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A Letter to Mattie
A Letter to Mattie
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I FIRST MET DEMP AND MATTIE SUTTLE NEAR SIXTY YEARS AGO. MATTIE IS ONE OF THOSE FOLKS WITH AN INFECTIOUS SMILE THAT MAKES GETTING UP ON SUNDAY MORNING COMPLETE AS WE MEET AND HUG EACH OTHER AS LONG LOST FRIENDS.
I REMEMBER WHEN HARVEY PARSLEY, GENE EWING, AND I WERE INVITED TO MATTIE'S AND STEVE AND ELAINE CROUCH'S HOME NEAR CAMPBELL, TEXAS. WHAT A KIND RECEPTION AND DISCUSSION ENSUED AS WE VISITED ABOUT THE BIBLE.
ONE MORNING IN APRIL, 2010, AS THE SUNDAY ASSEMBLY WAS OVER, MATTIE WAS HOLDING ONE OF MY BOOKS, THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST, WHEN SHE ASKED IF I WOULD JUST WRITE OUT A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT I BELIEVED. LITTLE DID I KNOW THE ORIGINAL 17 PAGE LETTER TO MATTIE WOULD GROW TO BE A BOOK OF 200 PAGES.
NOW THAT THIS BOOK IS FINISHED, I REALIZE THAT EVEN 200 PAGES GIVE ONLY AN ABBREVIATED FORM OF WHAT I BELIEVE. THEREFORE, DEAR READER, IF YOU TAKE UMBRIDGE OR WISH TO DISCUSS FURTHER ANYTHING YOU READ IN THESE PAGES, MY EMAIL IS joesephus1932@copper.net.
IT IS FREELY ADMITTED THE THINGS YOU READ IN THIS BOOK ARE FREE OF ANY DOGMA, ANY CREEDAL IMPOSITIONS, AND IS NOT INFLUENCED BY ANY SET OF RULES OR TENETS.
IF YOU EXPECT TO READ THE STATUS-QUO, YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED BUT IF YOU WANT TO READ SOMETHING THAT WILL STIMULATE YOUR THINKING AND CHALLENGE TRADITIONAL TEACHING, YOU WILL BE WELL REWARDED.
FOR MANY YEARS I KEPT THESE VIEWS TO MYSELF AND SHARED THEM ONLY WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED FOLKS. TO ME THESE VIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN EXPANDING OUR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND WHAT IS EXPECTED OF A BELIEVER. SINCE I AM IN THE TWILIGHT OF MY LIFE, I HAVE CHOSEN TO PUT THESE VIEWS ON PAPER WITH THE HOPE THESE WORDS WILL OUTLIVE ME AND FIND THEIR ABODE WITHIN THE HEARTS OF THINKING BELIEVERS.
I REMEMBER WHEN HARVEY PARSLEY, GENE EWING, AND I WERE INVITED TO MATTIE'S AND STEVE AND ELAINE CROUCH'S HOME NEAR CAMPBELL, TEXAS. WHAT A KIND RECEPTION AND DISCUSSION ENSUED AS WE VISITED ABOUT THE BIBLE.
ONE MORNING IN APRIL, 2010, AS THE SUNDAY ASSEMBLY WAS OVER, MATTIE WAS HOLDING ONE OF MY BOOKS, THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST, WHEN SHE ASKED IF I WOULD JUST WRITE OUT A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT I BELIEVED. LITTLE DID I KNOW THE ORIGINAL 17 PAGE LETTER TO MATTIE WOULD GROW TO BE A BOOK OF 200 PAGES.
NOW THAT THIS BOOK IS FINISHED, I REALIZE THAT EVEN 200 PAGES GIVE ONLY AN ABBREVIATED FORM OF WHAT I BELIEVE. THEREFORE, DEAR READER, IF YOU TAKE UMBRIDGE OR WISH TO DISCUSS FURTHER ANYTHING YOU READ IN THESE PAGES, MY EMAIL IS joesephus1932@copper.net.
IT IS FREELY ADMITTED THE THINGS YOU READ IN THIS BOOK ARE FREE OF ANY DOGMA, ANY CREEDAL IMPOSITIONS, AND IS NOT INFLUENCED BY ANY SET OF RULES OR TENETS.
IF YOU EXPECT TO READ THE STATUS-QUO, YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED BUT IF YOU WANT TO READ SOMETHING THAT WILL STIMULATE YOUR THINKING AND CHALLENGE TRADITIONAL TEACHING, YOU WILL BE WELL REWARDED.
FOR MANY YEARS I KEPT THESE VIEWS TO MYSELF AND SHARED THEM ONLY WITH THE ABOVE MENTIONED FOLKS. TO ME THESE VIEWS ARE ESSENTIAL IN EXPANDING OUR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND WHAT IS EXPECTED OF A BELIEVER. SINCE I AM IN THE TWILIGHT OF MY LIFE, I HAVE CHOSEN TO PUT THESE VIEWS ON PAPER WITH THE HOPE THESE WORDS WILL OUTLIVE ME AND FIND THEIR ABODE WITHIN THE HEARTS OF THINKING BELIEVERS.
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