Author Archives: The Town Crier Outlet

Artistic, universalist, liberal Christians are rising in Generations X and Y, under the leadership of Brian McLaren (A Generous Orthodoxy, 2004), Rob Bell (Love Wins, 2011), and other kindred spirits. It is called the “emerging/emergent church movement.” UNIVERSALISM FOR GENERATION … Continue reading →

1. Ray Comfort – Calvary Chapel-influenced open air preaching. 2. Jed Smock – Confrontational Evangelism. 3. John Arnott – Catch The Fire / The Prophetic Movement 4. Rick Warren – The Seeker-Sensitive Movement

The night he unveiled his vision to an unsuspecting audience. He was scheduled to speak at a massive charismatic conference in Minneapolis, hosted by the acknowledged charismatic movement leader David du Plessis. His invitation to Dad gave my father’s message … Continue reading →

Originally from here. The term charismatic comes from the Greek word charismata, which means spiritual gifts. It is the informal name given to the movement which is calling the Christian church back to a fuller recognition of the Holy Spirit … Continue reading →

John Bunyan (d. 1688), the great Puritan preacher, author of The Pilgrim’s Progress, Sighs From Hell, The Holy War, and many other prophetic and evangelistic writings, actually wrote a hymn called “Who Would True Valour See.” It was the only … Continue reading →

Thom Rainer is the president of LifeWay bookstores, the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. He has written several highly insightful books for church leaders, such as The Millennials, Evangelism and Church Growth: A Practical Encyclopedia (with Elmer Towns), … Continue reading →

Unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of Heaven.                                                                                        –Matthew 5:20 Jesus’ number one human enemies were the Pharisees (Mark 8:11). They were churchy, religious pretenders of … Continue reading →

Originally from here. [Note: It was the French Prophets in London that influenced the charismatic views of John Wesley and the Methodist Episcopal Church.] They first appeared in Dauphiny and Vivarais. In the year 1688, five or six hundred Protestants, … Continue reading →

Psalm 101:3: “I will set nothing wicked before my eyes.”

Originally from here. A sermon given by David Wilkerson at a chapel service at the Assemblies of God national office on March 10, 1998. Full audio sermon here. —– I am not coming to you as a pastor but with … Continue reading →