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Ohio Yearly Meeting's PodcastThe True Christian’s Faith and Experience #023 Revelation (part 2 of 2)This podcast is devoted to the second half of Chapter 16 on the true Christian’s faith and experience concerning the gospel of salvation. The nominal Christian can profess and hear this gospel, yet never hear the voice of the Son of God and never enjoy the privileges of the gospel prophesied of by the prophets. The titular Christian who disdains the Light and dwells in darkness has grown to be such a friend of the devil that he will not endure any other gospel than one of living under bondage and service to the devil for his life...2023-05-0839 min
Ohio Yearly Meeting's PodcastThe True Christian’s Faith and Experience #007 Chapter 02 pp. 30-34Podcast #007 covers the whole of Shewen’s Chapter Two which is devoted to belief in the Lord Jesus Christ. Chapter Two may be found on pages 30-34 of The True Christian’s Faith and Experience Briefly Declared. This, and other documents can be found in our library on the ohioyearlymeeting.org website. The true Christian demonstrates his faith by his obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ. In faithfulness, a True Christian is healed of sinning as he learns from the true nature of Christ Jesus. The true Christian experiences the benefits that the first Christians experienced. He is...2022-12-0242 min
Ohio Yearly Meeting's PodcastThe True Christian’s Faith and Experience #005; Preface #03 pp. 23-24This is a study of William Sewen's The True Christian's Faith and Experience Briefly Declared, the last part of the third preface, pages 23-24.In the third and last preface, Shewen continues his warning to those who are Christians in name only. He states that if you are not united with that Spirit of God in you to some degree, you are open to all sorts of worldly, non-spiritual influences. He further warns you to be on guard about slighting that same Light and Spirit of God in you that Quakers emphasize in their preaching.R...2022-11-1449 min
Ohio Yearly Meeting's PodcastThe True Christian’s Faith and Experience #004; Preface #02-03 pp. 16-23This is a study of William Sewen's The True Christian's Faith and Experience Briefly Declared, the first part of the second preface and first part of the third preface, pages 16-23.The last portion of the second Preface continues with further excerpts from Holy Scripture which are foundational to his distinction between a true and nominal Christian. Shewen also admits how at one time he had been a “titular Christian”, i.e., “a nominal Christian”, a Christian in name only. He misunderstood what he had been reading in Scripture. However, through the power and guidance of the inwar...2022-11-0845 min
Ohio Yearly Meeting's PodcastThe True Christian’s Faith and Experience #003; Preface #02 pp. 12-16This is a study of William Sewen's The True Christian's Faith and Experience Briefly Declared, the first part of the presentation on the second Preface Pages 12-16Early Quakers sought the guidance of the holy Spirit of Christ for all aspects of their lives. This inward guide was essential in reading and interpreting Holy Scripture. Shewen’s work (as is true with so many faithful Friends’ writings) is profuse with scriptural references throughout. This second preface provides a number of foundational scriptural citations that will undergird his position in this book. Shewen finds the eighth chapte...2022-10-3142 min
Ohio Yearly Meeting's PodcastThe True Christian’s Faith and Experience #002; Preface #01 pp. 08-12This is a study of William Sewen's The True Christian's Faith and Experience Briefly Declared, the second part of the presentation on the first Preface Pages 8-12 There is a source of guidance for a Christian: the Guide which is the Spirit of Christ within, the Light within. William Shewen again refers to himself as to having been a Christian in name only, but in discovering and following this Guide within, he became a true Christian. This Light can be known to be the true Light because it always moves against any appearance of evil. Those...2022-10-2436 min
Ohio Yearly Meeting's PodcastThe True Christian’s Faith and Experience #001; Preface #01 pp. 01-08Starting with this episode we begin a new series. How closely do our lives mirror the life of Christ? Are we true Christians, or are our lives pale, hypocritical imitations of Christ Jesus, so that we are Christians in name only? William Shewen (1631?-1695), a first generation Friend, in his 1675 work, The True Christian’s Faith and Experience called out and challenged all who called themselves “Christian” to examine their lives to discover whether they (we) are truly living and acting in the light of Christ Jesus. If we find ourselves lacking here and are Christians in name on...2022-10-1747 min
Ohio Yearly Meeting's PodcastFundamental Beliefs of Conservative Friends #12 Listen and WaitHenry begins with a quick reminder from his previous podcast (Session 11) that there are several different versions of the Lord’s Prayer.Henry then focuses on a section at the end of the 1683 book Meditations and Experiences by an early Friend, William Shewen (1631-1695). The section is entitled “A Few Words Added to the Sensible Reader”. For his text, Henry uses an 1826 reprint (copied from an 1769 edition of the original 1683 work). As he reads, he occasionally tries to modernize somewhat the more than 300 year-old English to help better illuminate the meaning of 1683 English.He uses the te...2022-03-0443 min
Ohio Yearly Meeting's PodcastFundamental Beliefs of Conservative Friends #6 Worldly Spirits and InfluencesInformation on Ohio Yearly Meeting’s 2021 session can be found at ohioyearlymeeting.org/events/.Henry starts out with a review of true Repentance and a reading from Robert Barclay’s Apology for the True Christian Divinity. He discusses the measures necessary for entering into the Kingdom of God. He also describes the three remaining Conservative Friends’ Yearly Meetings today, asking what it means to be a Quaker or Christian. This leads into the worldly influences on Conservative Quakerism today. He compares the different bases of belief of Catholics, Protestants and Quakers. In response to a question from a participa...2021-07-0333 min
Market Street Fellowship MessagesMeditations and Experiences - pt. 8This audio is part 8 of Meditations and Experiences by William Shewen — Counsel to the Christian Traveler.2018-05-0333 minMarket Street Fellowship MessagesMeditations and Experiences - pt. 7This audio is part 7 of Meditations and Experiences by William Shewen — A Treatise Concerning Christian Worship: In What it Stands, And How it is Performed. And a Treatise Concerning the Life, State, and Enjoyment of a True Christian.2018-05-0136 minMarket Street Fellowship MessagesMeditations and Experiences - pt. 6This audio is part 6 of Meditations and Experiences by William Shewen — A Treatise Concerning Thoughts and Imaginations2018-04-2740 minMarket Street Fellowship MessagesMeditations and Experiences - pt. 5This audio is part 5 of Meditations and Experiences by William Shewen2018-04-2524 min