Welcome to larryjones.ca, My LIBRARY OF BOOKS, ARTICLES and VIDEOS.

FINANCING THE GREAT COMMISSION

It is easy to conclude that our Lord Jesus provides the necessary funds to finance the Great Commission. His commission, His provision. However evangelical leadership has contrived schemes to intercept this money for the purpose of financing very expensive and very wasteful evangelicalism.

THE WAY IT IS

Evangelicals would scoff at the thought of embracing some of the old, faded traditions of our forefathers or traditions of other religions. It is not the way it was that we adulate, nor the way it is in other religions, but the way it is in our camp. The way it is is the way it is because.... that's just the way it is!

PULPIT POWER

Pulpit Power is a gripping novel about a pastor, a plumber and a pulpit. And it's about a church baseball team, a conflicted board-of-elders and a congregation rattled and ruptured. This tale reveals the staggering power of the pulpit to elevate the common to the superior, the unknown into a superstar. I call the pulpit the little god-maker.

ANOTHER NINETY-FIVE

Martin Luther wrote his 95 theses and I wrote mine. Luther challenged the tyranny, the errancy and the waste of 16th century catholicism, and I challenge the tyranny, the errancy and the waste of contemporary evangelicalism.

A CATHOLIC NO MORE

This book is a rebuke and an appeal aimed at born-again catholics who choose to remain loyal to catholicism. Such christians are not the "wise man who built his house on the rock" of Christ's "sayings" (Matthew, Chapter 7), but "the foolish man" who didn't.

DEAR Bill

Dear Bill is an open letter – a rather lengthy letter – to Bill Johnson of Bethel Church. Bill is harassed by heresy hunters who teach, falsely, that the gifts of the Holy Spirit are no longer in effect. In fact, heresy hunters and Johnson have much in common. Both are disciples of culturalized christianity. I wrote "Dear Bill" because Bill is particularly influential, influencing many to embrace, as he himself has fully embraced, culturalized christianity's "commandments of men".

333 WORDS.... exactly!

145 articles, each exactly 333 words, give a perspective on evangelicalism oblivious to most. Most, not all. Most, not me. Excerpt: Whereas your denominational certificates are strong symbols propagating such division, I submit the following recommendation: In the near future, after ample discussion and debate, agree to meet as a group in a public place for the purpose of publicly disposing all such certificates, this preceded by a public announcement of your intention especially directed to those under your influence.

"THEY DON'T WANT HIM!"

From her sick bed, soon to be her death bed, my precious and gentle friend exclaimed, "They don't want Him!" What!? Who is "Him" and who are "they"? I eventually understood: "Him" is Jesus and "they" are most christians. Her stark comment inspired this series of articles. I add one word – "enough". "They Don't Want Him.... Enough." Everyone wants more of Jesus, but most not enough to place Him above everything and everyone. Sad.

REMARKABLE ! !

All eight Remarkable!! articles are pithy, prickly and pertinent. Excerpt: The opportunity to evangelize, to preach "Jesus Christ and Him crucified", to rescue people from "the god of this age", requires very little effort or imagination or money. Consider: Somebody else publishes the paper.... somebody else delivers the paper house-to-house, store-to-store.... somebody else oversees all the complexities of the newspaper business. The local church only has to invest a minuscule portion of sunday's collection to reach many thousands of perishing people in their own city.

NO COMMENT?

Excerpt: WHY AREN'T YOU PREACHING? This question is not intended to be confrontational, nor critical. I simply want you to examine your christianity to determine if you are living it in a manner pleasing to our Lord Jesus and in accordance with New Testament teaching and precedent. If you should be preaching and you're not preaching, something is terribly wrong. Remember, "the judgement seat of Christ" is approaching.

FAR AND NEAR

Mannie never made a singular decision to distance herself from Jesus, it was many little decisions at life's many little crossroads that inched her to this unhappy state. Jesus is not a bright shining light, not like He once was, but rather a dim glow off in the distance. She looks in His direction once in a while, always comforted to know He is still there watching over her.

VINES AND BRANCHES

When Jesus said, "I am the vine, you are the branches," Peter, for example, was to take this personal and realize from his Master's perspective he, Peter, is a branch. Likewise you and I. From your Master's perspective you are a branch. Jesus Christ calls you a branch and a branch is what you should consider yourself to be.

DEAR PASTOR WHOEVER

Christians call you "Pastor" because they consider you their pastor. And you allow (invite? coerce?) them to call you "Pastor" because that's what you consider yourself to be. But you're not! How can sheep have two shepherds, Jesus and you? Many times you and Lord Jesus, spiritually speaking, take different paths, His the superior path and your path quite inferior. How can a christian follow both?

LEAVE OR STAY?

Leave the evangelical church system OR stay and make the best of it? Coming across a christian who does not attend a 'church' is becoming less rare, and perhaps will soon be commonplace. Every year hundreds of churches in North America are shutting down due to lack of attendance, and many of those no longer attending church-as-we-know-it are going deeper in the Lord. (I am a prime example.)

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Brief, very brief, Q & A articles. Some Questions: What does it mean to be double-minded?.... How do we know if we love truth?.... How do I get my prayers answered?.... Were the twelve apostles salaried?.... Does everyone's faith increase?.... Churchianity? What's that?.... Is it wrong to please people?

TO MY FACEBOOK FRIENDS

Ephesians 4:26: "Be angry, and do not sin." Where's the anger, my brothers, my sisters!? I don't see it and I don't hear it and I don't read it in your postings. Every sunday morning you silently witness Christ's sheep being fleeced. With regularity your religion embezzles your brothers and sisters, coercing them to finance unsanctioned buildings and salaries and programs. Again, where's the anger!?

SO YOU WANT TO START A HOUSE CHURCH

Ephesians 4:26: "Be angry, and do not sin." Where's the anger, my brothers, my sisters!? I don't see it and I don't hear it and I don't read it in your postings. Every sunday morning you silently witness Christ's sheep being fleeced. With regularity your religion embezzles your brothers and sisters, coercing them to finance unsanctioned buildings and salaries and programs. Again, where's the anger!?

HELLO "JESUS IMAGE"

This is a very serious message directed to those young (and not-so-young) enthusiastic christians I see on the "Jesus Image" live-streamed meetings sunday mornings and evenings. The issue is money, your money, and more specifically, the money you donate. Do you have "ears to hear"?

Richard's Vision of the Judgement Seat of Christ

Richard, now with Jesus, was my closest friend. The fruit I bear is, to a large degree, a result of this elder-in-Christ/fledgling-in-Christ relationship. Richard had a vision of the upcoming judgement seat of Christ. (Paul: "We must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ.")

Richard's Frightening Experience of Hell

Excerpt: "I experienced the agony of eternal separation from God, and it is this sense of eternal hopelessness that I am trying to convey. The feelings, the emotions of hopelessness I cannot describe. The despair, the agony of separation I cannot fully relate. But I felt them, tasted of them."

BEWARE OF CONTROLLERS!

A controller is not satisfied to influence, but has a need to manipulate your christianity. In the church, controllers drool over the pulpit. The personality and motive of the controller is opposite than that of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit always magnifies Jesus; the controller has no such inclination.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 2022

I want to share with you a very special moment in which I was thoroughly impacted, blessed and fortified. This occurred recently, Monday November 14th, 2022. As I share this significant happening that came my way via a few words from a newsletter article, I am confident you will also be impacted. Most certainly you will be challenged, perhaps as never before.

WHERE WILL YOU LIVE?

This message is directed to those who do not know where they will live after they die. Perhaps you will respond, "I won't live anywhere after I die! How can I? I will be dead!" But the Bible teaches you will never die. Never, never, never. Your body will die but you will live.... somewhere. When you were conceived in your mother's womb you were destined to live forever. Your birth date is not the day you came out of the womb; your birth date is the day you were conceived.

MY TESTIMONY

I was a slender eighteen-year-old standing on the curbside of Huron Line Road, near the Ambassador Bridge, an army duffel bag at my side. I was thumbing for a ride that would take me away from Windsor to somewhere else. Anywhere else. I had to find a better life....

IS JESUS "FIRST LOVE"?

Almost two thousand years ago Lord Jesus sent a message to the church of Ephesus: "I have this against you, that you have left your first love." But what about today? Is this sordid history repeating itself? In my opinion Lord Jesus could well say to over 95% of born-again christians, most certainly including evangelicals: "I have this against you, that you have left your first love." This series of videos – Is Jesus "first love"? – is a call to repentance, a call to recommitment to Jesus Christ, a call to a reformed christianity.

JESUS vs RELIGION

Jesus vs Religion is a strong rebuke against religion in CARTOON DESIGN. Excerpt: "Are you disappointed with your christian life? Do you wonder why you don't see the same results as those you read about in the Book of Acts? Has christianity become just a boring and burdensome pastime?"

NINETY-FIVE THESES

Ninety-Five Theses is my book, Another Ninety-Five (listed above), in video form. Thesis # 1: Truth has never changed and will never change. Thesis # 6: Jesus wants His church to be transparent. Obscurity corrodes the good; transparency reforms the defective. Thesis # 12: Christians are equally free and responsible to preach Bible truths to the secular world and to each other. Thesis # 13: Each is responsible to evaluate customs and teachings by Bible standards. The person, group or organization one refuses to examine by Bible standards can be identified as idols.

LIKE REALLY?

Short, 10-minute) videos. Video # 2: Born Choosers. # 8: Who Are You Following? # 11: Beyond the Evangelical Veil. # 19: Your Bible-believing Church Isn't. # 30: God's Tithe vs the Evangelical Tithe. # 35: Such Injustice! Such Waste! # 63: S-T-R-E-T-C-H-E-D Scripture.

INTRODUCTION

Issue # 1: EVOLUTION vs CREATION

Issue # 2: JEHOVAH WITNESSES: Christian or Cult?

Issue # 2 generated the most response. Had JWs read this paper before becoming a JW, they never would have become one. Excerpt: "Little did I realize at that time that I was entering into slavery so profound that I was not able to reemerge free again as a Christian until thirty years had elapsed."

Issue # 3: THE BIBLE: Just Another Book?

Most don't realize how profoundly unusual and restorative the Bible is. There are so many teachings and philosophies and traditions on which men build. And each of these has its books. But there is no book to compare with the Bible. None comes remotely close. 2 Tim. 3:16: "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God." Jesus to the Father: "Your word is truth."

Issue # 4: HEAVEN AND HELL

Both heaven and hell have been considered by most christians and most non-christians. Heaven and hell, reality or fiction? Happy reality: if the Bible is true heaven is real. Sad reality: if the Bible is true hell is real. The Bible plainly teaches us that one of these locations will be the eternal dwelling place for every human conceived in his/her mother's womb. Eternal ecstasy or eternal remorse awaits us all.

Issue # 5: CHRIST THE HEALER

Could it be that our unbelief is the chief hindrance to answered prayer? And our unanswered prayer, in turn, increases our unbelief? Because of unanswered prayer many do not believe Jesus heals today. He did but He doesn't. Then-and-there but not here-and-now. Not true, not true, not true! An evangelist friend has witnessed not hundreds but thousands of healings all over the world.

Issue # 6: TWO KINGDOMS

There are two kingdoms, the kingdom of satan and the kingdom of God. (The kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of light.) Every person throughout worldwide humanity is a citizen of one of these kingdoms. In the beginning it was not so. Adam, the first man, was entrusted with authority over the earth. Everything was bliss until the deceiver – Jesus called him "the father of lies" – stole that authority.... which he still has.

Issue # 7: CHRISTIANITY VS RELIGION

The last words of Jesus before His death on the cross: "IT IS FINISHED." Many things were "finished". Jesus accomplished what He was sent to do..... including the termination of the one and only legitimate religion, which could be called "the law of Moses". Important.... very, very important: God never initiated another religion. Of the thousands of religions existing today, none are endorsed by Jesus Christ.

Issue # 8: HEROES OF THE FAITH

Featured heroes: 1) Stephen, the first recorded martyr. 2) Haralan Popov of Bulgaria, tortured for his faith in Jesus. 3) Demos Shakarian, founder of the Full Gospel Business Mens Fellowship. 4) Samuel Morris, a teenage tribal prince who worked his way on a ship to America and saved a university from spiritual and financial bankruptcy. 5) Arthur Blessitt who carried a wooden cross across many counties.

Issue # 9: YOU.... In Perspective

You are never still; you are always moving. You are a unique and tiny creature, a mere speck, spinning at about 500 mph on a global rock we call Earth. Also.... every year you are travelling 590,000,000 miles in orbit around the sun. Also.... you are travelling 12 miles per second in another orbit around the nucleus of the Milky Way.

Issue # 10: JESUS CHRIST: KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS

The final issue of The Main Issue highly exalts the Lord Jesus Christ. Excerpt: "Jesus Christ is by far the most remarkable person who ever lived. No one compares. No one comes close. Jesus is in a caliber of His own. John the baptist, a great man by human standard, said of Jesus, '[His] sandal strap I am not worthy to unloose'."