Chapter 44 from Memoirs of a Jesus Freak The year that marked the ending of the Jesus People Movement in my view, at least in Marin County, was 1972, the same year Church of the Open Door was founded in …
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Chapter Ten Jesus told His disciples on several occasions that He would die and then be raised. Matthew 16:21 recounts one such incident: From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer …
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This chapter on the Enneagram is a summary of the book, Richard Rohr and the Enneagram Secret, by Don & Joy Veinot and Marcia Montenegro, published by MCOI Publishing LLC in 2022, followed by material from Wikipedia. The word Enneagram …
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Chapter 43 The Church of the Open Door’s composition varied, but a substantial part of the membership was in the range of twenty to thirty-something with not much on either side of that. Coming on the heels of the free …
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This is a critique of The Power of Communion: Accessing Miracles Through the Body & Blood of Jesus, by Beni Johnson with Bill Johnson, Destiny Image Publishers, 2019. In 50-plus years of pastoral ministry, we have never viewed Communion, The …
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Chapter 42 One hot day in August I served my last day with the United States Air Force and moved that same day into the seminary in Mill Valley, which became the Philpott family home for the next three years. …
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Chapter Nine The title of this chapter is overly sensational, and if taken literally, is error. Obviously, God does not die; He is the ultimate Living Presence. Still, God did die. Isaiah said it would be so as recorded in …
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This chapter is taken from the book written by Kent and Katie Philpott titled, The Soul Journey: How Shamanism, Santeria, Wicca, and Charisma are Connected. It was published by Earthen Vessel Publishing in 2014. The neo-pagan religion of Wicca is …
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on Fri, 05 Apr 2024 18:31
Shepherding Movement — Ft. Lauderdale Five Perhaps more devastating specifically to the JPM than The Family (Children of God or COG), Jim Jones, or any number of other strange teachings and groups, was the Shepherding Movement, because it directly affected …
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What is the draw? Atheism has been on the rise for at least the two most recent generations. Church attendance is radically declining—52% of self-identified Christians do not attend a brick-and-mortar church—so churches are closing, but pop spiritualism focused on …
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