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Editorial
Introduction
by Major Stephen Court
Greetings in Jesus’ name. Welcome to JAC73. God has blessed us
again with a great line-up of contributions by all kinds of
Salvationists. We have a range that includes general,
commissioner, major, lieutenant, cadet, and soldier. We have
contributions from UKI, NZF, USS, USW, and AUS territories.
Writers tackle mission, salvation, healing, theology,
holiness, and more. Enjoy the following:
Captain Andy Miller – Seeing Again From The Blind Beggar,
throws down the gauntlet to Salvationists and The Salvation
Army in his application of this popular story.
Cadet Xander Coleman – Radicalising the Reformation, analyses
the priesthood of all believers issue from a Salvationist
perspective.
Cadet Dawn Marie Paulson – Salvation To All, breaks down The
Salvation Army’s sixth doctrine with a contrast of theological
perspectives on salvation.
Lieutenant James Thompson – Ambassadors of Holiness
Valedictory, preached at his commissioning some months ago. As
many of his international sessionmates are being commissioned
this month and will appreciate this speech.
Mat Guthmiller – Ranger Creed; God’s Soldier, juxtaposes the
Ranger Creed with a stirring Soldier Creed.
General William Booth – A Ladder to Holiness, explains the way
to entire sanctification in this timeless classic. You will
want to share it with your friends.
Cadet Robert
Adams – Faith Healing in The Salvation Army, takes an in-depth
look into healing in The Salvation Army in our early days and
through the years in New Zealand. The article includes
some great primary source appendices.
Major Melvyn Jones – Songs of Holiness Series, Part 3, carries
on his five part series on The Salvation Army Song Book
through the lens of holiness.
Commissioner Wesley Harris – Characteristics of Salvationism,
offers a different take on this popular discussion topic.
Cadet Xander Coleman – Salvationist Monasticism, provides some
potentially powerful insights in aligning The Salvation Army
with historic monasticism.
Jonathan Evans - Is Militant Language In The Church
Appropriate In The 21st Century?, asks that very question and
considers different perspectives before coming firmly down on
the.. well, we'll let you read it to find out.
This is the seventy-third issue of
Journal of Aggressive Christianity. If you finish reading this
before JAC74 is released, don’t despair. You can read JAC1-72
on this site. You can catch our daily blog at
http://www.armybarmy.com/blog.html.
You can download the weekly isalvos 4Cast from itunes (search
‘isalvos’). You can read the latest salvos news at iSalvos
Weekly -
http://paper.li/iSalvos/salvation-army.
Don’t be left out in the cold. Stay in the salvosphere. May
these resources enhance your salvation warfighting this
season.
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