Posts Tagged ‘HolySpirit’
Did Jesus Need the Holy Spirit?
The ministry of Jesus is a remarkable era in human history. For thirty-three years, God walked on earth as a human being. He performed many incredible miracles, gave world-shaking teachings, and even rose from the dead. How did Jesus do it?
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Imagine if Jesus was still on the earth with us today.
If Christ never ascended into heaven but remained on earth as a teacher and Christian leader, what would our lives look like?
Power Encounters are Real in the US
Yesterday I was reviewing a new book on power encounters with spiritual forces. This is still a normal reality in Africa, part of everyday spiritual life in most churches. These seem foreign to many of us in the United States. It is almost another world, to us, one we only see in the Bible when we see Jesus cast out a demon. It is easy to look for an over-spiritualized lesson about the character of Jesus while we put the dramatic or the miraculous power encounter aside. After all, we likely have never seen this in our own lives. This morning my Bible reading is in Acts 13, and I have to say to myself, “Not so fast.”
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