#conservative friends

[theinwardlight]

Without faith, it is impossible to please God. Without faith, there can be no true, lasting joy in life. Faith comes by hearing; it takes a lot of focus, desire, and choices on thy part. Our Redeemer, who gave Himself for thee, longs to give thee the living faith needed for this life. It is His gift to thee. Reach out with both hands for the faith that Christ Jesus longs to give thee. Take fresh hold on the gift in the confidence of the knowledge of our Lord – and learn to live like thee believes. Don't settle for a head acknowledgment of Christ. Find a life-changing relationship with Him.

Message heard at Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends, 2008

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Friends cherish a forgiving spirit towards our family, friends, and those with whom we come in contact; we do not seek revenge against those who hurt us. Remembering Christ's suffering and forgiveness on the cross helps us to follow His example. Each of us can choose to stop the cycle of "an eye for an eye" even if offenders don't respond. The spirit of forgiveness becomes a part of our being as we practice forgiveness and live the teachings of Christ.

From the Minutes of Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends, 2010

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Live in love, as Christian brethren, ready to be helpful one to another, and sympathizing with each other in the trials and afflictions of life. Watch over one another for good, manifesting an earnest desire that each may be well grounded in the Light of Christ.

Advices of North Carolina Yearly Meeting of Friends (Conservative)

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We are poor and helpless and need a Saviour, and almost ready to cry, 'a Redeemer or I perish'. I believe there is not one who shall be permitted to retire from this house without being more or less benefitted by our sitting down in reverence before Him. I feel the desire that we might have our minds turned to Him who is alone able to unfold to our understanding, even the deep mysteries of His kingdom, and bring forth from his treasures things new and old.

Ruth Ann Stanton, Western Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Conservative), 1880

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Simplicity does not mean that all conform to uniform standards. Each must determine in the light that is given him what promotes and what hinders his compelling search for the Kingdom. The call to each is to abandon those things that clutter his life and to press toward the goal unhampered. This is true simplicity.

Ohio Yearly Meeting (conservative) of the Religious Society of Friends, Book of Discipline

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In Search of the Mythical Socialist Bigfoot

While the Republican President continues to shoot his mouth off… and sometimes shoot his own foot off… or put his foot in his mouth and shoot both off… (Dang!  See what you get for being too friendly with the NRA, Republicans?) I decided to track down the mythical creature that Fox News and Rush Limbaugh and Jesse Watters… (no, that last one is not smart enough to know who I am going to name)…

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