Re: The Living Word Fellowship, The Walk, John Robert Stevens
Going into this next phase, it appears that the two people who will have the most influence over what people in TLWF think and do will be Gary Hargrave and Rick Holbrook. I hope that those that are...
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--Regarding Paleface: I'm aware of where he has received much of his information, and I consider the source(s) to be trustworthy.--Regarding Lily Rose: Her contributions have been very meaningful, and...
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My previous post about JRS still being dead after all the intercession to combat that, that might have been a little insensitive, I didn't have to phrase it that way.What happened in the Walk, is the...
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Pouring over the volume of posts that preceded my recent involvement, I wanted to suggest that no one beat themselves up over their decision to become involved with TLW. This merely compounds any...
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I was reading one of the Living Word websites, the one where they show in encyclopedia form links that describe the teachings of JRS, anyway, it had one of the links that said "Latter Rain." That says...
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A.D.The irony is that if the fervor of the Latter Rain movement existed today with TLW it would almost be an ‘upgrade’. A quick inventory of the last few years of messages are so threadbare of any...
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kBOY, yours is a thoughtful and helpful viewpoint. If you are accused of being an apologist, know in advance that I disagree with that assessment.
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LAMP: Thank you for your kind endorsement.Just to be clear, no apology or justification will excuse the legacy of harm that TLW is responsible for. Any encouragement on my behalf would be FORGIVENESS,...
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I don't want to minimize the harm done by people that were put in the ministry that were not qualified nor called by God to be in the ministry. I do not want to place any blame on the innocent...
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A.D.All of us in the ‘2nd Generation’ (mostly 20-somethings who came into TLW in the 70’s, as opposed to the ‘1st Generation’ who had followed JRS from the beginning), lived our formative years in the...
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Perhaps something to consider is that no Christian movement we know of has gone beyond two generations without becoming dead in its doctrines and practices. Something John Stevens was well aware of...
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I personally believe that the LWF, got worse and worse with each passing generation. I said in my last post that the FIRST generation did not understand the message, but I meant to say the SECOND...
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PAUL T.You made mention of the ‘cycle of movements’ and how they fail to survive beyond their own second generation.I had the occasion a few years ago to have dinner with a close friend from the 70’s,...
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Paul--I appreciate your sincerity and willingness to share. But--how could you possibly be in mourning "that we did not break-through to greater restoration??" You speak as if you still believe...
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LAMPSHMAMP:What are you really saying? (Just kidding.)There seems to be that annoying adage with regards to trying the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. I think we know how...
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Yes, kBOY and Lamp,I think you are both onto something. There is an innate drive to be part of something that fits into our definition of spirituality. Something we hope will transport us out of our...
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kBOY: Your post on November 08, 2015 10:13PM is fantastic. I pasted the whole post into my list of freedom verses and statements.[[ whose ‘misdeeds’ were discounted as having no effect on his...
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kBOY said, “ A quick inventory of the last few years of messages are so threadbare of any inspiration they have fallen mostly on deaf ears. Same old, same old, reheated and re-served.” I had not...
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FCSLC:Ahhhhhh--you got it.The TRUE message of the GOSPEL of LOVE is the LOVE. It was so revolutionary to a Jewish way of thinking steeped in guilt (Old Testament) that it was barely comprehensible by...
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I think Stevens would be more than mildly surprised that a Catholic priest was at Marilyn's burial service, sprinkling holy water into her grave. Pretty sure he didn't see that one coming.
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