It is time for Reformation of Christian Thinking

Trumpet Ministries

We are in an hour of spiritual lukewarmness. It is time for a reformation of Christian thinking and behavior. The bulk of today’s Christian teaching and preaching is taken from our traditions, not from the Word of God.

Such doctrines as salvation by belief alone, the pre-tribulation "rapture," the existence of a "Gentile Church," the continual emphasis on the goodness of God to the exclusion of the severity of God, the various "positive-thinking" positions, cannot be found in the Scriptures.

There are a number of major misunderstandings in Christian thinking. For example, we have been taught that righteousness and eternal life are perpetually assigned to us solely upon our acknowledgment of theological facts concerning Christ, that our behavior in the appetites of the flesh is unrelated to eternal life. Christian preachers and teachers because of their overemphasis on grace are destroying man’s normal association of righteous behavior with God’s favor. Can we be surprised, therefore, when there is little strength of righteousness in the Christian churches?

Practice follows doctrine. The people are being destroyed because a wrong vision is being presented. The Christian redemption does not consist principally of the forgiveness of men but of their transformation into new creatures in Christ. The role of forgiveness is to authorize us to commence the program of redemption, and then to keep our conscience clear before God while the Holy Spirit is purifying and changing us.

Table of Contents
The Eternal Law of God
Comment
What Is Salvation?
A Very Great Misunderstanding
Two Israels?
Rapture" or Resurrection?
Two Kingdoms?
Mansions in Heaven?
The Goal of the Church
Two Second Comings?
Who Is "He Who Now Restrains"?
Scattering the Power of the Saints
The Purpose of the Resurrection of the Priesthood
The Symbolism of the "Two Witnesses"
The Judgment Seat of Christ
Is the Christian Salvation Conditional?
Jesus—the Ticket or the Way?
The Destruction of Righteousness
The "White Throne" Judgement
Diversity of Destinies
The Judgment Seat of Christ Is in Session
The True Israel
De Jure and De Facto Salvation
The Nature of Sin
The Appearing of Christ
Chosen to Rule
Faithful Stewardship
Without Sin Unto Salvation
The Fire of God