Preaching With Power, Not Persuasive Words

….and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. – The Apostle Paul, 1 Corinthians 2:4-5, ESV I have been reading the Gospels lately in my daily...

Jesus Must Be The Center

Jesus Over Form Must Be The Center of The Current Authentic Church Movement The trap that seems to be all too successful in snaring the Christian who desires an “Authentic Community” situation, seems to be, that such a God-bestowed desire can be idolized to the point of deification of an ideal image....

What is the Kingdom?

What is the kingdom? My first response is this: When that which happens in heaven happens on the earth. On one hand it is the day to day life of the believer and his communion and relationship with God and His people.  On the other hand, it is an invasion of heaven to earth through those very same people....

The Key of David

There has been a lot written about the key of David over the last decade. Jason Upton sings of its relation to intimacy. Bob Gladstone calls it: “The willingness to live or die in protest to the law of sin and of death.” These are fantastic descriptions to view, or to start to unravel the...

Raising the Dead

This is an article I wrote in 2006. I have wanted to post it on Fire On Your Head for some time, but I have failed to do so because of the intensity of its content. I am on a journey to be a revelation of the things to come, even calling souls from death into life. Resurrection is our identity as believers...

Apostolic Considerations

What kind of church makes an apostolic statement that is genuine, authentic, sent of God, and changes the culture in which it resides? Where is such a statement being made? The goal of the apostolic church is not to be recognized as apostolic. The goal of the apostolic church is to be recognized as Jesus....

The Effectuality of True Preaching

“For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe.” -1 Thess. 2.13 “For they themselves report...

Unconditional Obedience?

“And as they sat at the table, the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back. And he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Because you have disobeyed the word of the LORD and have not kept the command that the LORD your God commanded you, but...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 7

Ephesians 5a – Living in the Light 1. 1-2 As we grow, we imitate Christ, and walk as He walked, in love. When we imitate Him, we become more like Him, and less like the world. This will mean the more like Him we will become. We will live more pure and sin less. Sin is a stench in the nostrils of God. And...

People

By Robert Gladstone Reading Philippians this morning, one thing Paul says really jumped out at me.  “For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus” (2:21). So, what are the interests of Christ Jesus?  The context explains clearly. His interests are people.  God’s burning...