Author Archives: The Town Crier Outlet

The below can be overwhelming. I suggest two books as a starting point for a Biblical, traditional, rational, and intensely experiential study of spiritual gifts: Wayne Grudem’s The Gift of Prophecy in the New Testament and Today and John Wimber’s … Continue reading →

Veho Muvi mini camera. Six Day Creation, Justification, and Sanctification. 11/14/15

I am the Good Shepherd.  –John 10:11 Jesus is the starting point, the continuing experience, and the finishing point for all pastoral ministry. If a pastor loses a Biblical vision of Jesus the Good Shepherd, then the pastor will certainly … Continue reading →

Originally from here. Who is your covering? While many Christians have never heard that phrase, a growing segment of the church knows exactly what it means.  It means, “Which authority are you submitted to?” Among evangelicals there is a growing … Continue reading →

Now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations. –1 Peter 1:6 1. In the preceding discourse I have particularly spoken of that darkness of mind into which those are often observed to fall who … Continue reading →

That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after Him, and find Him, though He be not far from every one of us.                                                                           –Acts 17:27 PRAISE YOU GOD! HALLELUJAH! JESUUUUS! If you are charismatic, its … Continue reading →

Originally from here. This essay traces the historical articulation of the Protestant doctrine of the Witness of the Spirit as an immediate pre-reflective personal experience in the heart of the believer from its initial articulation by John Calvin to the … Continue reading →

Let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a … Continue reading →