Deep within my heart I feel a stirring. It is one of urgency. I believe the time of the end is closer at hand than many of us realize. In my research I have found that we have entered into deception and are preaching a compromised gospel. We are preaching "another gospel" that Paul mentions in his epistles. We are relying heavily upon man's philosphies of psychology, business and marketing strategies, and upon their 'power of positive thinking' teachings. God's grace and the power of the cross, as well as the person of Jesus Christ, have taken a "back burner" to this wave of man's teachings. Humility and self-denial have been touted as "old-fashioned" and to some, even "untrue to yourself." The preaching of the cross has always been foolishness to those who perish.

Though the false teachings exposed on this site may "appear wise," they are foolishness in the eyes of God. Psychology's methods fill people with so much pride that they exalt themselves up to "be like the Most High," as Satan tried to do. It blinds people to the basic truths that they are sinful and need God's grace and mercy to make it into heaven and live a spiritual life here on earth. Psychology is also an addition to the Bible. It adds it's teachings to the already adequate and all sufficient Scriptures. Positive confession focuses upon works (or formulas), and our own righteousness to earn favor with God, when He gives it freely by His grace only because of the sacrifice on the cross that Jesus Christ made for us. The prosperity messages focus upon the blessing instead of the Blessor. It preaches that "godliness is gain;" that if you are not financially prosperous, you are not spiritually prosperous. That is so untrue. If it were true, both Jesus and Paul would have been considered spiritually bankrupt.

It is my deepest desire to see the body of Christ return to the truth of the gospel preached by Jesus and the apostles. It may seem old-fashioned, and even offend many, but it is the truth that will set us free. There is much more freedom and power in God's grace than in anything man devises. Man lives by laws and formulas, God's ways are much higher than ours, and much easier. His yoke is easy and His burden is light. I have come to realize that, and am hoping that you do, too. If we lift up Jesus Christ, He will draw all men unto Him, not if we exalt the feelings and emotions of ourselves, man's marketing strategies, or man's philosophies.

As for my creditials? (this section revised)
Well, I started attending a Baptist church when I was 13. I had an "emotional experience" which I interpreted as a "salvation experience." I attended church regularly, and read or listened to the teachings of people such as Billy Graham, Chuck Smith, Leonard Ravenhill, Keith & Melody Green, William Booth, David Wilkerson, and many other men and women of God. Throughout my teen years I loved the wisdom of the book of Proverbs. I professed Christianity throughout high school, and most of my twenties, but eventhough I had attended Christ for the Nations, and was on the worship team at my church, I lived my life the way I wanted to live it. Just recently the Lord showed me that I was deluded into believing I was saved, because I lived my life according to the flesh. I didn't bear the fruit of the Spirit nor the fruit of salvation. Then in my thirties, aided by the delusion of false teachings (prosperity, positive confession, signs and wonders, etc.), I left the church. Because of my fleshly lifestyle, and my false beliefs, of course, I was going to give into the world's allure.

Am I perfect? No, but "His grace is sufficient and His strength is made perfect in my weakness." I find that when I call upon Him with a truly contrite heart, in His Spirit I find the strength, the confidence, and the esteem I need. These things don't come from me, they all come from Him, through Him, and are in Him. When I don't rely upon Him and His grace fully, or I want to be selfish by "holding back a little," then that's when I fall and struggle the hardest. So, I am just as human as anyone else. But I'm still free because of His grace. God's grace is not a license to sin, but a gift, because we can't do it in and of ourselves. Our righteousnesses are as filthy rags before the Lord. We, in ourselves, will never be good enough. But praise God, by His grace, He gives us the righteousness of Christ, and His mercies are new every morning!! I also love 1 Cor. 1:27-28, "But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea and things which are not to bring to nought things that are;" These are the promises I cling to the most. They are the most important to me. I can do nothing without Him. It doesn't matter whether or not I become wealthy, or have the greatest respect of men; my greatest desire is to have the grace, peace, and mercy of the Lord. I desire those things which are from above, the eternal, not the things of this world, the temporal. That is the whole reason I am publishing this newsletter. It is not to condemn, but to reveal how man's philosophies have stripped away the power of God. How they 'have a form of godliness, but deny the power thereof.' (2 Tim. 3:5)

Love in Christ,

Martha K. Miller

**Note: I'm not sure of the exact month, but it was around that time that the Lord powerfully revealed Himself to me. When I get excited about things, I have a tendency to forget details...