Tag Archives: Holy Spirit
Flight back to Houston: Crazy Love, Pretzels, ...

Book Review: Crazy Love

Many of you have asked us about Francis Chan, and we know he sure seems like a nice person. When one examines the fruits or tests the spirit, it should never be based on a person’s good deeds (even our best deeds are rags to God), or their personality or humbleness. It all comes down [...]

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The Shack

Will “The Shack” be the next blasphemous blockbuster?

Movies about God are making big bucks at the box office, and the film adaptation of The Shack will more than likely be a top ticket seller when it hits the big screen. I can already imagine The Shack Bible studies and busloads of small groups fellowshipping and praising “Papa” for another opportunity to share [...]

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Christians mystically encountering God

  The New Age continues to march boldly into the Church, and is being embraced by many a pastor and elder who maight not understand how it has cleverly been repackaged with a “Christian”-sounding exterior. From spiritual disciplines to meditation and yoga, researcher Marsha West covers the multitude of New Age signs to watch for. [...]

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Pastor Parsley zip-lines to pulpit over cheering congregants

Is it a bird? Is it Tom Cruise? No, it is a pastor!  Rod Parsley of World Harvest Church is raising some eyebrows by releasing this now-viral video of himself zip lining through the air over his cheering congregation, and landing onto his pulpit. His band is playing the “Mission Impossible” theme music to kick [...]

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Stained glass at St John the Baptist

Something HUGE is missing from the Last Supper!

The Bible miniseries on the History Channel is one we cannot endorse. Many have said, “What’s the big deal? It’s getting unchurched people interested in the Bible, isn’t it?” The problem with this is that the complete Gospel – the only message by which the Bible says we can be regenerated to life by the [...]

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Tightrope Walker

Walking a Tightrope as a Christian?

Do you ever feel your life as a Christian is like one of those guys who walks a tightrope high above the crowd at the circus?  You work hard to maintain your balance and do not lean too far one way or another out of fear you will come crashing down.  And there are several [...]

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St Marks Church Target of Klan in 1967

What God says about Church

By guest blogger Bobbie Sawyer: “Since therefore, brethren, we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near [...]

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Jesus Christ meditated on emptiness: Christian...

Getting equipped!

We live in a time when the enemy is using confusion as a tool to deceive many and he is doing this right within the walls of the Body of Christ. In our second half, you’re going to hear some stunning evidence of how even popular Christian leaders are being led astray by forces that [...]

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Country Valentine

Are our hearts still wicked after we become Christians?

Some believe that we are, indeed, housing depraved hearts even after being washed clean by the atonement of Jesus. Others believe that we are victorious over sin and our hearts are clean.   It’s a question that we’re taking to the Word today in our second segment.  But first we want to talk about something [...]

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Soaking

Soaking: the Trendy Approach to a Holy God

Put the bath salts away; this is a different kind of soaking. The “Soaking Prayer” isn’t found in the Bible, but it was designed to empty your mind and experience the Holy Spirit. It was developed by the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship, now known as Catch the Fire Toronto. This group also gave rise to [...]

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