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I Solemnly Urge You: Proclaim the Message

As Micah Biles says, "Now more than ever, we have to be living our faith." Ron Hogan

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Let the One Who Has My Word Speak My Word Faithfully

We should make our lives a counterexample, challenging evil rather than accepting complicity. Ron Hogan

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The Stone That the Builders Rejected

Some of us may know the sting of rejection from our churches of origin. Ron Hogan

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You Did Not Choose Me, But I Chose You

James Nayler “did exceedingly rejoice” when God spoke to him—and yet he still wavered, despite God's promise. Ron Hogan

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Take Heart; Get Up, He Is Calling You

The one who can speak to our condition hears our cries for help, sometimes before we even realize we’re crying… Ron Hogan

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As for Me, I Walk in My Integrity

James Nayler's provocative re-enactment of Palm Sunday, and his scapegoating by Puritans and Quakers alike. Ron Hogan

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Would That All the Lord’s People Were Prophets

We might say the principle of continued revelation practically calls for every Friend to embrace the prophetic imagination. Ron Hogan

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The Lord God Has Given Me a Trained Tongue

The earliest Friends had a model for ministry, in the voices of the prophets recorded in the Hebrew Bible. Ron Hogan

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The Eye Is the Lamp of the Body

What happens when you don’t believe that Spirit will see you through the hard times? Ron Hogan

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This Teaching Is Difficult; Who Can Accept It?

Some may find “the work of God” much harder than others—especially when we’re called to apply it consistently to everyone. Ron Hogan

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They Shall Know That There Has Been a Prophet Among Them

George Fox didn’t sound smart or clever, but he did sound convincing—and divinely inspired. Ron Hogan