Click on following links for: Part 1 and Part 2.
What can we learn about the use of prophetic gifts from Jim Jones’ life?
For clarification, I see Jim Jones as a deceived Christian believer, not as an atheist as many have portrayed him. This belief is supported by the small pentecostal church, the Methodist superintendent who [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 30, 2009
I’d Like To Prophesy…But* (Part 3)
June 29, 2009
Swimming Upstream: “Obama, National Debt, Illegal Aliens and Terrorists”
“Ladies and gentlemen, Carnac the Magnificent,” announces the sidekick, as a turbaned man steps through the curtains, onto the stage. He turns left, realizes his error and then spins around, heading over to the desk. On the way, he trips slightly, but catches himself, before sitting down.
“Welcome, old great sage, it’s good to see you,” [...]
June 27, 2009
I’d Like to Prophesy…But* (Part 2)
Click on following link for Part 1.
How important is godly character for operating the prophetic gifts?
Over the years, I have done research on Jim Jones, founder of the Peoples Temple and leader of Jonestown (Guyana) where over 900 people committed mass suicide on November 18, 1978. His name, even today, evokes nervous twitches in us [...]
June 26, 2009
Swimming Upstream: “Why Me?”
“O Lord, why me? Why not call Bill instead of me? He has his act together, while mine is a rotten mess,” I said to the Lord one year after my salvation (1986).
The reasoning behind the prayer was simple: my life looked like Dresden after its fire-bombing in WWII. My marriage. My family. My career. [...]
June 25, 2009
I’d Like To Prophesy, But…* (Part 1)
Is prophesying still important? Or is it old school Christianity? A relic from a past age, not worth digging up again.
Here is an experience of mine which made a difference in an unbeliever’s life:
Years ago, I worked for a maintenance supervisor whose every word dripped with bitterness and sarcasm. Nobody, including me, wanted to be [...]
June 24, 2009
Swimming Upstream: “What If All Pastors Are Removed?”
What if Hate Crimes’ legislation were enacted which removed all pastors from their positions of church authority? Maybe, even imprisoned them in some remote spots of Canada. Then what?
Would Christianity float belly up and die? What would Christians do? Just sit and stare at empty pulpits Sunday after Sunday, hoping things would somehow revert back [...]
June 22, 2009
Swimming Upstream: “Will America Return To The Good Old Days?”
While sitting in the dentist’s office, I chatted with an elderly Christian lady.
“I’ve had a great life,” she said. “But with the direction America is now heading, I worry about the quality of lives my children and grandchildren will have in the future.”
I agreed and put my two cents into the conversation mix.
“Well, I’m praying [...]
June 20, 2009
Need New Screensavers? Here’s Some From BASECO
Mark Pedder has just posted some pictures which would be perfect screensavers for us western Christians. Maybe, if we saw them over and over again, our hearts would be softened a little bit.
Mark is not good about asking for financial aid, but he and Christine certainly would welcome more money from us believers. Actually, why [...]
June 20, 2009
A Slave’s Awesome Answered Prayer
This story was told by Kenneth Hagin in one of his books. It still makes me tear up when I think about it:
In the 1850’s, a slave woman watched in agony as her husband was led to the auction block. She knew her husband would be sold to another plantation and they would never see [...]
June 19, 2009
Swimming Upstream: “What’d You Think of the Lakeland, Brownsville and Toronto Revivals?”
Did you wrinkle your nose at the recent Lakeland Revival? Or what about the Toronto Revival of 1994? Or the Brownsville Revival of 1995? How did you respond to these three revivals?
It may seem silly to ask these questions, but it is important. Your answers will determine whether you will settle for respectability or the [...]
