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God's presence in an Anglican Church

Last night I returned to an Anglican Church where the Holy Spirit is moving powerfully (and has been for a couple of months) during a mid-week service they are hosting. Visitors are coming from a number of different Churches. We had gone and taken a team to minister about a month ago, but last night I simply went to receive. Receive I did! A number of people were touched as God began to release a number of words of knowledge. At one point, I got a word for acid reflux and a friend of mine responded. We prayed for him and the Lord gave another word about pain in his back - we prayed for that too. At that point, I got an unusual word of knowledge about an Achilles heal. Every time I've gotten that word, it has been about some kind of a weakness and/or sin issue in the life of someone. However, I gave the word and a woman who had come forward for prayer said it was for her. She had had prayer a number of times and was reluctant, but felt prompted to come again for prayer. It ...

Heresy Hunters - "My mind's made up, Don't confuse me with the facts"

Heresy Hunters have been extremely active in recent years, and every time I get on YouTube, I seem to find yet another new channel. Watch out - because their guns could well be pointed at your pastor, your church, and definitely at people and ministries you love and respect. A couple of years ago, I was in dialogue with the webmaster of a Christian website who himself was somewhat of a "heresy hunter". We exchanged a series of emails, concerning some critical (slanderous) things that I found on his website about some Christian ministers who are personal friends of mine. Here is a short summary of that dialogue. WEBMASTER : Yes, but that man is a "false teacher" DJ : Actually, he is a theologian and a former seminary professor. What makes him false teacher? WEBMASTER : But we know that he teaches error and heresy DJ: Here is a copy of the doctrinal statement of his ministry (I attached it to the email). What he believes and teaches is actually the Historic Chri...