When King David appointed prophetic worshippers- those who would make their living worshipping and prophesying the in the house of God, he chose: The children of Asaph: “who proclaimed God’s messages by the king’s orders” (1 Chronicles 25:2) The children of Jeduthun: “Who proclaimed God’s messages to the accompaniment of the harp, offering thanks and praise… [Read more…]
February 13, 2009
Current Trends in American Churches Today: Worship teams are using secular song lyrics for a catchy praise session. Doing narrative sermons- sermons with not much Scripture, but mostly uplifting stories and will end in 20 minutes to accommodate the short attention span of their listeners. Bribing people to come to church by having giveaways. Getting kids and… [Read more…]
January 30, 2009
David felt like a failure. The enemy came and plundered his city while he was away. David’s two wives were captured too. Their city was in ashes. David’s people were pointing all their fingers at David, and were starting to hate him. ”David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him because all… [Read more…]
January 28, 2009
Not too long ago, the Lord spoke to me about how the “kings must die”. In (Isaiah 6), it was the year that King Uzziah died, that Isaiah was able to see the Lord. How did the king come about in Israel? Israel wanted a king because they wanted to be like the… [Read more…]
January 17, 2009
1997: The Year I was Saved! I remembered my salvation experience in 1997. That was an interesting year for me. I was getting deeper and deeper into sin, but it seemed like God was turning up His grace hotter and hotter in my life. God worked through my sister’s church. I went to a… [Read more…]
January 12, 2009
Being humble is easy compared to staying humble. Few have been humble, much fewer have stayed humble. King Saul was humble, but like many he didn’t stay humble. The way you can test humility is through seeing how someone responds to offense. Moses was the most humble man on the face of the… [Read more…]
December 14, 2008
Chapter 4 Ministry Implications How did those in the past go wrong? By a variety of things: heresies, pride, angry bitterness, ungodly competition, sexual sins, overworking, and marriage failures. Underneath those things were: lack of healthy accountability, lack of accountability before God- or the fear of the Lord, too busy for spending… [Read more…]
December 14, 2008
Chapter 2 The History of the Movement The plan for this research was first to look up sources on the history of the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement. Not just those who were supportive or involved in the movement, but also sources from those were and are antagonistic toward the movement. The sources chosen were all credible and contemporary… [Read more…]
December 14, 2008
Chapter 1 The Pentecostal Explosion Since the Azusa Street Revival, in 1906, there has been a rapidly growing movement around the face of the earth. In fact, the Pentecostal, Charismatic, and Neo-Charismatic movements- which are the three waves that originated from Azusa Street just over a hundred years ago- has grown five and… [Read more…]
November 19, 2009
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