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when will the “charismatic movement” wake up?

August 17, 2008 //

{note- if you are not a christian or not interested in the church, move along, there is nothing to see here.}

“The Lakeland Outpouring.. from the blog “Fire In My Bones”
. - interesting read…

i am a “post organised church” christian {whatever that means}.
but i never get tired of being amazed at the absolute stupidity of the “charismatic movement”. i know that might sound mean and nasty, but seriously folks, how stupid does the “mass christian mob” act and look to anyone with one ounce of intelligence?
here is a “word” for the modern church: “discernment”.
look it up.
in the dictionary & the bible.
you are all after “gifts” and “signs”? well how about the gift of discernment? shoot for that one because that is what the world really needs… not sham healings, scam “revivals” and more christian in-breeding.
just grow up…please.

you know what troubles me about that blog post from “fire in my bones”? despite the quite thoughtful write up and excellent points and questions asked through out the piece, at the end mr J. Lee Grady still says: “I still believe that God desires to visit our nation in supernatural power. I know He wants to heal multitudes, and I will continue praying for a healing revival to sweep across the United States.” where in the world do you get that from Mr Grady? from any actual biblical source? from anything based in reality? or just a feeling? a “prophetic word”? just nationalistic jingo? watch your language, to say that you “believe God desires” is pretty full on. why not be honest and say with much more human-ness “i really hope” or “wouldn’t it be awesome” or “i wish”? to put that back on God as something He desires is…. just not based in any biblical reality… it is exactly that type of wanting something “more” that get’s people into the Lakeland type foolishness in the first place….

… that is all from me… for now… what do you think?

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“i met the walrus”

August 11, 2008 //

though all my life i’ve never been a beetles fan and john lennon has given me the willies, lately i’ve been reconsidering that outlook… this amazing piece of work is helping the rethink too:

www.imetthewalrus.com

“In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon’s every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries the terrifyingly genius pen work of James Braithwaite with masterful digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit, and timeless message.”

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