CHARISMATICA

Here’s some great thoughts from Pastor Mark Batterson:
“The longer I preach the more cognizant I am of this fact: my words don’t mean anything without the quickening of the Holy Spirit. I’d rather have people hear one word from the Lord than a thousand of my sermons! My [...]

(-Book Cover: “Believing in a God who does not exist: Manifesto of an Atheist Pastor”)
An Atheist Protestant Pastor? Condoms being handed out at church? A practicing Muslim serving as an Episcopal priest? A practicing Gay Bishop? All ‘April Fools’ jokes Right? No–incredibly true!
This is where you end up once you begin to deny Biblical [...]

I have been posting about ministry standards lately. I found this on Adrian Warnock’s blog–a quote from D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the importance of self-examination in Christian living and revival, a timely message for sure:
“It is one thing to believe the truth, it is a very different thing to apply it. We did listen, [...]

I just read the current Fire in My Bones article by J. Lee Grady: “No More Monkey Business in the Ministry“. It is truly amazing how this article continues along the same line of the post I wrote yesterday. Grady documents a few more that boldly continue in the ministry in spite of major [...]

I found this quote today in the MinistryToday magazine. It is right on target with what I posted yesterday:
“We have to recognize that we’ve created the system that we loathe. I don’t think the reason 15 percent serve is because 85 percent are lazy. We’ve created a system that glorifies the clergy and marginalized [...]

Received this from Christianity Today–here is a good way to support the thousands of troops that are deployed away from home this Christmas season–a Campus Crusade ministry:

Dear Ministry Partner,
A military chaplain recently wrote, "I have personally given out thousands of RDKs at no cost to my unit."
It is only with the support of people [...]

J. Lee Grady has some great advice here for ‘young’ Christian leaders and old ones too -found on  http://www.godtube.com/charismatv :

(Play time: 6 minutes 31 seconds)
You can find this in printed form at Charisma Online: "Fire in My Bones": go to ‘Archives’ and click on the menu and find the article @ 10-26-07 – Advice to [...]

Today marks my first anniversary of blogging as a ministry. I reflect on the beginning a year ago and my original vision in a post on my original blog- ANSWERS For The Faith.

This time of the year, around the Biblical (Jewish) new year, I usually take some time to consider what I am doing and what I’m involved in, particularly in the way of ministry. The process started two weekends ago at a church men’s retreat. I received some very useful words and a number [...]

The high holy days of the Jewish calendar began at sundown Friday 9/22/06 -Rosh Hashanah and continue through nightfall on October 2-Yom Kippur. You ask, what significance does this has for Christians? The Jewish calendar is Biblical and God still seems to honor it in many ways.