tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-179211072009-05-25T23:31:38.966+01:00Ramblings of a Rockin’ RevPaul Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10349799538166302995noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17921107.post-32302509014562110142009-05-22T15:32:00.002+01:002009-05-22T15:45:12.432+01:00

HE HASN'T GONE AWAY YOU KNOW.Just finished two weeks on the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Straight down the line stuff. And what a response!It's very easy in a large, modern,warm friendly Church to assume that people will get baptised in the Holy Spirit by osmosis. [slowly, subtly and gradually] They don't!It is a sudden, supernatural and subsequent to conversion experience. The evidence is

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My problem with Facebook is not Facebook but some of the twits who use it.I suppose it's the same as a Blog, people will say things to you on it they would never say to your face.Social networks, online or otherwise are good but can they ever replace face to face contact? Perhaps it's easier to be really honest when you don't see the whites of their eyes. But why reveal stuff online to

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My problems with Facebook is not with the medium but with the daft things Christians put onto it.What about having a "friends of clean up Facebook" page.  Then you could urge others to put positive pictures and comments on it.Am I beginning to sound like a boring disapproving old fart? 

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I can't face facebook. I can't be bothered but something about the way it's used does.Why would Christians put stuff on it they should be ashamed about! I saw photos the other day [ on a friends site]of scenes at a party that were obscene and disgusting. I can't understand why people would behave like this even in private but to put them into the public domain is bizarre and frightening.How

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Well. Madeleine Lucy Hill was born on 18/01/09 in Dublin. Sadly she will never play for NI but you can't always have everything you want.Our first grandchild and our pride and joy.

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How could we have been so blind! There are a myriad of subjects which are at best the means to the real goal; that of knowing Christ and making Him known.Some Christians hold subjects such as the nation of Israel, the second coming, the anti Christ, Bible prophecy and even the gifts of the Spirit as the main thing. These are important and God has raised up men and women to explain them in a

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Maintaining a balance between the restoration of a fallen brother and correcting wrong doctrine is a tight rope. You want to restore them gently but at the same time warn others of falling into the same pit so you have to draw attention to some difficult issues.If I have used immoderate language in doing this I unreservedly apologise. I suppose when you are a shepherd and you see the flock,

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My problem isn't so much with Todd but with the people who "commissioned " him EVEN though they knew what he was going through.Todd needs help and our prayers.My problem isn't with healing [or the lack of it] but with this obsession with creative miracles! I have seen many many miracles but most of them come under the everyday sort. I have seen God send me money on many occasions but never

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Well it's over now. Who do I blame? Well if you read my blogg you will know I was worried but I with held direct criticism. Should I have blasted the wrong doctrine and the bizarre practices from the start? I knew something wasn't right but I said wait and see but maybe I should have gone with my first instincts.But I really have some lost respect for those who went and commissioned Todd. They

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One of our young men has just returned from Lakeland. While there he witnessed many healings and supernatural happenings.But since he has returned he has seen several people healed from various illness. I was watching the rugby last Saturday morning when I received a call from a friend from yesteryear. He told me a story about which he had first hand knowledge. It was about someone with a

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A number of years ago a friend offered me a critic of the "Charismatic Movement." He coined the phrase disintegrated anticipation. It meant that we are always looking for the next big thing to come along and solve all of our problems! And invariably it's not related to anything we are currently doing. Of course it never does and we still have to read scripture, pray and witness to a lost

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It was the last Monday in January 1994 when I got a phone call from a former elder of CFC who had emigrated to Toronto the previous year. His Church, The Airport Vineyard, had just had a "special" weekend and something unusual happened; the children, after being prayed for, fell down and started laughing!The Pastor, John Arnot, had asked the speaker for the weekend to stay for the rest of the

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Yes 'Ianhimself' it is possible to be agnostic on a flat earth [I actually believe it's roundish] but surely you are being disingenuous. Can you be agnostic on the Virgin Birth or Resurrection? You know the one; "something doesn't have to be true in order for there to be truth in it."If you become what you believe, what do you become if you believe nothing but imaginary stories about a man who

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The reason the reliability of Scripture is so important is this;1 If, for instance the Virgin Birth did not actually happen, then what other parts of the story are also incorrect. Maybe Jesus wasn't sinless after all, just a very good man. How do you discern what is true and what is not? You end up with a great story about a man but you don't know fact from fiction.2 Possibly more important[

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There is a world of difference between some people experimenting with new models of church and those who deny the Virgin Birth and the Resurrection.One can be healthy and reach more people with the good news. The other is a sure fire way to send people to Hell.It is old news and will never bring life.

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But DSE you just don't get do you?Yes our life is about and centered on a man; Christ Jesus. But where did you get the initial information from? If the basis of your faith is not centered on the scriptures then you are free to recreate your own Jesus. I'm not suggesting you have, just that if there are bits you don't like for instance Substitutionary Atonement then just cut it out. You may

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Emergent church is indeed a slippery fish! Mark Driscoll is a fundie but some would still class him as emergent church.The issue at stake is scripture. Ultimately how you come to it or approach it determines your response to it. Many of McClarens opinions are just that; his opinions. And some seem to put as much weight on them as scripture. Big mistake.It is God's word and I accept that by

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I suppose the church must always evolve into more approprate expressions so as to reach new emerging cultures.I did this twenty seven years ago. We left what we had known and tried something new. It now looks like what CFC is now but we hadn't a clue about that then. So I can't really complain when someone tries something new to reach people who are not being reached by what exists. Church

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Is the attempt to rob scripture of it's power to make the truth more palliative to those who do not believe? If so you may get a few who intellectually feel better about the bible but the consequence is that they are themselves robbed of the reality of what it can do for their lives.You rob them of hope for life in Christ and deny them the chance of salvation.This stuff is from Hell itself.

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I'm still on about so called "Progressive Christianity." Often the worst attacks are the most subtle. They tend to center on the veracity of scripture. But if you go down that line everything is up for grabs. What about this one; "the gospels aren't true but there must be truth in them for people to make up such wonderful stories about Jesus. He must have been a special man." Yes He was but

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As early as the middle of the first century false doctrines plagued the Church. Particularly in his letters to Timothy, Paul warned the church against those who have a form of godliness but denying the power. They diminished the gospel records by calling into question the miracles, the Virgin Birth, the Resurrection and the Divinity of Christ.It sounds cool; "something doesn't have to be true

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I have had to regulate the comments on my blog because of the porn spam. Sorry!When David Wilkerson [Run Baby Run] gave a prophetic word years ago about pornography being beamed into every home in the USA most thought he was delusional. How could that happen we thought? But our God knew about the new technology that was coming and warned us about the Internet.It pays to listen to genuine

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You will notice a huge number of comments to my recent blogs. I was in the USA when I started getting them and was delighted at the positive comments.However on closer examination I have found that they are "blog spam." That is they are computer generated and are sent with a link to a site selling viagra and advertising porn. Help! What do I do to stop this? I don't even get paid by them and I

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It happens to us all I suppose. Getting older that is.I did a baby dedication yesterday morning. When I started doing them I was often younger than the parents. Then I was more often older than the parents. Then I was dedicating children whose parents I had married or even dedicated the parents when they were children. It had to happen one day. I was dedicating a baby, Sam, and I was older than

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Hey dse try http://www.anabaptists.org/history/howwegot.html

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