So far, I have shared my thoughts, and my friend, Jesse, has reported on the worship and other events of the evening he attended. Today he begins to reflect on his thoughts, looking back on that experience. “Those are the events that stand out in my mind as I look back over the evening. I was able to draw out my father-in-law a bit, who has been to Toronto and Kansas City during various times of outpouring, and develop some... Read more
UPDATE – Todd Bentley has now stepped down from ministry after separating from his wife. UPDATE – Terry Virgo has also made the audio of his short talk on Todd Bentley available. I wanted to continue to post some reflections on the events occurring in Florida. Terry Virgo has now posted the second part of his comments, so I thought I’d share all the links we have so far, and then end the post with some quotes from Terry’s latest... Read more
On Sunday Jesse began by speaking about his experience of the worship in the Lakeland, Florida meetings, about which I have also shared my perspective. Today he continues his report of events on the evening he attended: “After worship, Stephen Strader, pastor of Ignited Church in Lakeland, whose father, Karl, had previously been the pastor of Carpenter’s Home Church, stood up and gave some testimonies, as well as some background on the revival for those of us attending for the... Read more
One of the joys of being a part of this online community is that I get to celebrate holidays I would not normally celebrate. As you read this, ironically I am probably over the Atlantic on my way to the USA for a business trip to Phoenix, Arizona. Although today is a national holiday in the UK, there isn’t really a reason for it. We have a number of such holidays where the idea is simply to spend time with... Read more
Yesterday I spoke about my reaction to the little I know about what has been going on in meetings run by Todd Bentley in Lakeland, Florida. Today I begin a special report brought to us by my dear friend, Jesse Phillips, who is a Sovereign Grace pastor in the Florida area. He visited the meetings himself one evening. The following is his unabridged report. ************************* The thing I was immediately impressed with as we showed up, and throughout the whole... Read more
UPDATE – Todd Bentley has now stepped down from ministry after separating from his wife. UPDATE – I have now also published a number of other posts on Todd Bentley I have had a number of people ask me about events which are gaining a lot of attention at the moment. In the UK, a series of ‘revival’ meetings being run in Lakeland, Florida by evangelist Todd Bentley are being shown daily on God TV. Before I get into that,... Read more
Al Mohler has hinted at it, saying he wants to put Southern Baptist Theological Seminary out of business. I have long thought it, but not dared to say it on the blog. Piper has quietly come out with it in what, at first glance, seems to be just another ministry newsletter, but in it—although he doesn’t use the following exact words—it is clear that what he means is this: Leadership training in the 21st century Church simply HAS to change!With... Read more
UPDATE The written transcript of this segment of my interview with John Piper is now available. It can be read here. This is the fourth and final segment of my interview with John Piper. You can also watch these preceding segments: John Piper on New Word Alive and Spring Harvest John Piper on Passionate Preaching John Piper on Prayer and Bible Study I began this section by asking John which preachers he listens to on his iPOD. He mentioned a... Read more
UPDATE The written transcript of this segment of my interview with John Piper is now available. It can be read here. So far John has addressed the UK church scene and preaching. In this section of our video interview I asked him about his prayer life, which he described as prayer mingled with the Word rather than separate sections of time for prayer alone and the Word alone. He talked about his Bible study, and how that discipline, along with... Read more
UPDATE The written transcript of this segment of my interview with John Piper is now available. You can read it here. Yesterday I began speaking with John Piper about New Word Alive and why he comes to the UK. In this segment, I began by putting before John the notion that he has an unusual degree of passion and anointing when preaching. I even quoted Lig Duncan, who said that he wondered if he had ever really preached after hearing... Read more
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