We represent a group of scientists, technologists, and academicians who strive to be devout in our Christian faith, and believe that many in the modern church have forsaken the supernatural worldview of the Bible for the materialist worldview of naturalistic science. We chose the name “Remnant of the Way” to both:
- Emphasize that God always retains a “remnant” or core group of followers in all ages of the world (Isaiah 10: 20-21; I Kings 19; Romans 9:27-28; Matthew 7:13-14), and to
- Emphasize that Jesus Christ came to institute a movement not to replace the “law and the prophets” (Matthew 5:17), but to fulfil their purpose by establishing “the way” of salvation to reconcile the broken relationship of humans to our creator God (Yahweh/God the Father) and to overcome death in both its physical and spiritual manifestations (Colossians 1:20; Romans 5:8-11; John 3:16).
Our primary goal is to reestablish the proper, supernatural biblical worldview of the original apostles in order to resist the apostasy of our modern church age, which in its many forms, tends to deny the power of God and ignore His prophetic Word for our day (Romans 1:25; II Timothy 2:5).
Secondarily, a few of us have experienced “dreams and visions,” which we have seen unfold in the world, and believe that God is using them to guide us back to the truth of His Word, to drive us back to His prophecies of old for our time, and most of all to refocus us on the “day in which we live” (I Chronicles 12:32; Luke 12:54-56; Romans 13:11-14) and what we believe is the approaching Day of the Lord (Joel 2:31; Acts 2:20; II Peter 3:10). We are not proclaiming a new message, but simply being commanded to cling fervently to the message of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
For now, some of us behind this website prefer to remain anonymous. As such, we will be posting under pseudonyms. For example, several posts here will be made under the name “Irenaeus.” This name was chosen in honor of the 2nd century early church (patristic) father, Irenaeus of Lyon, who was a significant leader in the development of church theology. Irenaeus was born in Smyrna, Turkey during 130 AD and died in Lyon, France, where he served as a church bishop. He was a major contributor to the development of the doctrines of the Apostolic churches, with his contributions really growing out of his efforts to combat the heresies of the gnostic movement. These doctrines would greatly shape the church down through the ages. It is said that Irenaeus studied with Polycarp, who in turn is said to have studied directly with the apostle John. In this manner, he had a direct lineage to the original disciples. Irenaeus is perhaps best known for his “veil of soul-making” theodicy, which held that the fall of man was essentially inevitable, and that God knew that we would require such an event in order to become spiritually mature (i.e., our experience of fallenness allows us to understand our need for salvation through Christ). Posts by other co-founding members here will use similar assumed names.
