June 2022 – What Happened To Our Churches

NAME, SHARE, SEEK MORE: Encourage Others by Sharing Your Experiences of the Holy Spirit

Why Does The Spirit Always Work Through God’s Word? Name the Holy Spirit is the first step in re-energizing personal and congregational spiritual life. The second is to Share such Spiritual experiences for mutual encouragement. And the third is a commitment to Seek More such experiences through practices that the Spirit can use to draw followers …

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Getting the Theology of the Holy Spirit Right

Why Does The Spirit Always Work Through God’s Word? 1054 A.D. was a significant milestone in the history of the Christian church. That’s when the split occurred between the Latin-speaking Western church and the Greek-speaking Eastern church. At issue was the role of the Holy Spirit in the Trinity. Does this Third Person proceed from …

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Whispers From The Holy Spirit

Have you ever had the notion pop into your head that you should go and visit someone? Could the Holy Spirit be planting that whisper? I experienced a loud whisper from the Spirit in work with our sister church body in Haiti. On a trip to a church site damaged by an earthquake, we were …

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Understand the Power of Trigger Events

When I was leading a group on a tour of Israel, we went out on the Sea of Galilee in a tourist boat. We could see many of the special places where Jesus taught and ministered. The operator then played a recording of “How Great Thou Art” at high volume. We sang all three verses—with …

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