Monthly Archives: May 2012

O Sovereign Lord of heaven and Earth:A Prayer


O Sovereign Lord of heaven and earth, before your awesome throne I stand your holiness is so bright, all my sins are brought to light. I stand and stare and see the Lamb for sinners slain, I see his love … Continue reading

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Pentecost is Coming.


As I write this it is not many days to our celebration of the day of Pentecost, I want to look at what happened before that momentous day. Waiting: Jesus tell his disciples to wait in Jerusalem until they have … Continue reading

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The Importance of Reformation Part 2: five Important principles


At the time of the great Reformation as the Reformers tried to bring back the Church to biblical teaching, five important principles grounded all their thinking. These principles are often nicknamed the five Solas because each one points to a … Continue reading

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Build,Pray, Keep,Expect : some thoughts from the book of Jude


When we read the book of Jude, we can get so taken up with his concern for the church to deal with error that we forget the positive teaching of this letter. Jude has called the church to contend for … Continue reading

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When We Walk With The Lord


I want to look at some basic teaching concerning the Christian life in this post, I will be trying to avoid both legalism and antinomianism because both extremes do harm to the body of Christ. Over the years I have … Continue reading

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Purity and Power Part 5


                                                      CONCLUSION The argument for the development of the doctrine of the baptism of the Holy Spirit has so far been illustrated by various writers and by looking at the Early Pentecostal movement.  The purpose of this chapter is to … Continue reading

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From Purity to Power Part 4


                           REUBEN A. TORREY              Reuben A. Torrey was an influential Bible teacher and evangelist who was influenced by  D.L.Moody and, through him by Finney[i].   With Torrey and his little book, The Baptism with the Holy Spirit[ii],,we come to a … Continue reading

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From Purity to Power Part 3


                                               PHOEBE PALMER    It has been said that “One cannot understand the Holiness Movement today without a knowledge of Phoebe Palmer and the Tuesday Meetings.”[i]    This statement shows the tremendous influence that Mrs Palmer had.   Her ministry touched the … Continue reading

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From Purity to Power Part 2 (my masters dissertation)


                                                CHARLES FINNEY In approaching Charles Finney we need to briefly look at the transition years between him and the earlier writings of Wesley and Fletcher.   Timothy Smith implies that Methodism adopted the Pentecostal terminology direct from Finney but this … Continue reading

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From Purity to Power: Part 1 (This is my Masters dissertion written in 1999)


                                      INTRODUCTION This dissertation is looking at the development of the doctrine of the baptism with the Holy Spirit in nineteenth century America.  It will be confined to looking at the change of emphasis from purity to power … Continue reading

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