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Editorial Introduction
by Captain Stephen Court
Greetings in Jesus' name. Welcome to JAC 48.
There are some important articles here, grounds for much
discussion in reading groups, home groups, cell groups, and,
of course, in the blogosphere. Let's talk about these ideas.
Let's pray about their application.
We kick things off with a teaser for the forthcoming
SALVATIONISM 501: MMCCXX. If you're not up to speed on mmccxx,
a vision to see new outposts in 2,000 cities in 200 countries
in 20 years, Google JAC mmccxx or armybarmy mmccxx and you
should be set up. Commissioner Paul du Plessis, until recently
the International Secretary for World Evangelisation (how many
better appointments are there than that?!), is one of many
great Salvationists who have contributed chapters. We're
giving you a taste with nearly half of his chapter called The
Salvation Army System and World Evangelisation. We've got the
expert on it. Stay tuned for the rest in SA 501.
Captain Andrew Bale argues that Without Holiness None Shall
See Revival, and suggests that holiness provides four critical
elements for revival: love, sacrifice, resources, and
righteousness. Commissioner Thomas McKie's paper, Revivalism:
How it may be effectively and profitably utilised for the
advancement of The Salvation Army, was presented in 1904 at
the International Staff Council during the 04 Congress. It is
incredible. Read du Plessis and Bale and McKie together to
flesh out your warfare strategy.
And we've got another JAC exclusive with an excerpt to Captain
Geoff Webb's forthcoming book, an Introduction to "Authentic
Holiness for Ordinary Christians." This introduction presents
a real-life image of John Wesley to contextualise theological
discussion to follow. This will get you ready for the whole
book!
Cadet Andrew Miller offers The Theology of Welcome that spins
off Miroslav Volf's Exclusion and Embrace and includes a short
section for Salvationists.
Commissioner Wesley Harris, a one-man global SA periodical
content provider, gives us Not Bored to Death! You'll love the
19th Century newspaper account of a SA meeting in Adelaide,
Australia.
Major Frank Daniels contributes seven daily meditations for
the forthcoming SALVATIONISM 401: Fullness. We're giving you a
taste of them with Meditations 1-3. This will provide a great
devotional exercise for you, and, I suspect, that will whet
the appetite for many more.
Aaron White tells us a story about a Nice Young Couple that
you might recognize. And G.J.Aszmies tells us ‘A Salvation
Army Parable’.
And Captain Andrew Bale gives a prophecy for The Salvation
Army in the west.
Read it, criticize it, discuss it, promote it, share it, blog
it, apply it. And when you're done, mine the archives (47
issues!) and the armybarmy.com blog. God bless The Salvation
Army.
Much grace,
Stephen Court
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