This is the A. J. Tomlinson family in the mid-1930s (judging by Wanda’s age). Front row – A. J. & Mary Jane. Back row, from left to right (by height) are Wanda (Milton’s daughter), A. Jess & Homer E. (Homer’s sons), Iris Evans (A.J.’s daughter, Avery’s wife), Homer (A.J.’s son), Ina Mae (Milton’s wife), Milton (A.J.’s son), Marie (Hom... »
Does the Church of God teach prevenient grace as do the Methodist? »
Someone in-boxed a FB message to me and I am sharing it anonymously. This is not a COG person so from that perspective I thought it was interesting. “I went to a service last evening. Dr Tim Hill sang a(nd) preached. He’s a very good singer, and even better preacher. Very good message and delivery. But it still had that tinge of “performance” to it. And I noticed no one cha... »
I remember when the arguments began about who first spoke in tongues at the turn of the century. It began as an on-going debate about where modern Pentecostalism began. Was it in the Cherokee mountains in Carolina/Tennessee or was it at Azusa Street, California? I never was taken in by the Azusa Street stories. I believed that they were parallel beginnings neither influenced by the other. By 1910 ... »