From: cprice@treehut.waffle.atl.ga.us (Clyde Price)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian
Subject: posting Christian texts
Date: 13 Apr 92 05:47:08 GMT
Organization: Clyde's Treehut BBS


        I've only just obtained access to this newsgroup, but was told
by another netter that this is the primary newsgroup for interchange
between evangelical Christians.

        I have about a Meg of Christian textfiles, either public domain
or okayed to share in digital media, which I am distributing via disk
and modem.

        I'd like to send out (incrementally) what I have over the net,
and encourage others to share (mail me?!) ASCII textfiles that they
have of public-domain Christian & educational material.

*       Please let me know via email if such submissions to the group
* would be welcome or unwelcome.

        Here are descriptions of some of the files:

ARROWS.  ARROWS FOR YOUR QUIVER, short, evangelistic gospel
              shots by me, Clyde C. Price, Jr.
VOWS.    Scripture-generated vows, with devotional
              Scripture refs by CCP.
SRCHNG   SEARCHING/GUIDES IN GROWTH for seekers & beginners
              in Christianity, by Ben Wilkinson.
GIVE     HOW GOD TAUGHT ME TO GIVE by Oswald Sanders,
              faith-promise giving.
BORN2REP   BORN TO REPRODUCE by Dawson Trotman, founder of
              The Navigators.
HOW2PRAY/ TORREY   HOW TO PRAY by R.A.Torrey, a classic on powerful
              prayer life.
TODYING  WITNESSING TO THE DYING, C.John Miller, ministry
              to the terminally ill.
TENREASN TEN REASONS FOR CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS, Kiemel,
              p.d.part of good book.
PURSUIT  PURSUIT OF GOD, by A.W.Tozer, a Christian classic.
ONETO1   p.d.part of an excellent 2-person gospel study.
HAMCCPXN  captured 1989 messages from Clyde Price in an
              Atlanta Christian conf.

        SHOTS.LZH is "Short Shots", evangelistic articles I wrote
primarily for local churches to use in their own local evangelistic
outreach, with some suggestions for evangelistic projects.  SCRAPS.LZH
is a collection that I wrote with a specific local church in mind.

        DIVINART.LZH is THE DIVINE ART OF SOUL-WINNING by J. Oswald
Sanders, an uncopyrighted "classic".  REDART.TXT is a note I wrote
about this file.

        BABYBAPT.LZH is an article BAPTISM: OF INFANTS? BY SPRINKLING?,
by Rev. Donald Dunkerley, as a Biblical and historical explanation of
the Presbyterian belief and practice concerning Covenant Baptism.

        COMSENS.LZH is the uncopyrighted text by Corrie Ten Boom, COMMON
SENSE NOT NEEDED, about her ministry to mentally retarded adults and
children before and during World War II in Holland.  Her insights on
ministering the Gospel apply in other situations, too.  If you can read
this text with dry eyes, your "crier" doesn't work!

        THEBOOK.LZH is the undated text of William W. Orr's booklet, TEN
REASONS WHY I BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD.
        TULIP.LZH is a historical and Scriptural look at the so-called
"five points of Calvinism".
        POWER.LZH is an unformatted ASCII version of A.W.Tozer's
booklet, PATHS TO POWER, an exposition of personal committments to make
to the Lord to maximize spiritual fruitfulness.

        In addition to my hope to be a direct blessing through my
writing and editorial labors, I'm also spreading this material as a way
of meeting people.  I'm a speaker/Bible-teacher/preacher,
so-far-unordained, but presently seeking to fulfill the requriements for
ordination in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.  I'm a graduate of
the Atlanta School of Biblical Studies (M.Div.) and of Georgia State
University (B.A., B.A.), and a member of the New Covenant Community
Church (EPC) in Atlanta, Georgia.

--Clyde



        Here's a "sample" you can run in your newsletter.  ARROWS and
SHOTS were written for churches to use in advertising, newsletters,
bulletins, broadsides, etc. to transform routine public relations into
an evangelistic thrust.
        (Mix well with warm prayer and serve with flaming witnesses...)
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          EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL INVASION?

     Would you believe it if someone told you that an
extra-terrestrial life-force was planting its "seed" in
living human beings and creating from every racial and
ethnic group on the planet an entirely new species of being?

     The first chapter of the Gospel of John in the New
Testament states that Jesus of Nazareth existed before His
birth, death and resurrection on earth, that in fact it was
through Him the universe was created, and that all who put
their trust in Him are "born" into the family of God.

     This is a "close encounter" of the eternal kind.  The
"seed" that germinates this spiritual birth is the Word of
God, the gospel. (See I Peter 1:23)

     The apostle Paul speaks of this new-born person as part
of a "new creation" or a "new species of man".  He writes,
     "Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new
creature (OR, "new creation"); the old things passed away;
behold, new things have come." (II Corinthians 5:17 NAS)

     People who are inhabited by a powerful Person are in
your midst, seeking to enlist you into their New Creation
family of God.

     This does NOT mean that you will be "taken over" by
hostile alien forces.  As a matter of fact, this is the
purpose for which you were created.  You were DESIGNED to be
a container of the life of God and an intimate friend of
Deity.

     Please read more about this in the Gospel of John.  The
Lord Jesus Christ, the creator and master of the universe,
calls you to an eternal and abundant life of fellowship with
Him.  Heaven will be your true home, and you can "phone
home" any time you want.

     Even if you think this is a zany way to get your
attention, we're serious about sharing with you the abundant
life we've found through our faith in Jesus Christ.

     We'd like to meet you.  Come visit us.
                                        [Clyde Price SHOT01]
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      Articles in these collections are _incomplete_ without the name,
address, phone, and meeting times of a local church.  Why not print this
out and show it to your pastor?
      You're welcome to contact the author about the issues raised in
_this_ article, or about the availability of other Christian texts.
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Clyde Price, SysOp: Clyde's TreeHut BBS 404/767-1632/I'm a "whosoever"!
P.O.Box 667      Sec'y: Atlanta Christian Tech Society (meets 3rd Tues)
Red Oak, GA 30272-0667/ CIS#76616,3452 /cprice@treehut.waffle.atl.ga.us
* * John 3:16   F G s l t w t H g H o b S, t w b i H s n p, b h e l.* *