Although there are, strictly speaking, no prophets or apostles today, I fear there are false prophets and false apostles. They speak their own words instead of God's Word. Their message originates in their own mind. These are men who like to ventilate their own opinions on religion, ethics, theology or politics.

Word, Worship and Sacrament. Form and power. True religion combines form and power. It is not external form without power. Nor, on the other hand, does it emphasize moral power in such a way as to despise or dispense with proper external forms. It combines them. It fosters a worship which is essentially 'spiritual', arising from the heart, but which expresses itself through public, corporate services, and which also issues in moral behaviour.

Diversity and harmony. The church as a multi-racial, multi-cultural community is like a beautiful tapestry. Its members come from a wide range of colorful backgrounds. No other human community resembles it. Its diversity and harmony are unique. It is God's new society. And the many-coloured fellowship of the church is a reflection of the many-coloured (or 'many- splendoured', to use Francis Thompson's word) wisdom of God. --- From "The Message of Ephesians" (The Bible Speaks Today)

I would rather surrender to the Sword of Islam than see Christianity surrender to the homosexuals. If a nation "under God" surrenders in the name of equality to the Homosexual Agenda, that nation is no longer under God; it is in Satan's dominion. The irony is Islam will not surrender while Christianity wavers. --- Otis Page Jr. California layman