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The Heart of Passion for Truth
If this is your first time to
Passion-For-Truth.com, I would
like to personally thank you for
visiting this site. It is my hope
that you will feel a sense of true
encouragement as well as be
challenged through the content and
discussions on this site. As you
keep an open mind, you will find
that at passion-for-truth.com we
encourage people to “think out of
the box” and use critical thinking
when searching through the
scriptures, commentaries, articles,
etc…Within this site, you will find
articles and topics relating to
everything from "Where do we go when
we die", Easter, Hell, Heaven, "The
Name of God", Sabbath, the spirit,
soul and body, Paul and his
theology, "What is Truth", Israel,
the Jews, the Gentiles, the Law, End
Times stuff, Evolution, Creation,
How to interpret the Bible,
explanation of different parables,
Jesus, God, Yahweh, Y'shua, "What is
the kingdom of Heaven", and much,
much more to come. At
passion-for-truth.com, I value your
thoughts, ideas, comments and
questions and look forward to
searching the scriptures with you as
we grow daily closer to Him. This is
a brand new site and will no doubt
have many growing pains. But with
the help of the Lord, I hope that
this site will be a great asset for
those seeking truth and a place
people to voice their ideas,
thoughts and questions on any matter
relating to the Bible, spiritual
things or life in general. The goal
of Passion For Truth is to glorify
God in every single thought and idea
that is presented and to provide a
safe-haven for truth seekers to ask
hard questions and find solid,
biblically based answers. It is also
the goal to provide an online
community of believers the
opportunity to study the bible
online with multiple resources and
study tools while surrounding
themselves with others with the same
passion...
A PASSION FOR TRUTH!
A Note From
Jim Staley
If you have grown up in church
like I did, and are familiar with
just about every doctrine out there
that your particular church taught
(like I was)…then you were probably
not encouraged to ask a whole lot of
questions about those “sacred cows”
of theology. Unfortunately, because
most of us only hear one side of an
issue our whole lives from the
pulpit and that one side seems well
documented, we don't even entertain
the thought of the possibility of it
not being completely accurate. A
careful examination of my own
beliefs has found me digging into
the culture, language, history,
nuances and beliefs of the
characters and authors of the Bible
to find the pure meaning of the
scriptures. And through those times
of intense studies, God has revealed
to me parts of my belief system that
is not quite Biblical, and other
parts that were flat out doctrine
and traditions of men. At first, it
was shocking to find things that I
had believed for my whole life, to
not be completely accurate. There
are emotional ties to beliefs
structures that all of us grew up
with. But as the Lord led me
further, He began to show me that
there is a whole world of truths
that have been slowly changed over
time from one generation to the
next. It was very difficult in the
beginning for me to even believe
that it was possible for anything
that I believed to be untrue. But as
time went on, God has taught me that
there is nothing that I need to
fear. If what I believed in was
true, then it would stand any test.
If it wasn't, then I would be freed
from something that was false and be
better because of it as it would
take hours in the Word to uncover
the truth. In either case, I would
learn that it would be a win-win
situation. In either case, I would
grow closer to God by studying His
word.
I believe that God is calling His
people worldwide back to the
beginning to start over and find out
where we went wrong in order to
worship God in Spirit and in TRUTH.
I don't believe there is any debate
that the state of the church does
not have the power that it once was
endowed with by our savior Himself.
I believe that God is teaching all
those that are truly seeking Him how
to worship Him in that Spirit and
Truth, the way He originally
intended. And I believe over time,
the true church will emerge out of
the rubble and the power that once
changed the world will once again be
unleashed through the people of God.
There is no doubt that you will
probably read things on this website
that you will strongly disagree with
at first. It is vital that you do
not allow your emotions to lead you,
but allow the information to be put
on the stand and evaluated on the
basis of fact only. I strongly
encourage you to read and study from
a non-bias mindset everything on
this website and everywhere for that
matter. If you find yourself
disagreeing with ANYTHING on this
website, please go to the forum area
and state your case there.
But...PLEASE...lay aside your
emotions and only state substance.
There are only two sides in life:
TRUTH and NON-TRUTH. It is not my
side and yours. So, if you find
anything that you can prove is
non-truth, I give you my word that
it will be removed immediately.
Otherwise, may God remain true and
every man a liar. (Rom. 3:4) For
those that are really seeking God,
we are all on the same team. Too
often we let pride get in the way
and the whole team suffers. The two
ingredients for spiritual growth are
humility and a Passion For Truth.
Too often people visit this site
with a zeal for truth, but lack the
humility that it takes to even
consider the possibility that there
current truth might not be truth at
all. It is my prayer that godly
dialogue will re-enter the "walls"
of the church and the whole "church"
will be in benefit.
In conclusion, I want to make it
very clear that I very much support
the church of God and am very active
in my local church. But I also want
to make it clear that the "church"
is not a system or a building. It is
the real believers in Christ
committed to doing Bible things in
Bible ways and calling Bible things
by Bible names. I am committed to
the body of Christ and will spend
the rest of my life doing my best to
edify its members and challenging
its precepts. All with the hope of
doing my part to present a more
spotless bride at the call of the
bridegroom. It is my desire that
this website will be an asset in
your spiritual growth, and over
time, you will develop a PASSION
FOR TRUTH.
Jim Staley
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