Living the Sermon on the Mount in Persecution

My views on Glenn Stassen’s book “Living the Sermon on the Mount” have made their way onto a web site devoted to the persecuted church in China. Read the piece here http://chinaaid.org/2007/07/19/living-the-sermon-on-the-mount-a-practical-hope-for-grace-and-deliverance/

Spirit Baptism: An Evangelical Reformed Perspective

We begin our examination of the doctrine of Spirit Baptism among various Christian groups by first discovering how the dominant (numerically speaking) mainline Evangelical protestant strain stands on the idea. The issue at hand is not the existence or the indwelling of the Holy Spirit but whether or not there is an experience subsequent to [...]

Midweek Beauty Break: Temptation

 The most colorful and beautiful can also be the deadliest. A short life at 9,000 feet in the Colorado Rockies.

What’s Eclipsing My Light?

Jesus said “Therefore, if your whole body is full of light, and no part of it dark, it will be completely lighted, as when the light of a lamp shines on you.” (Luke 11:36) The purpose of this light, the Bible teaches us, is for the illumination of others. It is not a spotlight making [...]

Where Do We Find "Baptism in the Spirit"?

In order to develop an understanding of the doctrine of spirit baptism, we must explore the different contexts in which the event occurs or is alluded to within the context of the biblical record. There are seven passages in the New Testament where we see someone baptized in the Holy Spirit. Depending on the translation, [...]

Y & T Twenty Five Years Later

Twenty five years later (from the pic posted below) the boys are still shaking the earth…

A Return to Passion

Not THE Passion but the passion that comes from a spirit-driven, well exegeted proclamation of the gospel. Christ does not live in our heads alone, brothers and sisters. He is to live in our hearts and hands and feet, all fully devoted to Him and His mission. Read this brother’s words on the subject here.

Friday is for Rawk! Meniketti the Earthshaker

David Meniketti of Y & T at the Old Waldorf shortly after the release of Earthshaker. When these guys were called Yesterday and Today they played a neighboring high school and thoroughly blew away another up and coming band called Journey ( in the pre-Steve-Perry-space-rock-jam-days).  

Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Spirit Baptism is a doctrine on which entire movements in the Body of Christ are established while being totally ignored or mentioned in passing by other parts. While it is not among the essentials mentioned by Augustine when he said “In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love”, the belief in a second baptism [...]

Good for Something … the Wisdom of the Pistol

Read and meditate on Pistol Pete’s thoughts…
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