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Why Would “Spirit-Filled” Leaders Crash?
Within the evangelical world there have been numerous leaders or pastors crashing due to sexual, spiritual, financial, or emotional abuse of others, often members of their own church or ministry. While the issue of sexual abuse in the evangelical world … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, christianity, Faith, Holy Spirit, Spiritual gifts
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There is no righteous anger
Anger is a power emotion, the “fight” of the fight or flight due, associated with the general activation syndrome. It is well known that anger is a dangerous emotion, for unlike its usefulness in confronting a lion or a bear … Continue reading
Davids’ Advent Greetings 2022
Greetings to each of you as we await celebrating the birth of Jesus and his second coming. Judy writes “It seemed to take 2021 to climb back up out of the pandemic isolation and the knee replacement for me. Just … Continue reading
Power and Powerful
Our culture values, as Richard Foster wrote so many years ago, money, sex, and power. And, in fact, the three often go together. A Hollywood mogul may make buckets of money and have the power to make or break a … Continue reading
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The Davids Advent Review-2021
Davids Family October 2021 The biggest highlight of this year was a replanned visit by all three of our children from Canada on Judy’s birthday in October. (Originally, the trip had been planned for May 2020 and, of course, the border had … Continue reading
Happy Unbirthday
Pentecost is often called “the birthday of the church,” which implies that the church did not exist before Pentecost, except in, perhaps, nascent form. The phenomena associated with Pentecost are then said to be characteristic of the church. And often … Continue reading
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Tagged Church, Pentecost, Spiritual gifts
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Historical Amnesia
I recently was part of Catholic – Charismatic (=neo-Pentecostal)/Pentecostal Novena to the Holy Spirit. I was part of it mainly because John Michael Talbot was speaking in one online session (there was a talk each day before the prayers), unfortunately … Continue reading
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Tagged charismatic movmement, Church History, Ecumenism
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Seek the Lord
In my previous blog post, Presidential Fallout, I reflected on the effects of the last presidential campaign and election on the church and particularly on the evangelical and Pentecostal/ neo-Pentecostal parts of the church. I want to reflect further on … Continue reading
On Fixing the Church
There are obviously problems with the church. Whether it is Protestant or Catholic, Evangelical Protestant or Mainline Protestant, the retention rate of youth is something like 15 – 17%. Catholic worry that their losses are going to Protestant churches, particularly … Continue reading
DAVIDS’ ADVENT LETTER 2019
A new year approaches with a coming new decade. The Davids have so many new things in our lives that we can scarcely keep up with ourselves. First, we have a new address: 5499 East State Hwy 29, Georgetown, TX … Continue reading
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