For anyone who might say that God doesn’t speak to people personally anymore, I would beg to differ. This morning I heard very clearly from the Holy Spirit. Does that sound weird? I suppose it does, but it shouldn’t. I mean, when you read the Bible it’s pretty clear that God speaks to people. Why would he stop doing that? When I got in the van this morning to go to church, before I even turned the key, I very clearly got this message; “Be cool.” Read the rest of this entry »
Here is the latest installment of our video news from July 22, 2008. Also posted is some videos from the Summer 2008 update from Chapel Mission India. Those videos are hosted on our Viddler page so head over and check them out. The all start with “CMI.”
Over the years I’ve taken an interest in the super hero movies that have come out. The writers and studios are making some great stuff. For whatever reason, when I watch these movies, I see some kind of parallel with the Christian experience. Well, at least the Christian experience as is it supposed to be. I blogged about it sometime back. With all three Spiderman movies and with Superman Returns, there are some profound illustrations of the battle between the old nature and the new nature. The flesh versus the Spirit as it were. These heroes have to come to terms with who they want to be which, in turn, dictates their actions and priorities. I even named the teaching series I did on the Holy Spirit, “Holy Spirit, Batman!” But I never used Batman in any of my teaching. I never seemed to see any parallels between his experience and that of the believer. Just last night I figured out why. Read the rest of this entry »
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