The Gifts of the Spirit
Monday, December 20th, 2010In 2 Chronicles 20:1-30, the prophet Jehaziel is moved by the Spirit to prophesy (v.14-17). In this incisive event in the history of Judah, we catch a glimpse of the utter, life-saving consequences of the gifts of the Spirit.
The Consequences of Failing to Know God
Monday, December 20th, 2010I am, as I am sure you are, heavy-hearted over the recent assassination of Israel’s head of state, Prime Minister Yitzkak Rabin. As tragic enough as it is itself, it seems to foreshadow something of a most solemn kind for Israel’s troubled future. That is, in the justification found for it, “in God,” by an […]
Israel and the Outpouring of the Spirit
Sunday, November 1st, 2009The outpouring of the Spirit needs to be restored to the context of God’s intention, centering in the restoration of a people who have not even the faintest notion of their eternal destiny, or a desire for it, and want only to be as other nations. Nevertheless, God’s word toward them will be fulfilled; His gifts and callings are irrevocable, or God voids Himself as God.
Rome or Zion?
Saturday, March 1st, 2008A message spoken at a predominantly Catholic charismatic conference, and was a call to a reality beyond the Church’s own self-absorption and into the purpose and context of God in the Last Days.