The Spirit’s Power | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 3

Last updated on: July 30, 2023 at 5:44 pm By Rev. Jared V. Ingle

The Spirit’s Power | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 3 Before, we discuss the power of God, do we even need it in this day and age? This is a question that is plaguing the American Church. Philip Jenkins observes the Churches in America: “Mainline churches may offer healing services, or pray for a patient’s recovery, but direct religious intervention is rarely in prospect. How many seminaries, even those with conservative or evangelical leanings, offer courses on spiritual healing, leave alone exorcism?”[1]... Read more

Christ’s Authority | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 2

Last updated on: July 27, 2023 at 1:29 pm By Rev. Jared V. Ingle

Christ’s Authority | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 2 Our two main presuppositions or assumptions are that the Early Church (E.C.) is Pentecostal and a community. We will focus on ways the Holy Spirit (H.S.) impacted the E.C. development. What made the E.C. become so successful? We are going to look at the development of the Church from the Great Commission until Stephen. We’ll look at some observations about the first Church, some characteristics that we can adopt. “Within the four years... Read more

The 2 Great Assumptions | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 1

Last updated on: July 24, 2023 at 8:52 pm By Rev. Jared V. Ingle

The 2 Great Assumptions | Spirit Filled Community, pt. 1 We are going to explore the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives and Church. This material is from years of study of the Holy Ghost. 1st study: Wind, Fire, & Tongues: Elements of the Introduction to the Holy Spirit 2nd study: Catch the Spirit Both of these studies outlined the role of the Holy Spirit (H.S.) in the life of the Believer. However, I have grown in my understanding... Read more

Sometimes It Just Takes 1 Song, pt. 2

Last updated on: July 19, 2023 at 5:20 pm By Rev. Jared V. Ingle

Sometimes It Just Takes 1 Song, pt. 2 May Waltz https://t.co/0F3euwDw3z via @YouTube@brookefraser Sometimes I don’t know why a song needs to be on repeat loop. But with this one I do. I am in such a place of solitude, being separated, I long for someone like this: gentle, wooing. And people are saying I deserve it. — Jared Ingle (@JaredIngle2022) July 18, 2023 First of all, let me deal with that last sentence. It almost sounds arrogant or narcissistic.... Read more

Sometimes It Just Takes 1 Song

Last updated on: July 19, 2023 at 2:57 pm By Rev. Jared V. Ingle

Sometimes It Just Takes 1 Song I’m not one to completely understand my love of music. Certain songs remind me of certain places, people, seasons of my life, etc. Sometimes it just takes a song to transport me to another time and place, or to give me insight into people, places, things, and ideas today. Sometimes it’s an older song. Band of Horses Infinite Arms This is relatively older from a tremendous group. However, I found myself listening to it... Read more

Notes & Crowd Favs

Last updated on: July 19, 2023 at 5:53 pm By Rev. Jared V. Ingle

Notes & Crowd Favs I’ve been encouraged to make playlists when I’ve been emotional, “for about a minute” {as they say}. Music is one way I have always got in touch with myself. In general, if I can stereotype, I haven’t met too many guys who are constantly in tune with their emotional side. That being said, when I do things like this, it is more of a soul-ish level journal entry with far reaching ramifications. There’s a lot connected... Read more

Communion, pt. 11 | Table of Contents

Last updated on: July 10, 2023 at 12:26 pm By Rev. Jared V. Ingle

Communion, pt. 11 | Table of Contents Communion Table of Contents (TOC) 1. Introduction and Key Themes CLICK I discover that the East develops an understanding of the Spirit very early. I also discover that the doctrine of transubstantiation is not fully supported in the earlier liturgies. Rather there is an understanding of communion as a sacrifice made by the laity, a true thanksgiving offering, and a mystery. Early Influences 2. Chaburah and Berakah CLICK Scriptural accounts of the first... Read more

Communion, pt. 10 | Discussion

Last updated on: June 30, 2023 at 1:16 pm By Rev. Jared V. Ingle

Communion, pt. 10 | Discussion For more on Communion in the Early Church from the Archives CLICK East and West The Eastern rite seems to offer a more adequate place for the work of the Spirit than the West, at least in the early days. As previously noted: “The East anticipated the medieval Western doctrine of the real presence by many hundreds of years. This change is brought about by the Holy Spirit . . . the fully-developed theology of the... Read more

Communion, pt. 9 | Sarapion, St. James, and Cyril

Last updated on: June 28, 2023 at 4:44 pm By Rev. Jared V. Ingle

Communion, pt. 9 | Sarapion, St. James, and Cyril For more on Communion in the Early Church from the Archives CLICK Sarapion, Prayer of Oblation of Bishop Sarapion Sarapion writes before 350 A.D. a piece called the Prayer of Oblation of Bishop Sarapion. What follows is Sarapion’s epiklesis: “O God of truth, let Thy holy Word come upon (epidemesato) this bread that the bread may become Body of the Word, and upon this cup that the cup may become Blood of... Read more

Communion, pt. 8 | Emerging Recognition of the Spirit

Last updated on: June 26, 2023 at 10:30 pm By Rev. Jared V. Ingle

Communion, pt. 8 | Emerging Recognition of the Spirit For more on Communion in the Early Church from the Archives CLICK Dom Gregory Dix makes a case that the Syrians (East) may not see the Spirit in a New Testament sense, but in an Old Testament sense, as the presence or power of God. He cites this as evidence for the early origins of The Liturgy of SS. Addai and Mari.[1] However, Thomas probably pioneers Edessa’s congregation, where The Liturgy of... Read more