TWI released a book called "Bible Kinds of Faith"

[Joe Maslow]

"Since the 1970s, The Way International has been engaged in a Biblical study of the Greek word pistis, most often translated “faith” in the King James Version of the Bible, to understand its accurate usage in the New Testament. The words “faith” and “believing” in the King James and other versions of the Bible are used interchangeably; however, they are not synonymous. One concern has been that the current English usage of the word “faith” implies no believing action, which the context of many of the occurrences of pistis shows in the Scriptures. Many on the ministry research team continued working this topic over the years, seeking to understand the different uses and usages of this word pistis and the different Bible kinds of faith"

The Way continues to build on the "Gospel of Faith" movement.... that Victor Paul Wierwille took from Kenyon, Cliffe and many others. 

[Nathan_Jr]

 

"Since the 1970s, The Way International has been engaged in a Biblical study of the Greek word pistis...Many on the ministry research team continued working this topic..."

 

*exasperated sigh*

 

 

More Information

Part I-OVERVIEW

• The Green Noun pistis
• Believing (pistis)-Positive or Negative Believing
• Renewed-Mind Believing, the Manifestation of Believing, and Fruit-of-the-Spirit Believing.
• Faith (pistis)-The Faith of Jesus Christ and the Family Faith
• Faithfulness (pistis)
• Keys to Rightly Dividing the Word pistis
• The Verb-pisteuo
• The Adjective-pistos

  Part II-BELIEVING AND FAITH

• Summary of Occurrences
• Faith, Believing, or Faithfulness-pistis
• Believe, to be Entrusted with, or to Entrust-pisteuo
• Faithful, Trusting-pistos
• Summary of Usages
• Table of Usages 1-8

  Part III-UNBELIEF/UNBELIEVING

• Little Faith (Believing)-oligopistos
• Unbelief-apistea
• Believe not-apisteo
• Unbelieving, Faithless, Infidel-apistos
• Unbelief, Disobedience-apeithea
• Unbelieving, Believe Not-apeitheo
• Disobedient-apeithes
• Table of Usages 9-15
• Occurrences and Usages of oligopistos, apistia, apisteo, apistos, apeitheia, apeitheo, apeithes

  APPENDIX

• Number of Occurrences in the King James Version

 

https://store.theway.org/store/bible-kinds-of-faith/

 

Edited 10 hours ago by Nathan_Jr
Hey, I didn't REwrite the book...

[waysider]

Ripley would be proud of the effort.

(At least, that's what I believe.)

[Nathan_Jr]

"Working this topic...working the word...work the word..." -- VPW/TWI

 

"If it doesn't fit, ya gotta MAKE it fit." -- VPW

[waysider]

45 minutes ago, Nathan_Jr said:

"If it doesn't fit, ya gotta MAKE it fit." -- VPW

Oh, that VeePee. What a jokester, huh?

[Nathan_Jr]

30 minutes ago, waysider said:

Oh, that VeePee. What a jokester, huh?

Such a sophomore.

Edited 9 hours ago by Nathan_Jr
Ooops! I hope I didn't insult him.

[Twinky]

All they research is OTHER PEOPLE'S WORK.

Still banging on about "faith" and "believing."  They might want to pay attention to the book of James, specifically at ch.2. 

 

Quote

 

14What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith, but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? 15Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. 16If one of you tells him, “Go in peace; stay warm and well fed,” but does not provide for his physical needs, what good is that? 17So too, faith by itself, if it does not result in action,f is dead.

18But someone will say, “You have faith and I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

 

Unfortunately we know all too well what are TWI's deeds and works.  And the only physical needs that are provided for are the adulterous needs of leaders.

Let's see some of their faith/believing/call it what you will, by them first apologising for past behaviour, seeking out their victims with genuine remorse, and now getting on with genuinely helping their local community without any expectation of reward or recognition.  Without doubt there will be homeless, impoverished or hungry people within a very short radius of HQ; families who are in "heat or eat" mode or have other financial difficulties; those who can't afford medical bills, etc.

[WordWolf]

For those people who think that the PLAGIARISM stopped with vpw -who plagiarized just about EVERYTHING he ever taught-

THIS IS PLAGIARIZED from chris geer.  Complete with the plagiarized title.  They didn't even bother to change the name.

When vpw plagiarized 2 of Bullinger's papers to make "Are the Dead Alive Now?", he at least changed the title.

He was lazy enough to keep the question format for it, but he changed the title.

They didn't even bother to do that.

 

Oh, but they don't do the harmful things they did before.  Yeah, right.  If they're doing this, they're still getting away

with anything their lawyers say they can still do. The only real changes have been to quiet their lawyers.

Outside of twi, I've never heard of a church group who does the right thing on advice of their lawyers, or are less moral and nice than their lawyers.