by Billy Burns | Dec 21, 2020 | New Testament Christianity, Praying in Other Tongues, The Baptism in the Holy Spirit, The Holy Spirit, Walk of the Spirit
THE BACKGROUND: I know that the name Thomas Ball Barratt (1862-1940) isn’t well-known. It was through this Norwegian Spirit-baptized Methodist that the Pentecostal message was introduced in Norway and spread throughout all of Europe. Read the following story...
by Billy Burns | Dec 14, 2020 | New Testament Christianity, Revival, The Holy Spirit, Walk of the Spirit
THE BACKGROUND: The Methodist church was the fruit of John Wesley’s attempt some 300 years ago to reform the spiritually dormant and corrupt Anglican church. The movement, however, became separate from its parent body and developed into an autonomous church....
by Billy Burns | Dec 7, 2020 | New Testament Christianity, Praying in Other Tongues, Testimonies, The Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Walk of the Spirit
Did you read my recent “From My Files” post? In this post, I made a promise and I’m here now to keep my word. This is the first of several upcoming posts that will share some of the powerful thoughts, quotations, and stories that I’ve read,...
by Billy Burns | Nov 30, 2020 | New Testament Christianity, Testimonies, The Holy Spirit, Walk of the Spirit
Years ago, I heard my friend Jim Wideman say in a conference workshop that God didn’t give us a brain to use for memory. Our brain was placed inside of our head for creativity. God gave us the tools to assist us with our memory. To that, I’ll say a great...
by Billy Burns | Oct 26, 2020 | New Testament Christianity
Do you remember as a young child joining your hands together and, while moving your fingers around, saying the rhyme, “Here is the church, here is the steeple, open the doors and see all the people”? It is a cute, fun activity for children. But, if the...
by Billy Burns | Oct 19, 2020 | New Testament Christianity
Did I amaze you in the last blog post with my concept that God loves IKEA? After reading that post, you will have to agree with me. God loves assembling. We see this when we read … “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is …”...
