Archive for September, 2008
Heretical Charismatic Pastor Loses Church
A once prominent leader in the charismatic movement, Bishop Carlton Pearson has been forced to shut down his church and merge it with a Unitarian church.
Bishop Pearson was once the pastor of a large Charismatic church with over 6,000 members, use to be on the board of Oral Roberts University, guest host on [...]
Posted: September 28th, 2008 under American Church, Holy Spirit, Salvation.
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Nifty Pop-Up Bible APP: "RefTagger"
I found this on Adrian Warnock’s blog—an app. program by the folks over at Logos Bible Software: Reftagger
This program automatically provides a pop-up window that displays every bible reference in your blog or website in the version you choose. Take a look how it works, just point your curser at the following scriptures and [...]
Posted: September 27th, 2008 under Blogging.
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We Need to Pray
We are in an economic crisis is this country. I have spent the last couple of days reading article after article from supposed ‘experts’ with ideas about how we can get out of this mess. All vastly different.
The Bush administration has come up with a proposal that could do the job for now, but [...]
Posted: September 25th, 2008 under Intercession, Politics & Religion, Prayer.
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Newsweek: Palin’s Pastor Preaches about Hell!
This is another Gov.Palin controversy pointed out by Newsweek writer by Lisa Miller. The subtitle of the article is "The senior pastor of Palin’s former church preaches hellfire for anyone who isn’t saved by Jesus".
I guess this seems to bother some and it is out of step with an ‘Oprah’ culture which proclaims that [...]
Posted: September 23rd, 2008 under News Commentary, Politics & Religion, Salvation.
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Media Unhinged on Tongues and Palin
I don’t know if you have seen the now famous Oliphant ‘tongues’ cartoon that was published in the Washington Post. I warn all Charismatics/Pentecostals to view it at their own risk. Rich Tatum posted on this with links to some articles and responses including one from the AG Church. Rich’s perspective on the issue is [...]
Posted: September 22nd, 2008 under Politics & Religion, Tongues.
Comments: 2
Wigglesworth: "The Trial of Faith"
Here is another devotional from Charisma OnLine–another great one on faith by Smith Wigglesworth:
The Trial of Faith
Today’s message is from Smith Wigglesworth.
Gold perishes Faith never perishes. It is more precious than gold, though it be tried by fire.
Beloved, as you are tested in the fire, the Master is cleaning away all that cannot bring out [...]
Posted: September 21st, 2008 under Devotional, Faith, Prayer.
Comments: 2
Christians on Wallstreet turn to Prayer
Most business executives, particularly those working on Wallstreet, were aware last weekend that the country was facing unprecedented problems that could well bring down the entire economy of the USA and with it the world in the week ahead. Many turned to God at that time in prayer. Here is a CT article about [...]
Posted: September 20th, 2008 under Prayer, Prayer Request.
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Wigglesworth: "Two Kinds of Faith"
Here is a great devotional I received from Charisma OnLine:
Two Kinds of Faith
Today’s message is from Smith Wigglesworth.
There are two kinds of faith that God wants us to see. There is a natural faith and there is a saving faith. All people are born with the natural faith. Natural faith has limitations.
Saving faith is [...]
Posted: September 19th, 2008 under Christian Living, Devotional, Faith.
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A Media AG Cheat Sheet
There have been all sorts of ignorant statements and outrageous comments made by the main stream media and 100’s of blogs concerning the Assemblies of God Church that Gov. Sarah Palin was raised in.
Here’s a great ‘primer’ and synopsis of the history and beliefs of that denomination–written by Mr. PneumaBlogger himself—Rich Tatum, and [...]
Posted: September 17th, 2008 under American Church, Politics & Religion.
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Re: Religion and Politics?
Since no one has responded to the previous post, I will comment on the mix of religion and politics myself and chime in with a few observations. Both subjects can be volatile and have been known to split friends and families more often than any other topic of conversation. I can remember a [...]
Posted: September 15th, 2008 under Politics & Religion.
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