“Having This Ministry…” Issue No. 22, July 2023

Issue No. 22

July 2023

In This Issue

Introducing Challenging the Traditional Interpretations of Justification by Faith, Part 2 • The History of the Life-study Publication Work • Recovery Version Translation Notes • New Releases • Excerpts from Conferences & Trainings • Videos • Important Dates

Introducing Challenging the Traditional Interpretations of Justification by Faith, Part 2

In 2021 Living Stream released the inaugural volume in its new series, Historical Evaluations of Christian Thought, on the topic of justification by faith. Now we are pleased to announce the release of the second part, entitled Challenging the Traditional Interpretations of Justification by Faith, Part 2. We would like to introduce you to this new publication.

The History of the Life-study Publication Work

From 1974 to 1995, Brother Witness Lee conducted a book-by-book study of the entire Bible that he called a life-study. The published volumes contain 1,984 messages that we know as the Life-study of the Bible. These messages have become an indescribably rich heritage to us in the Lord’s recovery.

Brother Ron Kangas served as the main editor of the Life-study messages. In May 2023 we sat down with Brother Ron for an interview concerning the history of the Life-study publication work. Here we offer the first part of that interview, with the remainder to be published in subsequent issues of “Having This Ministry…”

Recovery Version Translation Notes:
“The local church”—Acts 13:1

The New Testament Recovery Version offers this translation of the first part of Acts 13:1: “Now there were in Antioch, in the local church, prophets and teachers…” This rendering is unique among most English versions, but there is a solid basis for it.