Theology
Charismatic Renewal Is Not Going Away [05]
#7. ‘RE SPIRITUAL GIFTS; THE BEST COURSE IS TO BE CONSERVATIVE (STICK TQ THE SAFE ONES, AND LEAVE THE OTHERS WELL ALONE!)’ ????Every church ought to be open to the full spectrum of the gifts. Spiritual gifts are meant to create truly Christian community. Where there is love, there’ll be gift-giving. God’s gifts are love-gifts […]
Charismatic Renewal Is Not Going Away [04]
#5: ‘CONSERVATIVE CHURCHES ARE FRIGHTENED TO TOUCH CHARISMATIC RENEWAL BECAUSE IT’S AM “ALL-OR-NOTHING” PACKAGE’. Peter Wagner, professor of church growth at Fuller Seminary has popularized the notion of a ‘Third Wave’ of charismatic renewal experienced in many churches in the 198Os. Many historians feel this century has seen the greatest outpouring of the Holy Spirit […]
Charismatic Renewal Is Not Going Away [03]
#4: ‘ “NEO-PENTECOSTALISM” IN THE 1960S AND 70s WAS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE OLDER PENTECOSTALISM’ .The Neo-pentecostal renewal began in a significant way in the historic churches in the 1950s, and in the U.S. started to achieve prominence with the ministry of Dennis Bennett, an Episcopalian priest in Van Nuys, California. By 1960 there were baptized-in-the-Spirit […]
Charismatic Renewal Is Not Going Away [02]
#2. ‘ ‘ENTHUSIASM’ IS A SIGN OF IMMATURITY’. Not necessarily. Stolid Anglo-Saxons may not approve of too much enthusiasm, but other cultures (Latins, Africans) like it. Two Israelite leaders, Eldad and Medad, got excited when the Spirit fell on them, so Joshua the institutional spokesman told Moses to stop them. Moses retorted by wishing the […]
The Second Coming
http://www.lifetalk.net/2ndcoming/ee.html (Note from Rowland: It’s a pity the Fundamentalists generally have a monopoly re preaching on this vital New Testament theme. I would not necessarily endorse all the interpretations on this site, but let us all pray that wonderful prayer regularly: ‘Come Lord Jesus’).
Charismatic Renewal Is Not Going Away [01]
CHARISMATIC RENEWAL: MYTHS AND REALITIESby Rowland Croucher Note: These are the notes of a seminar I used to conduct around the churches of Australia when charismatic renewal was young and controversial (in the 1970s and 1980s). hanks to my friend Vani from our church (Glen Eira Christian Community Church in Melbourne) for scanning this article. […]
The Thief On The Cross
“Mark and Bev Tindall” wrote in message news:… Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. (Luke 23:42, NIV) Some things to notice ……………….. Jesus did not approach the thief on the cross. The thief on the cross approached Jesus first. The thief did not read the “Four Spiritual Laws” The thief did not […]
God ‘up there’
“Mark and Bev Tindall” : The following from John A T Robinson, Bishop of Woolwich, ‘Honest To God’ (SCM, London: 1963) ******************** For in place of a God who is literally or physically ‘up there’ we have accepted, as part of our mental furniture, a God who is spiritually or metaphysically ‘out there’. p. 13 […]
Did God Create Evil?
Did God create Evil? This will make you think for a while. At a certain college, there was a professor with a reputation for being tough on Christians. At the first class every semester, he asked if anyone was a Christian and proceeded to degrade them and to mock their statement of faith. One semester, […]
Christianity
From a netfriend: What makes Christianity different from all the other religions of the world? Years ago that very question was discussed at a conference. Some of the participants argued that Christianity is unique in teaching that God became man. But someone objected, saying that other religions teach similar doctrines. What about the resurrection? No, […]
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