Our Relationship to God
Before we begin I would like to say that what follows is my understanding built up through my years as a Friend and should in no way be taken as an official understanding of anyone else, or indeed Friends as a body of people. It comes from personal experiences,...
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Jesus
The Christian Faith depends on the belief that Jesus was a real human person like us, a man who lived in Galilee and died at Jerusalem at the beginning of the 1st Century. Independent historical confirmation of this comes from a Jewish historian of that time called Josephus. He...
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Teaching
On a May evening of 2019 Friends of the Light held one of their online Meeting for Worship times. During that time of worship I experienced Christ giving me counsel about an incident that I had been involved in earlier that same day. To give some background, I was...
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Night Appearances
During 2016 there were several weeks, certainly more than a month, where I experienced the same vision each time as I settled to go to sleep. The vision did not appear every night but probably in about 4 or 5 out of each 7 nights. My wife and I...
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No Need for Barriers
During a Meeting for Worship I became aware that I was being called to minister. After testing myself to ensure that it was Christ that was moving me and not just my own ego, I duly stood. I was given words which spoke of the barriers erected by us...
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My Heart Attack
In early October 2009 I suffered a Medium to major heart attack. We were told later that the circumferential artery was 95% blocked and I was kept in hospital until 5 days later I had a stent fitted. Earlier that evening just after 11pm my wife and I very...
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Christ’s Visit to Meeting for Worship
One Wednesday evening I went to Mid-week Meeting for Worship as was usual at that time. In all 3 of us were present and we began, sitting in silence for some while. The worship felt very deep, as it often was when we came together to worship Christ at...
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Vision
Asleep in bed I became aware of a presence within me which I believe to be Christ. Although I could not see this presence, He spoke with me and asked if He could show me something important and would I go with Him? I agreed to go with Him...
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Women and prophesy
I hear of many people who say that women cannot prophesy, or carry the word of God. For Friends this has never been the case as we believe that all are equal in the eyes of God. Firstly let us look at some interactions between women and Jesus. We...
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Some Basics
Our Primary Source is Christ Christ is the word that was in the beginning and is eternal. Jesus of Nazareth was Christ made flesh and we listen to, and follow His teaching both within each of us and together as a community. The writings of the Bible and of...
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