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The present-day operation of all spiritual gifts and the experiential dimension of the Holy Spirit.
Key question: “How is the Holy Spirit actively manifesting His power and gifts in the church today?”
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In the film *War Room*, we meet Elizabeth, a devoted wife and mother whose heart is heavy with the burden of her failing marriage. As she navigates the tumultuous waters of conflict at home, she finds herself seeking refuge in...
In the desert tradition, the abbas and ammas spoke of a monk who spent thirty years in solitary prayer. When a visitor finally sought him...
In the summer of 1970, a vibrant wave of faith swept across California, where Jesus People gathered not just in churches but on sun-soaked beaches, under the sprawling oak trees of parks, and in the cozy corners of coffee houses....
Picture a sun-drenched hillside in California during the vibrant days of the Jesus People movement in the late 1960s. The air is thick with the scent of wildflowers mingling with the earthy aroma of the ground beneath countless feet. Young...
In Joshua 1:9, God commands Joshua to "be strong and courageous." We imagine courage as a battle cry, a charge into the fray. But the...
There is a moment in centering prayer when the mind finally stops reaching. The sacred word dissolves. The breath slows. And in that vast interior...
In a Trappist monastery in Kentucky, a brother spent twenty years in the silence. Each morning before dawn, he sat in centering prayer, releasing every...
In the show *The Chosen*, we witness moments brimming with both power and profound compassion. Picture the scene where Jesus encounters a blind man named Bartimaeus. The dusty streets of Jericho are filled with the hustle and bustle of life....
In the monastery at Avila, Teresa once described the interior castle as having rooms the soul must enter without knowing what lies ahead. The deepest...
In the monastery at Gethsemani, Thomas Merton described a moment when his carefully constructed spiritual identity simply fell away. He had spent years building what...
In the practice of centering prayer, there comes a moment Thomas Merton called "the point of nothingness" — when the sacred word dissolves, when thoughts...
Imagine a vibrant church in Southern California during the late 1960s, where the air is thick with anticipation and the scent of ocean breeze mingles with the warmth of hope. A charismatic pastor named Chuck Smith, with his well-thumbed Bible...
Imagine a small, sun-drenched coffee shop nestled in the heart of a bustling city. The clatter of cups and the aroma of freshly brewed coffee fill the air as a group of vibrant, young believers gathers for their weekly prayer...
In the monastery chapel at three in the morning, a single candle burns. The wind pushes through cracks in the old stone walls, and the...
In the monastery chapel at Gethsemani, Thomas Merton once described a moment during night vigils when the wind howled against the Kentucky hills, rattling windows...
When Jesus spoke, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you," He was not offering a concept to be grasped but a...
In the monastery at Gethsemani, Thomas Merton once described a moment during night prayer when a violent thunderstorm shook the abbey walls. The windows rattled,...
In her autobiography, Teresa of Avila describes the soul's interior castle — room after room leading deeper toward the center where God dwells. Most of...
In the practice of centering prayer, there comes a moment every practitioner dreads — the moment when the sacred word dissolves and you are left...
In the monastery at Gethsemani, Thomas Merton once described how the monks would rise at 3:15 a.m. for Vigils, shuffling through cold corridors in darkness,...
In the practice of centering prayer, there comes a moment Thomas Merton called "the point of nothingness" — that raw, undefended place where every title,...
In Luke 9:23, Jesus says, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily, and follow me." We...
In the sixteenth century, John of the Cross sat in a tiny prison cell in Toledo, barely six feet by ten, where his own Carmelite...
In the monasteries of medieval Spain, Teresa of Avila observed something paradoxical about the soul's journey. The deeper one traveled inward through prayer, the more...