Hold On To Your Socks!
I don't know whether or not this happens to you, but at times, I can read a book and within hours, most of what I've read has escaped my memory. So, some time ago, I took steps to keep this from robbing me of what I've read. First of all, I began to highlight the thoughts and add annotations in the side margins. And then I went one step further. I created an Excel spreadsheet file on my computer and began to enter those quotations for future reference. For those of you who follow my Billy Burns Ministries page on Facebook, you see these quotations each Monday....
The Demystified Holy Spirit
I'm going to try something totally new in this blog post. For the first time in the 12+ year history of writing this blog, I am simply going to give the title, a brief explanation of the subject, the scripture reference, a set of four questions drawn from the scripture reference, and then leave it to the Holy Spirit to use these questions to make Himself known in your life in a fresh, new way. TITLE: The Demystified Holy Spirit BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE SUBJECT: The 19:2 Déjà vu Epidemic has invaded much of today's Church. The 19:2 refers to a situation found in Acts 19:2 that showed a group...
“Hankinsisms” – Wisdom from Pastor B.B. Hankins
Whoa ... stop ... alright already. I am quite sure that there are some readers that have pulled out the dictionary to look up the word "Hankinsisms" and are ready to correct my word choice. For all of you grammarians, I know that "Hankinsisms" isn't an actual word ... or, is it? Is there a single word that could better describe the unique, profound wisdom shared each week in Pastor B.B.'s sermons and teachings? If you have followed this blog for any length of time, the name Pastor Billy Bob (B.B.) Hankins is no stranger to you. He was the pastor of the Gulf Coast Christian Center in West...
The Unconstrained Holy Spirit – Part 4
EVERY THING found in the book of Acts is a today action of the Holy Spirit. That is, it is a today action if we say "GO Holy Spirit. No more WHOA Holy Spirit". As I have shared in the previous blog posts, for far too long, many have said "WHOA" by ... * Buying into the Not Me Constraint * Putting on the spiritual brakes with the Not Here Constraint I want to share a third all-too-common constraint imposed by many Whoa-ers upon the Holy Spirit. Constraint #3 – The Not Now Constraint. You know the following stories and so I won't go into great detail. In Acts 5:15, we read that Holy Spirit...
The Unconstrained Holy Spirit – Part 3
Man was I on the way-too-wordy side of life in the last blog post. I will make up for my being loquacious by getting right to the second constraint that we impose upon the Holy Spirit. Constraint #2 – The Not Here Constraint. We constrain the working of the Holy Spirit by limiting WHERE He can minister. Where? Yes. And, you already know where the where is. (Did that make any sense?). I'll explain by reminding you of this story ... In Acts 3, we read of Peter and John traveling to the temple. You know the story, right? On their way, they encountered a lame man sitting outside of the temple...
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