Do You Know What You Believe?

03/01/09 09:12 Filed in: Beliefs
I read books because I don’t want to stop learning and growing intellectually and spiritually. Recently I read Charles (Chuck) Colson’s (and Harold Fickett’s) book The Faith – given once and for all. It is a timely book because as Chuck Colson writes, “Most professing Christians don’t know what they believe and so can neither understand nor defend the Christian faith – much less live it.” Read More...

God Goes Where He Is Wanted!

01/01/09 10:07 Filed in: Revival
Over the past 15 years there has been a series of Revivals at Toronto, Pensacola, Smithton, and more recently, Lakeland, Florida. The latter one was the first to be put on satellite TV around the world, as well as on the internet. It ended with the Canadian evangelist Todd Bentley stepping down amid rumors of moral failure. This resulted in many people heaping criticism on Revivals as a whole, and even becoming cynical about them.

As I have observed and studied Revivals in recent times, I have come to the conclusion that many people do not understand the purpose of Revivals, and consequently, expect certain things to happen which are not intended. I want to try to explain what the purpose of a Revival is, whether it be a large scale Revival like Lakeland or a local expression in a church or region.
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