Onward, Forward, Toward…

Recently, I have been reading an interesting blog entitled The Grey coats (yes, the name does come from the famous “Civil War in the Church” prophecy that The Morning Star Prophetic Bulletin issues in May 1996) that has talked about the now famous report Ernie Gruen issued in reference to the Kansas City Prophets and it’s relation to IHOP of today.

I received the news recently that a very prominent church in my city (that I used to attend) has decided to end a long standing relationship with one association of churches known for the Toronto Blessing (and their disassociation from the movement) and align themselves with a very ‘apostolic / river’ network of churches that (per this group’s web page) “steward the ever-increasing experience of Heaven-invading-earth”.

I got this one in my e-mail today via Ministry Today’s weekly e-mail:

Christian leaders should not make partisan endorsements. Neither should the evangelical movement be in the hip pocket of any political party. Instead, as good citizens, Christians bring righteousness and justice to bear on public life while never allowing ourselves to become a special-interest group. Thus, the fact that some evangelicals support one candidate and others support another is an encouraging sign that we are not monolithic, led by a few partisans. This is not a sign of a …

Legalism is defined as:

A belief system where laws, “do’s and dont’s”, pet doctrines, and rules of conduct, not faith in God’s, is the primary pathway to redemption.

Another way of putting this is:

Jesus + (some other personal ideology made into “God’s Theology) = salvation

Very interesting article from New Man magazine. What is more intriguing is that they have a new CD to be released next summer.

“Sometimes we are murdered by our pride, and our own pride overtakes everything else in our life and we are blinded to that,” Michael Sweet said. “So many times our pride overtakes what we are supposed to do as believers.”

One of the songs is a remake of the old Boston song ‘Peace of Mind’ with none other than Tom Scholz (the MIT engineering grad turned rockstar via the …

Anti-Christ of the week ending 1-19-08 is:

According to the Associated Press, the Iowa Senator responsible for the initial inquiry into the finances of six prominent televangelists is in the process of:

preparing another round of letters to Christian television ministries, prodding them to answer questions about their spending and the way they are governed….

Let’s see what happens…..