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TEN SUGGESTED DOCUMENTS TO READ - Documents highly recommended by Del Wray, Pastor

Origin of the True Church Of course! With Jesus Christ! The idea that an organization which is not a true church may eventually develop into a true church, or produce offspring which are true churches is contrary to Scripture. This is the operating theory behind the Protestant Reformation. Luther, Calvin, and virtually all the reformers held that the Catholic Church was a false church, and that the Pope was anti-Christ. Yet they maintained that their churches, which developed directly from Rome, were true churches. The Lord teaches us, however, that “a good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit” (Matt. 7:18). The Reformation leaders all identified Rome as “the great whore” described in Revelation 17. Yet they held that their churches, which were her direct offspring, were true churches. Revelation 17, however, identifies this great whore as “the mother of harlots.” If Rome be the great whore, as both we and the Protestants maintain, then the Protestant churches are undeniably her harlot daughters. The Bible sets forth the only true explanation of church origins. We might call this Divine Creation and Natural Reproduction. So, as with biological life, the church was created by a direct act of God, and continues to reproduce itself “after its own kind” (Gen 1:24). B. H. Carroll, that great Baptist scholar of the last century said: “Churches come from churches somewhat as horses come from horses. History cannot trace every detail of the pedigree showing how a certain drove of wild mustangs in western Texas are descendants of Spanish barbs, brought here by the discoverers 400 years ago. The fact that the mustangs are here proves the succession, since only like begets like.” The very first church was formed by the Lord Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, as He called out his disciples along the banks of the Sea of Galilee. So, just as all mankind has directly descended from their first created parent, Adam and Eve, so all true churches have descended directly from the first church established by Christ. The fact is true churches have come from the true church in an unbroken generation since their founding by the Lord Jesus Christ (Matt. 16:18; Eph. 3:21). Furthermore, a careful study of Bible doctrine and of history will show that genuine Baptist churches are the only churches which can make a legitimate claim to be in such a direct descent. We thank God for the privilege of being a member of just such a church. Del W. Wray, Pastor Victory Bible Baptist Church

Don't Furl the Flag! I have, on occasion, been called upon to defend our use of the Confederate flags and other Confederate symbolism. I make no apologies for their use. The following article, which appeared in The Charleston News and Courier on April 27, 1979, explains our position as good as any. It was written by W. Earl Douglas in response to a movement that was then underway to ban the official use of the Confederate Battle Flag. Some argued that the flag offended blacks, reminding them of slavery. Mr. Douglas, himself a black man, first addressed the heartburn that the proposed ban brought to the descendants of Confederate soldiers, such as myself. He then proceeded to set forth his own position in the following words. Pastor Del W. Wray Victory Bible Baptist Church Don’t Furl the Flag By W. Earl Douglas Alas, it has also brought heartburn to this black writer, who cannot buy the socialist philosophy of the Garrisons and Sumner’s of yesterday or today, and would rather wave a Confederate battle flag as a symbol of striving for independence than a food stamp or welfare check, which symbolize the hell of defeat more pronounced than that received in any war. I cannot be convinced that Southern independence meant only the perpetuation of slavery, because history of the truthful kind tells me otherwise. The Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederacy forbade the importation of slaves. How then was slavery the motivating force behind the thrust for Southern independence? How did black and white slave owners exist side by side in this region, which was painted by abolitionists as one of black and white hostility? Why were there always more free Negroes in the slave South than in the so-called free North of the abolitionists? Such questions remain unanswered . . . Whites and blacks were partners in the destiny of the South and not (as the Uncle Tom’s Cabin mentality of the abolitionists would have had us believe) only as master and slave. Today over a century since that much heralded emancipation, it is here in the land of the unfurled Confederate battle flag where Negro progress stands above that achieved in any other region of the country. For it is here, in the heartland of the old Confederacy, where over 70 percent of all black-owned housing is to be found and where this nation’s only viable black economic middle class exists—the Southern black farmer. . . . The real tragedy of the Confederate battle flag is that Southerners, white and black, have permitted it to be driven between them like a wedge, separating them from a common goal. The racism so evident in this controversy is not the flying of the flag but that we’ve permitted it to be designated as pro-white and anti-black. I am reminded that it was my grandfather and grandmother who kept the home fires burning while the Confederacy waged its war. Which is why I cannot view loyalty to the South or the desire for independence as being monopolized by either race. . . . If hate had been the prevailing emotion between the races, then it is a safe bet that the Confederacy never would have been born. Fortunately, there was love, understanding and compassion. And the two greatest lies ever perpetrated by history [are] that the South instigated the war and that it was fought by the North for the purpose of freeing slaves. The Negro was merely used as the excuse for that war, while the real reason for it is reflected in every area of our lives, where the tentacles of government form the bars of a new slavery. No! Don’t furl that Confederate battle flag. Let it wave all across the South to remind Americans that there exists here a yearning for liberty, freedom and independence that will not be denied. Let it fly as a testimonial to real men and real women who would rather work and fight than shed tears and beg for government charity. Finally, let it act as a cohesive force, drawing all Southerners together in the cause of freedom.” The Confederate flag stands for individual and state’s rights, for volunteerism, and for Constitutional government. It stands for self-determination and freedom, for decency and the Judeo-Christian ethic. It stands for the old paths and the ancient landmarks of our American forefathers. It stands for those traditional American values that the United States (sic) and its flag are increasingly standing against. The battle flag stands for the morality and decency of men like, Lee, Jackson, Stuart, Kirby-Smith, and Davis. Long may these principles survive and long may that flag wave. Del Wray, Pastor

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Through the Tolerance of Sin America is Damned!

          America tolerates the killing of our unborn children and calls it "freedom of choice"
          America tolerates cultivation of humans to harvest stem cells and calls it "research"
          America tolerates homosexual perversions and calls it "diversity and alternative lifestyles"
          America tolerates paganism and immoral life styles and calls it "multiculturalism"
          America tolerates killing of the elderly and the ill among us and calls it "compassion"
          America tolerates religious cults that deny God and calls it "denominationalism"
          America tolerates pornography and exploitation of women and children and calls it "art"
          America tolerates vile and filthy brain washing of our children and calls it "entertainment"
          America tolerates God's Holy Name being blasphemed and calls it "freedom of speech"
          America tolerates taking of innocent life, and theft of property and calls it our "legal system"
          America tolerates legalized gambling and calls it "socialized sport"

          AMERICA TOLERATES EVERYTHING EXCEPT GOD

"PREACHING WITH A VOICE OF THUNDER - AND WITH A HEART OF TEARS"
  "Contrary to what his critics and enemies say about him, My dad is a kind, generous,compassionate and Spirit-filled man. I have seen him weep over the lost and downtrodden. He has led our church to feed
many of the poor, hungry people. I've witnessed on many occasions when he would give needy people his last dollar. On the other hand, he courageously and aggressively exposes the evils in our government, social evils, religious racketeers, charlatans, liberal professors in our Christian colleges, schools, denominations and deceivers who teach heresies. At times his methods are objectionable to some people who do not agree with his strong Biblical views. That’s nothing new. Christ’s critics and enemies tried on several occasions to kill Him and finally succeeded at Calvary. The same was true of Stephen, Paul, the Apostles, the true prophets of Israel, the martyrs, and faithful men and women of God in the Bible."

                                                                                                                 David D. Wray

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