Monthly Archives: May 2008

Discernment, Revivals, and Godly Common Sense

May 26th, 2008

I’ve received further e-mails asking for more of my thoughts on discerning what is truly of God when signs and wonders and revivals break out. This comes on the heels of two posts I wrote last week (here and here) discussing events at the Lakeland “revival” down in Florida. At a time when discernment appears [...]

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Posted in Apologetics • Charismatic • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Counterculture • Discernment • Dying to Self • Eschatology • Evangelism • God the Father • Godhead • Godly Character • Heresy • Holiness • Humility • In the News • Jesus Christ • Leadership • Maturity • Oddities • Relevance • Revival • Spiritual Warfare • Supernaturalism • The Holy Spirit

Tagged Angels, Bentley, Bible, Demons, Discerning Spirits, Discernment, Florida, Florida Revival, Lakeland, Revival, Todd Bentley, Truth

Thursday Thoughts

May 22nd, 2008

Just a few things I was thinking about or read elsewhere and thought were worth sharing… Christianity Given the hoopla over this “revival” in Florida (which I spoke of earlier this week) and the rise of prophetic ministries across this nation, consider what revivalist Leonard Ravenhill said were the marks of a true prophet and [...]

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Tagged Audubon, Birding, Birds, Bluebird, Challies, Charismatic, China, David Wilkerson, Derek Prince, Disease, Leonard Ravenhill, Light Pollution, Meadowlark, Olympics, Pandemic, Pentecost, Pentecostal, Poison Ivy, Prophetic Movement, Prophets, Ravenhill, Revival, The Shack, Wal-Mart, Wilkerson

Strange Fire in Florida?

May 21st, 2008

And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. Then Moses said unto [...]

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Posted in Charismatic • Christianity in North America • Church Issues • Discernment • Godhead • Godly Character • Heresy • In the News • Jesus Christ • Maturity • Oddities • Revival • Supernaturalism • The Holy Spirit

Tagged Angel, Angels, Bentley, Brownsville, Charismata, Charismatic, Discernment, Florida, Florida Revival, Fruit, Gold Teeth, Healing, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Lakeland, Repentance, Revival, Spiritual Gifts, Stange Fire, TBN, Toronto Blessing