Azusa Street

[Kutless]

Just finished Bartlemans book. It was decent and I would recommend it. There were a couple statements that stood out to me and wondered if anyone here would care to comment on them.


1. (pg 71) "There can be no divisions in a true Pentecost. To formulate a separate body is but to advertise our failure as a people of God. It proves to the world that we cannot get along together, rather than causing them to believe in our salvation."


2. (pg 119) (author quotes Luther) "How difficult a thing it is to throw off errors which have been confirmed by the example of all the world, and which through long habit, have become second nature to us."


3.(pg 137) "We must work for the Kingdom of God as a whole, not for some pet individual party, organization, or movement. That has been the curse and cause of hindrance to our going on with God to full restoration in all generations. We have worshipped certain doctrines,party standards, partial experiences, and blessings, all fine as far as they go, but abnormal in themselves and only a part of the whole."


LAST ONE......

4. (pg 139) " Instead of delight in the pure Word, prayer and worship, a love for souls, and a zeal for good works, there come entertainment, programs, musicals, sensationalism, and oratory. These things have no place in essential true Christianity, but are professionalism....flesh."