Holy Spirit Resources
Like many of you, I am an avid reader. I learned early in my ministry that great leaders are great readers and so I have made reading to be both a joy and a discipline in my life. Over my 38 years of ministry, I have accumulated hundreds and hundreds of books and read many of them. In this blog post, allow me to share just a few book titles/authors about the Holy Spirit (I have almost 300 books on this subject) that would be an invaluable blessing to you and worthy of your investment. I have checked Amazon and can verify that these books are still in print and available. The Holy Spirit and...
How Important is the Anointing?
How important is the Holy Spirit's anointing? The answer is best given by a man who was a powerful theologian and educator, used mightily of God in healing crusades, and the founder of my alma mater Southwestern Assemblies of God University, P. C. Nelson. "Without this anointing it is possible to get up suppers and bazaars, rummage sales and entertainments; to give addresses on current events, religious, moral, philanthropic, and literary topics and other themes; but not to exercise a ministry even remotely comparable to that of Christ and His apostles." ~ P.C. Nelson "The Baptism in the...
Explanation Is Needed
Some time ago, I had a pastor call and tell me of another church whose pastor had to explain to the congregation about a demonstration of the Holy Spirit's presence in the Sunday morning service. The pastor calling me thought that it was strange and unnecessary to explain about the workings of the Holy Spirit to a Spirit-filled congregation. Little did this pastor expect that I would side with the need for taking time in the service to explain what had transpired. Here is what I told this pastor. Explanation is always needed ... FOR THE SAKE OF THE UNBELIEVERS OR THE VISITORS - In today's...
Tired of Satan’s Input?
Probably just a few of this blog's readers are old enough to remember something called a party line. For all of the youngsters, a party line is not a bunch of people line dancing at a party. So, what is a party line? Until the 1980's, most of America's phone systems consisted of multiple homes sharing a telephone circuit and thus creating what was called a party line. Because of the shared circuit, it was common to pick up your telephone to make a phone call and hear one of your neighbors speaking on a phone call originating from their home. To make your phone call, you would have to hang up...
There Must Be More
One of the greatest dangers within the Body of Christ is found when a believer experiences God in a real, tangible way and then decides to pitch his tent on this one experience and never move on in his journey of the Spirit. These individuals are ones who lose the passion to go after more of God, to experience God in new, fresh ways, and explore the riches of His glory. Here is how one of my all-time favorite spiritual heroes explained it ... "The majority of people throughout Church history never move beyond their first blessing from God - the salvation experience. When John Wesley began to...
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