Holy Spirit
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I am preparing for my Acts class this week and find myself in Acts 19, one of my favorite chapters in the Bible. The sons of Sceva always intrigue me. They are the picture of spiritual formulas. This is the picture we get when we are so caught up in the design of a program… Read more
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A thought from one of my lectures on Acts: You may not call yourself a Pentecostal or Charismatic. You may not believe in manifestation gifts. But you need to understand the TRINITY. There is a Holy Spirit and his activity is not a nice and neat package you can put together out of a… Read more
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The miraculous acts (like healing) do not sustain us for the long run in Kingdom life. That is not their purpose. The miraculous signs are to point us to the One who does sustain us. Miracles are great. Pray for miracles. Just don’t camp on the miracles. Read more
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The wind of the Spirit is powerful. What happens when you’re IN a hurricane wind is vital. Obviously, most of the time, the best idea is to avoid the hurricane wind. N.T Wright describes it this way: It’s important that someone somewhere is tracking the hurricane and telling us what it’s doing, but when it… Read more
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Having three boys I’ve been extremely fortunate over the years. I can assign lawn mowing duties. After they get to a certain age, that assignment costs me. It’s a cost I’ve been willing to pay. Now, I’m back to the lawn mowing duties. There are several reasons why I hate mowing the lawn. But they… Read more
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This quote is powerful. Sometimes we want the glory without the cost that it takes to gain that glory. We, as Westerners, certainly are guilty of that. ”You Pentecostals claim you want be be the apostolic church? The apostolic church was the persecuted church. Early Christians were martyred by their government, they were reviled in… Read more
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3 It is God’s will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should learn to control your own body in a way that is holy and honorable, 5 not in passionate lust like the pagans, who do not know God; 6 and that in this matter… Read more
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As we move through our journey in the New Testament, we are reading the Book of Acts this week. Acts 10 is always a significant place for me. Several years ago the Lord exploded this text into my life as I asked about ground shaking experiences I needed to understand in our own setting. As… Read more
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Making my way through the Gospel of Luke this week, and reflecting on other passages in other gospels, I find something interesting. In Luke 19 Zacchaeus is a tax collector wanting to see Jesus. He pays to get the skybox view (which are the better seats at a baseball field, I’m told) and looks for… Read more
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We are on our way as our church starts into reading the New Testament this summer. The order of how we will read the New Testament is HERE. It was exciting to have our “launch” last night. We discussed the issues we are facing as believers in today’s culture. We talked about the struggles of… Read more
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