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Charismatic No No’s
I need to get out more. There is some interesting stuff still happening in Charismatic churches, I guess. Lee Grady goes over a list I thought had gone extinct 20 years ago. I guess not! Some fun things he wishes would go away: 3. The song that never ends 6. The sermon with seven endings 9. The jump-start glossalalia It’s…
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Blessings! Power! Abundance! All YOURS!
Imagine a life where you have wealth and satisfaction! Your children are serving God! Your enemies can’t win! You build a legacy! All YOURS! There is something in me that now wants to say, “All yours for a seed faith offering… operators are standing by!” But audacious claims like that can happen. They can feed certain desires in our own…
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What is “Good News?”
Reading in an Acts commentary by N.T. Wright, I am summarizing some of his thoughts on what it means to have “good news” come to us. Good news isn’t about getting in touch with your inner spiritual self. It’s not about committing yourself to a life of prayer, worship, and good works. It’s not even about believing some particular theory…
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The ADHD Generation
13 But they soon forgot what he had done and did not wait for his plan to unfold. (Psalm 106:13, NIV) Our walk with God today sounds too much like this verse. It shows the short term memory loss of humanity in every generation. It’s not just our ADHD issues! Whew! But it IS a problem as followers of Christ. We are…
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The Journey to Obedience
I commented the other day about the move from success to significance to obedience and how there aren’t many leadership books on “obedience.” While that is true, and it’s probably true because generally we only want to read about “successful” people, I think there are some great examples. The problem is obedience has such a high cost, we have examples…
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That Day When We See Him Face to Face
Through this weekend I have had a couple of situations bring me to the thought of the full presence of God. These songs have been the rhythm of my weekend: I’ll love Thee in life, I will love Thee in death, And praise Thee as long as Thou lendest me breath; And say when the death dew lies cold on…
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Success to Significance to Obedience
I heard someone teach on moving from success to significance to obedience. The comment was made that there aren’t many leadership books on obedience. That is probably true because we only want to read about “successful” people.
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Catching the Wind of the Spirit
I am praying for a new dependence on the Holy Spirit in my own life. As I walk through the Acts story again in a sermon series for my church, I am disappointed in my own life. How many times I miss the wind of the Spirit! How many times I could have listened… stopped… then moved in a new…
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Fire and the Testing of the Heart
3 A crucible is for silver and a furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart. (Prov. 17:3, CEB) 8 “But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him. 9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch…
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Book Review: Jesus is Lord, Caesar is Not
I received Jesus is Lord Caesar is Not from IVP for the purposes of reading and reviewing the book. I am under no obligation to give a positive review. The book is edited by Scot McKnight and Joseph Modica and features several authors critiquing the thought of the New Testament being “anti-Empire.” They look at the writings of several scholars…
