Friday, January 12, 2007
Sliker's taking a vote
David Sliker is taking a vote as to whom you might like to see blogging at IHOP-KC. Read on and vote here: http://www.heisatthedoor.com/blog/?p=32
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Great article on IHOP at the CBN web site
Check out this article:
Groups of Christians praying and worshipping 24 hours a day, seven days a week sure sounds spiritual. But exactly why would God lead them to do such a thing? Mike Bickle heads up a ministry where 24/7 prayer's already happening, and he says it's absolutely necessary if Christians ever want to see Jesus return.
"God is not sending His Son to the earth in a vacuum. He's sending His Son to the earth in answer to the cry: the persistent, global cry of His covenant people on the earth," Bickle said.
Read the entire article here: http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/82269.aspx
Props to DL!
Groups of Christians praying and worshipping 24 hours a day, seven days a week sure sounds spiritual. But exactly why would God lead them to do such a thing? Mike Bickle heads up a ministry where 24/7 prayer's already happening, and he says it's absolutely necessary if Christians ever want to see Jesus return.
"God is not sending His Son to the earth in a vacuum. He's sending His Son to the earth in answer to the cry: the persistent, global cry of His covenant people on the earth," Bickle said.
Read the entire article here: http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/82269.aspx
Props to DL!
New blog on the block
Matthew Burnett has started his blog, check it out here: http://matthewburnett.blogspot.com/
Link: Deadline looms to topple PTL tower
Interesting article:
York County said Monday that it will fine MorningStar Fellowship Church $465 a day starting Thursday until the tower at the old Heritage USA is torn down.
The county and the church agreed the unfinished high-rise would be demolished as part of a rezoning plan for the area two years ago, said Susan Britt, director of the planning and development department for York County, S.C. But the church hasn't torn down the building and has a Wednesday deadline, so the county is proceeding with the fines, Britt said.
MorningStar Ministries, which owns Heritage, said Monday it intends to make the building into a retirement center.
"We would like to make it not only the tallest building in the area, but the most beautiful as well, and a major asset to the whole community," MorningStar founder Rick Joyner said in an a statement obtained by The Associated Press. "We certainly did not want to take any shortcuts on something like this."
Entire article is here: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/breaking_news/16415210.htm
York County said Monday that it will fine MorningStar Fellowship Church $465 a day starting Thursday until the tower at the old Heritage USA is torn down.
The county and the church agreed the unfinished high-rise would be demolished as part of a rezoning plan for the area two years ago, said Susan Britt, director of the planning and development department for York County, S.C. But the church hasn't torn down the building and has a Wednesday deadline, so the county is proceeding with the fines, Britt said.
MorningStar Ministries, which owns Heritage, said Monday it intends to make the building into a retirement center.
"We would like to make it not only the tallest building in the area, but the most beautiful as well, and a major asset to the whole community," MorningStar founder Rick Joyner said in an a statement obtained by The Associated Press. "We certainly did not want to take any shortcuts on something like this."
Entire article is here: http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/breaking_news/16415210.htm
Monday, January 8, 2007
John Piper at Passion '07
Here is John Piper's message he gave at Passion '07 ("How to Deal with the Guilt of Sexual Failure for the Glory of Christ and His Global Cause"), which was a young adult gathering last week in Atlanta that had 20,000 in attendance. Part of the message is as follows:
Paul wrote in Romans 8:3, “By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh.” He condemned sin in the flesh. Whose sin? Ours. Jesus had none (it was the likeness of sinful flesh, not sinful flesh). He condemned our sin in the flesh. Whose flesh? Jesus’ flesh, not ours.
Have you ever wondered what the next verse in Colossians 2:15 means? Right after saying that God nailed the record of our debt to the cross, Paul says, “[God] disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.” This is a reference to the devil and all his demonic hosts. How are they disarmed? How are they defeated? Don’t they prowl around like a roaring lion today (1 Peter 5:8)?
The answer is: They have many weapons. They can do much damage. But they are disarmed of the one weapon that can damn us. The weapon of unforgiven sin. Be sure you see the connection between Colossians 2:14 and 15. In 2:14, it says God nailed the record of our debt to the cross. It’s punished. It’s finished. And in the next breath he says that God disarmed the rulers and authorities. He triumphed over them. Sure, they can beat us up. They can make us see weird things on the walls of our rooms. They can shake your house and cause lying signs and wonders. They accuse you and call you a loser, but they cannot damn you. That weapon is out of their hands. Only unforgiven sin damns. And that was nailed to the cross for everyone of you who despairs of saving yourself and trusts in Jesus.
Paul wrote in Romans 8:3, “By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh.” He condemned sin in the flesh. Whose sin? Ours. Jesus had none (it was the likeness of sinful flesh, not sinful flesh). He condemned our sin in the flesh. Whose flesh? Jesus’ flesh, not ours.
Have you ever wondered what the next verse in Colossians 2:15 means? Right after saying that God nailed the record of our debt to the cross, Paul says, “[God] disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.” This is a reference to the devil and all his demonic hosts. How are they disarmed? How are they defeated? Don’t they prowl around like a roaring lion today (1 Peter 5:8)?
The answer is: They have many weapons. They can do much damage. But they are disarmed of the one weapon that can damn us. The weapon of unforgiven sin. Be sure you see the connection between Colossians 2:14 and 15. In 2:14, it says God nailed the record of our debt to the cross. It’s punished. It’s finished. And in the next breath he says that God disarmed the rulers and authorities. He triumphed over them. Sure, they can beat us up. They can make us see weird things on the walls of our rooms. They can shake your house and cause lying signs and wonders. They accuse you and call you a loser, but they cannot damn you. That weapon is out of their hands. Only unforgiven sin damns. And that was nailed to the cross for everyone of you who despairs of saving yourself and trusts in Jesus.
PrayerPodcast.com
Here is a teriffic resource for the prayer movement: http://www.prayerpodcast.com/
Today's reading from the Moravian list
The daily reading that the Moravian email list provides includes this scripture today:
I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. Isaiah 42:16
I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. Isaiah 42:16
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