author,title,source,date,URL,stance,topic
Living Stream Ministry (anonymous booklet),”The Revelation of the Triune God According to the Pure Word of the Bible”,”Contending for the Faith (ePublication; originally LSM booklet)”,1975,”https://contendingforthefaith.org/en/the-revelation-of-the-triune-god-according-to-the-pure-word-of-the-bible/“,”supportive / doctrinal clarification”,”Systematic exposition of biblical data on the Triune God (oneness of God, threeness, simultaneity, co-existence); concludes with emphasis on the Triune God as a mystery beyond explanation and calls readers to accept the full scriptural revelation.” [web:49]
Living Stream Ministry (anonymous booklet),”The Triune God: A Testimony of Our Belief and Experience”,”Contending for the Faith (ePublication; originally 1970s booklet)”,1970s; republished 2023,”https://contendingforthefaith.org/en/the-triune-god-a-testimony-of-our-belief-and-experience/“,”supportive / doctrinal clarification”,”Responds directly to CRI-era criticisms of LC/LSM trinitarian language; affirms one unique Triune God—Father, Son, Spirit—co-existing equally from eternity; explicitly rejects modalism and tritheism; explains experiential language (indwelling, coinherence).” [web:52]
Living Stream Ministry (anonymous article),”Concerning the Scriptural Meaning of the Triune God”,”Contending for the Faith (ePublication; originally 1977 article)”,1977,”https://contendingforthefaith.org/en/concerning-the-scriptural-meaning-of-the-triune-god/“,”supportive / doctrinal clarification”,”Positive statement on the Triune God written in response to the early Bible Answer Man’s charges; insists on speaking with biblical terminology; defines God as simultaneously Three and One and clarifies how LC usage of scriptural phrases should be understood.” [web:54]
Living Stream Ministry (anonymous article),”The Oneness of the Triune God”,”Contending for the Faith (ePublication; originally 1978 article)”,1978,”https://contendingforthefaith.org/en/the-oneness-of-the-triune-god/“,”supportive / doctrinal clarification”,”Explores three categories of scriptures—interpenetration, identification, and interchangeable passages—to show how the Father, Son, and Spirit are distinct yet inseparably one, addressing accusations of both modalism and tritheism.” [web:57]

Living Stream Ministry (anonymous booklet),”The Beliefs and Practices of the Local Churches”,”Contending for the Faith (ePublication; originally 1977 booklet)”,1977,”https://contendingforthefaith.org/en/the-beliefs-and-practices-of-the-local-churches/“,”supportive / ecclesiological clarification”,”Introductory booklet setting out LC beliefs (Scripture, Christ, Triune God, salvation) and practices (meeting, mission, standing); stresses being “most orthodox of Christians,” explains standing on the genuine unity of the Body and the local ground of the church in each city.” [web:50]
Living Stream Ministry (anonymous booklet),”Our Faith, Testimony, and History”,”Contending for the Faith – ePublications”,c. 2000s,”https://contendingforthefaith.org/en/epublications/“,”supportive / identity and history”,”Booklet introducing LC/LSM faith, testimony, and historical development; affirms “the faith once for all delivered to the saints” (Jude 3) and highlights aims: recovering the experience of Christ as life, the functioning of every believer, and the practical building up of the Body in oneness.” [web:55]

Contending for the Faith editors (index),”All Posts Tagged ‘deification'”,”Contending for the Faith – tag index”,2014–ongoing,”https://contendingforthefaith.org/en/tag/deification/“,”supportive / doctrinal clarification”,”Tag index collecting LC/LSM responses to criticisms of their teaching on deification/theosis; includes articles that explain the biblical and patristic background and distinguish bet