Beyond Small Cords

by George Anderson

Overview

Several years ago, Eileen and I, with the help of four friends, produced a scruffy little magazine called 'Small Cords'. It was intended to be a dig in the ribs at the pomposity of religion, and to point out a few glaring differences between cosy tradition and the radical teachings of Jesus. But that was years ago. There are few churches which haven't changed a bit since then, and the 'Small Cords' message is no longer as startling as it once was. So - here we go BEYOND Small Cords, beginning where the scruffy magazine left off, and setting out in the direction of the kingdom of God.
Originally this book was a slim fifty pages which a kind-hearted and long-suffering friend produced by slaving for hours over a hot photocopier. It sold out in no time. We hadn't the cheek to ask for a repeat performance on the copier, so we bought an elderly offset press, sort-of learned to work it, and printed a second volume. Which sold out even more quickly. Then we combined the two into a reasonable book of 144 pages... Since then we've lurched into the 20th century with an XT and put everything on disk. And (now) we've entered the space age, and battled the mysteries of burning and stomping onto a CD-Rom. At our age... Welcome to 'BEYOND SMALL CORDS'. It's an attempt to nudge religious thinking out of its comfortable rut. An attempt to ignore orthodoxy and take what the Bible says literally. An attempt to put the teachings of Jesus first and foremost, rather than in second place. Here you are... We hope you enjoy a good read.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044531215
Publisher:	Peter Harris
Publication date:	05/13/2013
Series:	Beyond , #2
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	344 KB

About the Author

From the early days of Christianity there have been those who have warned of heresies and of wolves in sheep's clothing, and have sought to turn back the faithful to a direct relationship with God. 'God as dad plus nothing'. These reformers have often been shunned and spoken against from the pulpits.

Such a one was George Anderson, with his brave and faithful wife Eileen.
When George was 40 he began the radical Small Cords, a hand-printed magazine which put a bomb under organized religion, and encouraged many to trust in their direct relationship with God rather than psychological hype and churchy 'Magic.' And to meet as directed by Him in homes or wherever they happened to be.
Small Cords was the beginning of a fruitful ministry in print which spanned over thirty years and saw over 20,000 copies of the six Beyond books printed on their small offset machine in the spare bedroom, collated on the kitchen table, hand-bound and sent to places 'too numerous to mention' throughout New Zealand and beyond – mostly sold by word of mouth, apart from a few brave bookshops!
In the nineties, after George had discovered (to his great joy!) that he had Jewish ancestry, George and Eileen had several exciting stays in Israel as volunteer workers under the Sar-El programme, sharing their experience of Jesus as Messiah whenever they could. (For an interview where Eileen tells of their experiences there and also their miraculous roof experience, see http://tvnorth.co.nz/channelnorth/otcwa.php, 37 minutes into the program)
Around 2003 the Andersons went on the first of several trips to Fiji, where they proclaimed, in their unique, direct and powerful way, the message you can read in the six books of this volume.
When George found that he had cancer, he carried on a full life with his beloved Eileen, including the 'doing up' of two houses and a motor home.

The Beyond series is George's last message to a world on the brink. A world which he peacefully departed on the 6th of January, 2007.

In George's words:

'It's all a lead-in to the return of the King. And that's good news. Like a bride doesn't mind all the hassle of planning and ceremony that leads up to the great moment when she and her husband are alone at last on their honeymoon, so all the turmoil that's going to rock the world over the next few years is just the prelude to the greatest event on this planet's calendar.'

Everything in the Andersons' ...