“All the sick are gonna be healed, the dead are gonna be raised and nations are gonna turn to God in a day.” Quote by Paul Cain
“In autumn 2012 I conducted a dedication and blessing service following the Civil Partnership of two wonderful gay Christians. Why? Not to challenge the traditional understanding of marriage - far from it - but to extend to these people what I would do to others: the love and support of our local church.” PeopleTwoChristianUnderstandingChallengesChurchSupportWonderfulGayBlessingFollowingLocalsTraditionalAutumnWhy NotDedicationPartnershipLocal Church Author:Steve Chalke
“In The Lost Message of Jesus I claim that penal substitution is tantamount to 'child abuse - a vengeful Father punishing his Son for an offence he has not even committed.' Though the sheer bluntness of this imagery (not original to me of course) might shock some, in truth, it is only a stark 'unmasking' of the violent, pre-Christian thinking behind such a theology.” ThinkingChildrenMightChristianCoursesFatherJesusLostBehindsSonMessagesAbuseClaimsOriginalsCommittedViolentTheologyShockChild AbuseSheerImageryStarksOffenceSubstitutionVengefulBluntnessUnmasking Author:Steve Chalke
“If the cross is a personal act of violence perpetrated by God towards humankind but borne by his Son, then it makes a mockery of Jesus' own teaching to love your enemies and to refuse to repay evil with evil.” IfsEvilJesusEnemyViolenceTeachingLove YouSonCrossesRefuseHumankindMockeryActs Of ViolenceLove Your Enemies Author:Steve Chalke
“The Spirit is testifying that a new day is dawning. The stage of the world is being set for a fullness of a harvest and a genuine apostolic reformation in a new way.” WorldWaySpiritStageGenuineNew WaysHarvestFullnessNew DayReformationApostolicTestifying Author:Mark Chironna
“We are on the cusp of the emergence of a company of hidden men and women who with all faith and patience have been enduring great struggles and dealings, being processed by the Lord and filling up what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ. These are not those who seek a reputation for themselves, their passion is His glory and giving Him the church He has longed for. May God grant us all the heart of apostolic fathering and mothering that can release His power in the earth. Zion is once again in travail to bring forth her children.” MenGivingHeartMayChildrenHas BeensEarthPassionChristChurchCompanyLordStruggleGloryMen And WomenEndureReputationReleaseGrantsLackingAfflictionFillingEmergenceMotheringDealingsApostolicFatheringZionFilling UpCuspFaith And Patience Author:Mark Chironna
“I know I promised. I said, 'Ask, seek, knock and you will find.' You say, 'But I have found loss. I have found dispossession. I have found letting go.' And I would say to you that until you dispossess what you have you can never possess what I want to give to you. Until you surrender your understanding, you will never get My wisdom. You would say, 'Lord, what is at the end of this process?'” KnowsWantGivingSaidEndsAsksFoundProcessUnderstandingLossLordLetting GoSurrenderUnderstanding You Author:Mark Chironna
“Something is being released in the spiritual realm, when it does go to the phone. When the mantle gets passed to you go to the phone and sow a $70 tithe to the $700 pledge.” DoeSpiritualPhonesRealmsPledgeTithe Author:Mark Chironna
“I always thought that the way to believe more deeply was to surround myself with other Christians. After all, isn't that the traditional tool for religious socialization?” WayBelieveChristianReligiousToolsTraditionalSurroundSocialization Author:Philip Clayton
“There is something new in the air. There is, there is a - a hunger for an open, non-dogmatic, form of Christian faith and practice, which adapts itself to a rapidly changing world; and speaks to that world the message of Jesus Christ. And a freedom to rediscover some of the language of the tradition now that's it's not handed down to us, you know, with a strict framework of doctrinal, fixed structures.” KnowsWorldChristianFormJesusSpeakLanguageChristPracticeAirMessagesJesus ChristTraditionStructureHungerFixedSomething NewStrictFrameworkChristian FaithDogmatic Author:Philip Clayton
“Well, God doesn't intervene in many of the situations we would like Him to because He would have to intervene in everything that we say and do that is wrong right the way through to some of the most terrible things happening in nations. What He does is He gives us signs that He is with us and that we can draw help from Him. Jesus changed water into wine. That had no function really. They had already run out of wine in the party so he was only aiding and abetting more drinking.” WayGivingWellsDoeHelpingRunningJesusNationsWaterPartySituationChangedTerribleDrawsHappeningsFunctionWineDrinkingThings HappenTerrible Things Author:Gerald Coates
