Editorial Introduction
by Major Stephen
Court, Editor
Greetings in Jesus’ name.
Mercy and peace to you from God our Father.
I trust the battle progresses well on your front.
Welcome to JAC102 - the third installment of the
three-edition Centenary Celebration of Journal of Aggressive
Christianity.
In JAC100 - part of the Centenary
Celebration Series - we lifted every JAC Exclusive Interview
over the first 99 issues and we all had opportunity for
inspiration from all sorts of soldiers from all over the
world.
JAC101 built on JAC100.
Whereas JAC100 was the Interview Issue, JAC101 was the
ISSUE Issue. We
lifted a representative smattering of popular articles on
important issues over the life of JAC.
JAC102 is the Challenge Issue.
Included in this issue are prophetic words, summons to
repent, edifying provocation, inspiring dream, and resolute
decree.
Lieutenant Heather (Wright, at the time of
JAC35) Dolby (now) in USA Southern Territory applied, back in
JAC35, Old Testament physical lessons on priority to 21st
century spirituality in Building Up The Temple.
Captain Andrew Bale (UKI) delivered, in
JAC47, a prophecy for the western territories of The Salvation
Army and for individual soldiers.
Captain Michael Ramsay (JAC41) explained
that Friends Don’t Let Friends Go To Hell (yes, he did address
the bullhorn folk).
James Pedlar, in Canada, considered Being
Faithful with Dishonest Wealth:
Stewardship in the Face of Global Poverty
(JAC67).
In JAC48, Bale followed up his previous
entry (above) with A Word To Dry Bones, based on Ezekiel 36
and 37.
Canada’s Captain Ian Gillingham (JAC67)
offered an intriguing look into The Lover And The Hidden
Treasure.
Aaron White challenged us with a depiction
of Criminal Jesus, in JAC35.
In JAC40, Colonel Janet Munn (USE) explained
how Fasting: (is) The first works of Jesus.
The Justice Decree (JAC59) was built on a
collection of Bible verses, by Major Danielle Strickland
(USW).
From New Zealand, Major Harold Hill (JAC37)
gave us a glimpse at some of the research for his seminal
book, Leadership in The Salvation Army: A Case Study in
Clericalisation.
And in JAC83 General William Booth’s
Companions of the Cross of Christ offers a different future
from the past that Hill explains.
And that’s it.
As God directs and permits, and tarries, you can expect
us to build on the first ‘century’ in coming issues of JAC.
Meanwhile, absorb and respond prayerfully to JAC102,
and share widely.
May God use it to help us position ourselves downstream in the
River of His grace and in so doing position ourselves to
complete the great salvation war.
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