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Spiritual Gifts

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The Hash We Make of Physical/Spritual Reality

Gods rather clever.  In fact He’s really clever – He’s like ‘the dude’ of cleverness. God can take things like a lunchbox and multiply it like cells separating to feed 1000s of people. He can take giant balls of gas millions of miles away and make them look cool God can see a box of jumbled … Continue reading »

The difference between ‘A Prophet’ and ‘prophecy’

It’s hard to find common ground and consistent connections between Old Testament Prophets. However a good place to start is this: A Prophet in the Old Testament always did three things: – They reminded of and reinterpreted the past – They spoke into and clarified the pressent – They predicited and proclaimed the future This … Continue reading »

The infallibility of Paul’s Words & the fallibility of Paul. Thoughts on Prophecy.

I’m bringing this up as I recently attended a youth minister training seminar where the gift of prophecy was discussed. It was suggested by the leader that when you bring a word of prophecy to someone you should bring it ‘as if it were the very words of Christ himself.’ The scriptural evidence for this … Continue reading »

Healing at Youth Ministry Meetings

In many an over-the-teapot-type chat, I’ve found myself talking about healing with fellow youth workers. After a while I’d chip in a view or two (see below) and face a mix of polite disbelief and warm pat-on-the-head correction. So what do I believe about healing that’s apparently so odd?

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