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Category Archives: tradition
Passionized or pacified?
Christianity should activate people with fire in their soul. Instead it too often seems to pacify them rather than passionizing them. If Christ is dead, a church meeting following Him leads to anarchy. If Christ is alive, following Him leads … Continue reading
Posted in authority, CEO, honky tonks, Jesus CEO, memory, nontraditional, passivity, security, spirit, spiritual authority, spiritual enemies, spiritual experiences, spiritual healing, spiritual hunger, spiritual listening, spiritual maturity, spiritual passion, spiritual presence, spiritual prompting, spiritual reading, spiritual reality, spiritual themes, spiritual voices, spiritualism, tradition, Uncategorized
Tagged 12 steps, anarchy, passion, seance, spiritual, spiritualists, spirituality, supernatural
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If you haven’t heard, perhaps your being herded
If you haven’t heard Christ’s living words burning in your heart, it’s easy to follow the herd. Are you being herded? When God blazes a new trail in your heart, it often creates a mismatch with religious tradition. Jesus’ way or … Continue reading
Posted in following Christ, heart, heart care, heart connection, heart strangely warmed, heart-felt, I am the way, Jesus is the way, sin, smoke, smoke and mirrors, spectators, spiritual warfare, tradition, Uncategorized
Tagged Christianity, creativity, follow the herd, inner light, innovation, pioneers, religion, trailblazers
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Christ’s presence outshines religion
Some people think that God only works through religion. Nothing could be further from the truth. Jesus is the Way, however, sometimes religion can block His way. Religious programming can unintentionally crowd the presence of Christ out of church. In church … Continue reading
Posted in awe, awe of God, Bible, filled with awe, priesthood of the believer, religious ceremonies, religious tradition, revival, spiritual growth, tradition, Uncategorized
Tagged Christ's presence, Christianity, He walks with me and He talks with me, practicing the presence, presence of God, real presence, religion
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Say what? A PC monopoly or BC Spirit-prompting?
Why not step out of political correctness* and into Beyond Church*? * PC is “saying what society says to say.” * BC is “saying what the Holy Spirit says to say.” Our 21st Century concept of PC was actually predicted … Continue reading
Posted in newspeak, Oceania, organic chruch, Pharisees, Quench not the Spirit, quenching the Spirit, religious tradition, thought crime, tradition, tradition of the elders, Uncategorized
Tagged George Orwell, monopoly, Nineteen Eighty-Four, PC, political correctness, quotes, religion
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The Catherine Booth 4-Part Challenge
The Catherine Booth 4-Part Challenge (From her book Papers Practical on Practical Religion.) 1) Break out of the standardized church pattern imposed by tradition and routine. Catherine Booth said: “Churches have stereotyped forms, refusing to come down from the routine of … Continue reading
Safe Church — Unlocking God’s Glory!
In the New Testament church was awesomely filled with the Presence of God. How can the 21st Century church recover the lost combination for God’s glory in our meetings? While thinking about this, a scene suddenly came to my mind. I … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14:26, church community, church format, church meetings, church safe, early church, experiencing God, experiential worship, God, God's glory, how to recover a lost combination, lost combination, mysticism, New Testament, New Testament church, organic church, Paul of Tarsus, releasing God's glory, religion, safe in church, tradition, traditional church, worship, worship innovation
Tagged bank vaults, Christianity, church, combination locks, safes
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How To Have Genuine Revival & Spiritual Awakening
How to Prepare The Way of The Lord (And Make Room For Revival & Spiritual Awakening in Your Life And in Your Church) 1) Get tradition out of the way. (“You nullify the word of God by your tradition.” –Jesus.) … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical concept, deny yourself, God resists the proud, God's power, God's presence, grace, grace of God, heart, heart care, humility, iniquities, iniquity, Jesus, Jesus is alive, Jesus Movement, Nashville, Prepare the way of the Lord, quotation, quote, Quotes, revival history, Salvation Army, Salvation Army church, Salvation Army Corps, take up your cross, tradition
Tagged Christianity, how to, move of God, quotes, religion, revival, spiritual awakening
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Open Church / Open Hearts
Traditionally church has been . . . –One special man weekly instructing a passive group of ordinary people. Biblically church seems to be . . . –A Spirit-led group of ordinary people actively teaching and ministering to one another in … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14:26, college, college experiences, college students, one another, one anothering, one anothers, open church, perfume on Jesus' feet, pulpit, Salvation Army, Salvation Army church, Salvation Army Corps, Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, Spirit-prompted, spiritual formation, tradition, traditional church, University of Tennessee Martin
Tagged Christianity, church, Nashville, organic church, Tennessee
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God’s voice is heard in humble, human hearts.
God’s voice is not heard through hype, hoopla, or hierarchy; it is heard in humble, human hearts. In the Bible, church is not a preplanned program, but God’s powerful presence being poured out on people! (See Acts 2). When believers … Continue reading
Posted in church format, church leader, church meetings, church program, church programs, church roles, God, God calling, God's voice, hearing Jesus, hearing the Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, Music City, Nashville, Nashville adventure, Nashville church, Salvation Army church, sermon, sermon-free, sermon-hearing, Tennessee, The Salvation Army, The Voice, tradition, voice of God
Tagged Christianity, church, hearing God, sermons
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Is church . . . An agenda or an awakening? A program or His Presence? A tradition or a transformation? A teaching or a testimony? A sermon or signs & wonders? A duty or a delight? Religion or revolution?
Church without the real presence of the living, resurrected Jesus Christ is like an unplugged blender. It looks nice, but it’s not going to produce any smoothies.
Posted in agenda, Christianity, religion, signs and wonders, tradition, Uncategorized
Tagged blender, church, Jesus Christ, real presence, smoothies
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