An article appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald today, Schools move to bankrupt parents, describing how many private schools are chasing families for large amounts of unpaid school fees, no doubt due to fallout from the Global Economic Crisis (GFC). Some of these schools are Christian schools from various denominations – Protestant, Catholic, and non-denominational. … More ‘Christian’ Schools bankrupting families
Many times over the years in my Pente churches, I was taught that as Christians, filled with the Holy Spirit, we have an access to the divine Creator that no unsaved person has. Therefore, we (the church) should be able to produce results that are more amazing, more creative, more wonderful than a non-saved person … More The Doctrine of Ultimate Excellence
First Bottle: Hannah’s Anointing Oil Hannah’s life story of how she travailed to birth the future of Israel in the midst of a tumultuous seas on in history (1 Samuel) will help you better understand the year ahead so that you can bring forth the “new.” Hannah’s Anointing Oil was developed for the … More 99 Bottles of ‘Smear’ on The Wall…
There’s a bit more rap here: http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,25391680-3102,00.html Hillsong takes over Garden City Christian Church Article from: The Courier-Mail By Tuck Thompson April 27, 2009 11:15am CELEBRITY evangelist Brian Houston and his Hillsong mega-church have taken over one of Brisbane’s largest Pentecostal churches, Garden City Christian Church. Sydney-based Mr Houston and his wife Bobbie were elected … More The Hillsong Takeover of GCCC
Both a news issue and a church issue… This is quite shocking to me – but maybe not to others here. An article in the Washington Post said that 54% of church goers in the US would always or sometimes support using torture on terrorists, and the biggest group making up that percentage are white, … More Christian Evangelicals Supporting Torture
I wonder if this is why Paul said we are a peculiar people? Doubt it. I have officially labelled this spirit the “Shubba Bubba Spirit”. Mainly because I’ve seen it around Sydney as well, and people are stuck in this spirit fetish, calling out “DADDY!” to God and acting immaturely. (Not to mention this spirit … More Jesus: “Repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is- WOOO! Gyagyagyagya! Bubbalubbalooba!”
The Internet Monk, Michael Spencer, is very widely read, so some of you may already have read his article on ‘The Coming Evangelical Collapse’. While he makes it very clear that he does not consider himself a prophet, the article describes his opinion of the likely future of Evangelicalism. I won’t quote the entire article, … More The Coming Evangelical Collapse
This is article was written by Stuart McGregor in 2002 and does a pretty good study on the differences between mega-churches and the humble, average 70 membered, community church. Click to read the pdf here: http://www.definitive.co.nz/essays/smallchurches.pdf Once again, like many researchers he says the following about the lie that megachurches pump out that ‘thousands are … More Small Churches: Beautiful
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