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1. 5 Urgent Calls to the Charismatic Church

... Trump's reelection. While these statements encouraged the hopes of many charismatics looking for a course correction in the prophetic movement, they also exposed what one prophet calls a "sickness in par ...

Created on 20 January 2021

2. Charismatic Pastor: What Religious Freedom Really Means

When politicians talk about our religious freedom, they often use the phrase "freedom of worship" instead of the First Amendment term, "the free exercise of religion." Do the specific words matter? Yes, ...

Created on 15 January 2021

3. Why Most Charismatics Will Vote for Donald Trump ...

... servative Christians would be championed, but little happened. Charismatics and Pentecostals were rarely seen in those invited "to the table" with so-called evangelical leaders. Maybe because charismat ...

Created on 09 September 2020

4. Glenn Packiam: Why the Charismatic Church Shouldn't Be Afraid of Sacraments

... a historical tether. It keeps you connected to the historic church and actually also to the global church. Sometimes, when I'm talking to charismatics, I'll use this old renewal metaphor where we talked a ...

Created on 23 January 2020

5. What I Admired Most About Reinhard Bonnke

I met Reinhard Bonnke several times during my days as editor of Charisma magazine. But my favorite memory of the German evangelist occurred in a small meeting with pastors on the east coast of Florida, ...

Created on 11 December 2019

6. Why You Should Seek These 3 Charismatic Gifts This Christmas

I don't know about you, but with recent Black Friday sales, followed by additional sales on Cyber Monday and charitable appeals for Giving Tuesday, my online inbox has been packed with seasonal offers, ...

Created on 09 December 2019

7. Charismatic Pastor Cautions Against This Bad Approach to Sharing the Gospel

Rev. Mike Pilavachi, co-founder and senior pastor of Soul Survivor Warford in the United Kingdom, recently explained how to evangelize—and how not to evangelize—in a sermon. Pilavachi uses his own early ...

Created on 24 June 2019

8. How a Spirit-Filled Lady and Derek Prince Helped Turn a Theologian Into a Charismatic

Mark Virkler's conservative Baptist background had him convinced that miracles, healing and speaking in tongues had no place in today's church world. Admittedly egotistical and convinced he was right, ...

Created on 14 May 2019

9. Bethel Senior Pastor: Why Charismatics Shouldn't Feel Superior to Other Denominations ...

Eric Johnson, senior pastor at Bethel Redding, cautioned his charismatic community against feeling superior to other streams or denominations in a recent sermon. Instead, he urged them to learn from one ...

Created on 01 May 2019

10. A Note to All Charismatics: You Must Answer Your Critics ...

George D. Watson once said, "The true saints of God, who have clear heads, and pure, warm hearts, have in all generations had to walk between the two extremes of cold formality on the one side, and wild, ...

Created on 15 April 2019

11. Bill Johnson Calls Out This Glaring Weakness That Afflicts Many Charismatic Christians

Bill Johnson called out charismatic Christians for often neglecting biblical meditation. His remarks came during a 2010 video recently posted by Bethel's official YouTube account. In the video, Johnson ...

Created on 05 April 2019

12. The Real Reason So Many Charismatic Conferences Are Ending

... ndings pave the way for the next generation of charismatics. Unique Endings Soul Survivor first began in summer 1993, after Pilavachi—who was then the youth pastor of St. Andrew's Church, an Anglican  ...

Created on 13 February 2019

13. Pat Robertson: God's Giving America a Respite, but We're on the Brink of Judgment

CBN founder Pat Robertson says Americans need to pay attention to what God is doing in this hour. In an exclusive interview with Robertson for my new podcast, "In Depth With Stephen Strang," I asked him ...

Created on 08 February 2019

14. Is the Modern Charismatic Church Willing to Learn This Lesson?

Love and power, like oil and water, do not mix. The well-known sociologist, Willard Waller, discovered that there seems to be an inverse relationship between love and power. He noted that in interpersonal ...

Created on 21 December 2018

15. How Santa Claus Helped Bring Church Unity During Charismatic Revival

Yes, there really is a Saint Nicholas. He was a fourth-century bishop in Myra, in Asia Minor. And he really was famous for his gift giving and his concern for the poor and for children. His feast day is ...

Created on 06 December 2018

16. Spirit-Filled Musician Exalts the 'God Who Moves the Mountains'

Corey Voss, a worship leader based in Shelbyville, Tennessee, performs his new song "God Who Moves the Mountains" in this music video. Voss has plenty of charismatic ties, studying at the AG-affiliated ...

Created on 24 September 2018

17. 5 Major Traits of the Python Spirit

...  (Do we charismatics have our own rituals by which we work ourselves into a "prophetic" state?) In contrast, New Testament prophecy is not self-induced; in other words, it does not come forth at the initiati ...

Created on 04 September 2018

18. Confronting the Python Spirit in Today's Charismatic Church

Editor's note: This is Part 1 in a 2-part series. I had a strange encounter with a false prophetic spirit while preaching my first "revival" meeting at the Assembly of God in Kiowa, Oklahoma, in 1972. ...

Created on 04 September 2018

19. How Satan Makes Inroads Into Christian Revivals

... e Pentecostal/Charismatic Camp While ministering in a large urban area on the East Coast, I picked up and scanned a tabloid that appeals primarily to Pentecostals and charismatics. I was stunned by the  ...

Created on 16 August 2018

20. The Most Ridiculous Charismatic Doctrine We Ever Created

My friend Charles wanted a mentor. He was eager to learn the ropes of ministry, so he asked an older pastor for training. The pastor agreed—but Charles soon realized the man wanted a valet, not an apprentice. ...

Created on 07 August 2018