining the Bible and which versions]] we could consider as trustworthy. Through our research over a period of about 9 months, | Because the message is basically a "King James Version Only" denomination (and, yes, we believe the message is a "denomination" as that word is commonly defined), '''[[The King James Version of the Bible|we started examining the Bible and which versions]]''' we could consider as trustworthy. Through our research over a period of about 9 months, it became clear that the Bible was very trustworthy, although our understanding was changed somewhat as we clearly understood how the New Testament had been passed down to us today. | ||
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=Video Transcript= | |||
Go into the deepest of hidden casements, | |||
Of withdrawal, of silence, of sainthood. | |||
Some must inhabit those inner rooms, | |||
And know the depths and heights of God, | |||
And call outside to the rest of us how wonderful it is. | |||
Sometimes I take a deeper look in, | |||
Sometimes venture a little farther; | |||
But my place seems closer to the opening . . . | |||
So I stand by the door. | |||
The people too far in do not see how near these are | |||
To leaving—preoccupied with the wonder of it all. | |||
Somebody must watch for those who have entered the door, | |||
But would like to run away. So for them, too, | |||
I stand by the door. | |||
I admire the people who go way in. | |||
But I wish they would not forget how it was | |||
Before they got in. Then they would be able to help | |||
The people who have not even found the door, | |||
Or the people who want to run away again from God. | |||
You can go in too deeply, and stay in too long, | |||
And forget the people outside the door. | |||
As for me, I shall take my old accustomed place, | |||
Near enough to God to hear Him, and know He is there, | |||
But not so far from people as not to hear them, | |||
And remember they are there too. | |||
Where? Outside the door— | |||
Thousands of them, millions of them. | |||
But—more important for me— | |||
One of them, two of them, ten of them, | |||
Whose hands I am intended to put on the latch, | |||
So I shall stand by the door and wait | |||
For those who seek it. | |||
"I had rather be a door-keeper..." | |||
So I stand by the door. | |||
Sam Shoemaker (1893-1963) served as a pastor in New York City and Pittsburgh. He was instrumental in establishing the spiritual foundation for Alcoholics Anonymous, particularly the need to turn to God as a way of coming out of alcoholism. Pastor Shoemaker wrote this poem toward the end of his life as an apology for his ministry. | |||
Someone mentioned this poem in passing at a meeting in which we were discussing the vision of the organization I was leading at the time. After the meeting, I searched for the poem and was moved to tears as I read it the first time. I started sending it to anyone who was interested in evangelism and was asked to read the poem for an online evangelism conference. I trust it will impact you as it did me. | |||