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Fan into flame the gift

Posted November 18, 2019February 24, 2021 Bob EkbladPosted in church, culture, TheoMisc Blog

Fan into flame the gift… On a Sunday in early October, Mike Neelley and I went into Skagit County Jail together for our weekly services. Five men gathered around a stainless steel table cemented into the floor. We began with a prayer and then I passed out photocopies of 2 Timothy 1:6-14 – the passage […]

Charismania & Discipleship: Or Why I’m Still a Charismatic…

Posted July 5, 2016January 11, 2021 Lucy PeppiattPosted in church, doctrine, New Testament, TheoMisc Blog

So I get that the charismatic church is messy, and can be off putting. That’s why I love 1 Corinthians. Just when you think Paul should have just shut the crazy Corinthian charismaniacs down, he tells them to ‘Eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy’! He was brave. I take heart from that.