Welcome to the Pursuing the Truth Ministries website. Here you will find many resources geared to revealing the truths of the Christian faith. We desire that you have an intiamte and personal relationship with God and that that relationship trandscends your religious affiliation. We desire that you know God for yourself though Jesus Christ our Lord.
What's New
Pastor Bill will be traveling to Mumiuas Kenya, Africa as part of a missionary trip. We will be leaving Octorber 21, 2010 and return on November 3rd, 2010. Please pray for us.
Join us as we participate in the Worldwide Day of Healing. This event is brought to you by Sally Super's healing ministry. The Worldwide Day of Healing will be held at Zion Lutheran Church, 301 Jefferson Avenue, Bristol, PA 19007 on September 18, 2010 You are invited to come and have healing prayer by trained personnel. Allow our precious Lord to touch your life. You will never be the same.. Click here for the brochure.
Our Current Study
The Ressurection of Lazarus
One of the things I recall being taught growing up was the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead. It was a great story, though it didn’t impact me as much then as it does now. In addition to that there are some things about it that I find were incorrectly taught when I was a child. Recently I have engrossed myself in the topic of divine healing. There are certain things that I have come to believe because of the teachings of healing ministers and my own personal studies on the topic. One of things that I am convinced of is that God wants us well. God does not make us sick or play games with sickness, disease, and death.
However, one thing that was taught to me about Lazarus is that God was indeed playing one of those games so to speak. I was taught that Jesus stayed an extra two days where he was to ensure that Lazarus was good and dead. We were taught that Jesus waited until Lazarus died and remained dead so that there was no doubt that he was dead and not in a comma. It was said that sometimes people were buried alive and then woke up after being put in a tomb giving the appearance of rising from the dead. Jesus wanted everyone to know for sure that he raised Lazarus from the dead and that Lazarus didn’t wake up from a comma. Is this true? I found that it is not true and I will show you why in this article.
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Past articles
Pursuing God Above All Else:
An Illustration From Marriage
The bible often times uses marriage as an illustration of our relationship with God. We are expected to be loyal to God in the same way a husband should be loyal to a wife. A disloyal husband is said to commit adultery, which is the same concept that is used when we are not loyal or true to the Lord. Our relationship with God is very important and should be pursued. It will not automatically happen. We have to work at it in the same way a wife works to have a good relationship with her husband or so she should.
If we do not actively pursue the Lord then our relationship will suffer. That doesn't mean we will die and go to hell or anything like that. However, it does mean that we will not live as fruitful as we could if we do not nuture a good relationship with the Lord. We are going to discuss the importance of pursuing a relationship with the Lord in this study. We are going to compare it with the marriage relationship to help with "seeing" what that godly relationship should be like.
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Praying In The Name of Jesus
It is very common to hear someone to include “in the name of Jesus” when they pray. Many times we end our prayers with, “In the Name of Jesus Christ. Amen.” However, what does that mean? What does it mean to pray in the name of Jesus or to ask something in the name of Jesus? I pondered this question because of my increased awareness of living by faith in God. I found myself saying many times within a single prayer, “In the name of Jesus.” Did I know what I was talking about? Were those vain repetitions that Jesus warned us not to say when we pray (See Matthew 6:7)?
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"Beyond the Hype"
is available for purchase!
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