Category Archives: Faith
How do you understand the Bible?
As mentioned, I want to discuss how Christians have misused and abused scripture, why this is wrong, and why we have done so in my next several posts. Usually I write what I have to say and then ask my … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Personal Commentary
Tagged Bible, Christianity, Jesus, the Bible, the word of God, Word of God
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Jesus, please do not let go of the wheel: How I explain what happened in my life last year to non-Christians…
I realize that I use a lot of religious language in my writing and it really only makes sense to Christians. However, many of my friends do not come from any organized spiritual or religious tradition to speak of and … Continue reading
Life in marvelous times…
I think most of my life I have been waiting for an invitation to come and join a party I was already at. My own self-hatred kept me from acknowledging that God and others wanted me even though they did and … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged Christianity, Jesus, Jesus Christ, joy, older brother, prodigal son, prodigal sons, young brother
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What it’s like to pray for healing for juvenile arthritis…
Due to the miraculous healing I have received in inner healing prayer I began to pray for physical healing for arthritis for the first time in many years. During this time my pain decreased to the point where I forgot … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged arthritis, Christ, Christianity, faith, healing, Jesus, Jesus Christ, juvenile arthritis, prayer, prayers for healing
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A farewell present for Andrea Bressler
Sadly one of my friends at Fuller, Andrea Bressler, shall be moving on from seminary for bigger and better things. Recently we took a communication class together and after my “Biblical Message” speech she sent me an email in which … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged 1 John, 1 John 4, 1 John 4:19, Christian love, Christian ministry, Christianity, faith, God's love for us, Jesus, love, ministry, preaching, we love because he first loved us
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Prophetic words from Pihop
[The Well is a prophetic prayer ministry of Pihop. I have gone for the last month and received prayer. Each time they record your session and email it to you. This experience has been very impactful for me and I wanted to share … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Personal Commentary
Tagged calling, Christianity, discernment, Holy Spirit, Pihop, prophetic prayer, The Well, www.pihop.com
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What is Pihop?
[So anyone reading my blog or my Facebook recently will see a dramatic increase in reference to something known as “Pihop.” I have even turned it into a verb and talked about “Pihopping” or “going to Pihop it up.” In … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Personal Commentary
Tagged contemplative worship, encouragement, Holy Spirit, house of prayer, ihop, Pihop, prayer, refreshment, restoration, spiritual experience, worship, www.pihop.com
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The Great Emergence: How I see Christianity changing in the next hundred years and why…
[Three speakers at Fuller discussed how Christianity is changing and why. Using some of their statements and thoughts as a springboard I want to share my own beliefs on this issue] Jumping ship… Phyllis Tickle, to whom I will refer … Continue reading
The Great Emergence: Why I ain’t afraid of no (Holy) Ghost.
[In my last post I suggested that a recent dialogue at Fuller raised two issues for me. First, the interplay between being a responsible but engaging and provocative communicator and the fear of the Holy Spirit I see in the … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, Why do we believe...
Tagged Charismatic, Christianity, civil religion, fear, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, ignorance, Pentecostalism, suspicion, Tony Jones, Trinity
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Speakfaithfully 
Why I left Christianity.
Recently I left Christianity. While I have had some amazingly positive experiences in my twenty some years in Christianity, including moments where I truly experienced the love of God, shared true heart-warming fellowship with other Christians, and even times where … Continue reading →