See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland. —Isaiah 43:19 (NIV) I have, since 1984, been a part of the charismatic movement (hereafter “CM”). In those years I’ve seen the blind given their sight, [...]
Posted in Best of Cerulean Sanctum • Bible • Charismatic • Church Issues • Discernment • Holiness • Maturity • Spiritual Warfare • Supernaturalism • The Holy Spirit
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A little more than ten years ago I sat in the plush seats of Willow Creek Community Church, the Sunday pageantry unfolding before my eyes as I took copious notes for a college class: slick, professional music; non-threatening setting lacking any controversial religious symbolism; an (unknown to me) Christian "celebrity" telling how she saved her [...]
Posted in Charismatic • Christianity in North America • Counterculture • Simplicity
Something is wrong with American Christianity. I hear it in the voices of new converts who spout more Maslow and Jung than quote Paul or Moses. I see it in the posture of those who have been with Christ a long time, but have grown weary and are dying for a fresh wind of the [...]
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