19750507 Unity School of Christianity - Rev. Tommy Jones
Monday, January 9th 2012 @ 1:55 PM (not yet rated)
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How the Unity School became the Unity Church.
Author: Jeff Jones
Moral Rearmament aka Initiatives of Change
19750521 Moral Rearmament aka Initiatives of Change - Rev. Tommy Jones
Monday, January 9th 2012 @ 1:49 PM (not yet rated)
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This one was never very big but has an interesting history and ties to the political scene at the United Nations.
Unitarian Universalism
19750423 Unitarianism - Rev. Tommy Jones
Monday, January 2nd 2012 @ 12:54 PM (not yet rated)
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This week we continue Brother Tommy’s series on cults and isms with a look at the roots and theology of the Unitarian Universalist movement with the perspective of knowing what they believe in order to better communicate them God’s Love and plans for them. Their philosophy can be summed up as ‘One god at the most.’ Where do they rank Reason and Faith. What does this mean that they believe about the Trinity of God? In response to this, the Nicene Creed was written (which was just recently revised by the Roman Catholic Church…see a few weeks ago for a summary of their beliefs). Where does Humanism enter into the picture? Where does Universalism come into the organization? According to Wikipedia, “In several surveys,[3] Unitarian Universalists in the United States most often identified themselves as humanists, while smaller numbers identified themselves as earth-centered, agnostic, theistic, atheistic, Buddhist, Christian, or pagan.” What do they believe about the Bible? Listen around the 29 minute mark for what liberal Christians have in common with Unitarians. About the 35 minute mark Brother Tommy discusses ways to reach out to Unitarians through love and discussion about God’s Plan of Salvation.
Christian Science Part III
19750402 Christian Science Analytical Evangelical - Rev. Tommy Jones
Monday, December 26th 2011 @ 7:12 PM (not yet rated)
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Analytical and Evangelical
Christian Science Part II
19750326 Christian Science Theological - Rev. Tommy Jones
Monday, December 26th 2011 @ 7:25 PM (not yet rated)
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Theological
Christian Science Part I
19750319 Christian Science Historical - Rev. Tommy Jones
Monday, December 26th 2011 @ 7:45 PM (not yet rated)
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In this study of the 6 biggest cults and isms that Brother Tommy presented in 1974 and 1975, I find it interesting that the only mention of Islam is a brief mention by a guest speaker (and therefore is not included in the archives) of a branch called Black Muslims who were gaining popularity at the time. If Tommy had been able to refresh this series recently I believe he not only would have included Islam but would have started with it. Muslims fit all the criteria that we have discussed over the past several weeks for these cults and isms. Followers of Islam put very little if any importance on Jesus Christ, our Savior. They read and follow a source other than the Bible for their guidance, the Koran. Those two points alone are enough to put the Islamic religion into this study. But they like all of the groups we have studied are loved by God and should be loved enough by us to try to understand in order to better communicate to them God’s Plan of Salvation. But this week’s group is Christian Scientists. Are they Christian? Are they scientists? What is the Mortal Mind? How can they say that matter does not exist? Why do they set up so many reading rooms? Who was Mary Baker Eddy and how much of what she said influenced this group? What do they believe about God? What do they believe about sin? What do they believe about Heaven and Hell? Again with this and every group on which we focus, we want to understand what they believe and mean by certain terms to better communicate God’s Plan of Salvationwith them.
The Birth of Jesus Christ
19801221 The Birth of Christ - Rev. Tommy Jones
Monday, December 19th 2011 @ 4:56 PM
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I thought we could use a departure from the current series in honor of this week of Christmas. Hear Brother Tommy’s remarks from 1980 about the birth of Jesus Christ that are still relevant today. How was it predicted? What were the signs? What does it mean about His second coming? How could He be divine and human? What does Micah say about His eternal nature? We hear Him called Emmanuel in many Christmas carols, but what does that mean? It is great that God sent His only son to this world, but why is it important today? Merry Christmas
Mormons Part II
19750226 Mormonism Theological - Rev. Tommy Jones
Monday, December 12th 2011 @ 1:29 PM (not yet rated)
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Theological