Archive for June, 2006

UNIX Commands

Published
by
carl
on June 30, 2006
in Revival
. 0 Comments

This has nothing to do with revival or the church but every time I need these commands I have to search high and low to find them.

Here’s how to archive the folder named big, and any subfolders, into a gzipped file named big.tar.gz:

% cd `mhpath +`
% tar cvf - big | gzip > big.tar.gz
a big/1 42 blocks
a big/2 247 blocks
…
% ls -l big.tar.gz
-rw-r–r–  1 ehuser    1167386 Nov 14 09:34 big.tar.gz
% rm -r big

Build the tarball with this command:

tar -cvzf name.tgz subdir

where subdir is the name of the subdirectory you want to save. To continue the example, this command would be:

tar -cvzf rainpics.tgz pics

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Adventures in Heaven

Published
by
carl
on June 29, 2006
in Christianity, Holy Spirit and visions
. 0 Comments

Don’t ask me where I got this. My only advise is chew thoroughly.

Adventures in Heaven by Mike Mason (pdf)

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The Shift

Published
by
carl
on June 29, 2006
in Christianity, Healing, Holy Spirit, Prophesy, Revival and Revival Newsletters
. 3 Comments

I got an email from the New Wine network written by guy who went to a prophetic conference recently.

There were two parts of the email that I found interesting.

The second report was from Paul Keith Davis who mentioned that he considers John Kilpatrick to be his pastor and that they meet regularly to talk and fellowship. John told him how at Brownsville that the anointing of God would fall each night and that when it did everything would noticeably change. The air would seem to change. Colors would appear different. People’s faces would change. The music would change. In a moment, everything would suddenly be taken to another level and God would move in.

John said that they were always concerned that each day would be the last day they would see God move in like this. And often God would come in a different times. Sometimes, He would come in early on during worship, and at other times, it would be late after the message. Fortunately, God came day after day after day.

But one day John saw two balls of light surrounding the podium. He didn’t normally see such things and he asked God what they were. God told them they were His anointings for healings and God told him to get up and release that anointing. John got up but as he started to tell the people what he had seen, suddenly God’s anointing flowed through him extremely strong to the point that he said he was “vomiting” out words of knowledge about healings. Many medical terms came spewing out of his mouth that he had never heard before. And at one point he said a particularly long medical name and when he spoke it a beam of light about a foot long came out his mouth and shot out into the congregation.

Only John saw this light, but it weaved its way over and around people until it struck a lady near her heart, and soon she was screaming. He found out that she had an incredibly rare malady that had the name he had spoken and he learned how she had traveled to the best doctors in the U.S. and in Europe, but nobody could do anything for her. She reached the point where she told God that if didn’t heal her that night that she would rather just die and go to heaven. She ended up healed that night.

And another part about a shift that is happening. Continue reading ‘The Shift’

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Weekly Link Dump

Published
by
carl
on June 26, 2006
in Weekly Delicious
. 0 Comments

Here is stuff that I found interesting. some of this is interesting for good reasons, others for not so good and yet more that is to be determined later. If you need something to look at, have a gander.

These are links that I found interesting. Just because I found it interesting does not mean I agree with it. I find the workings of cults interesting, but only so I can help their members come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. You know what I mean.

Since almost nobody reads this blog it may really not matter.

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Myspace

Published
by
carl
on June 25, 2006
in Christianity and MySpace
. 0 Comments

So, all of the youth in my church have a MySpace page. So I got one. MySpace is neither good nor bad. It is a domain on the internet. Regardless, there are lots of fruitcakes on it. Tonight I got a message from one. It was from a man named Timothy who I believe I have never
myspace1.jpg met. It reads:

So what scriptures can you back that claim up? There is no such thing in speaking in tongue(LOL). That is the bull*&@# and lies that white put out there. U are not the choose one and you serve your time under the childern of Israel!!!!

Wow! Since I am always looking for someone to show the love of God to, I responded with this myspace2.jpggrace-filled message:

You will have all of eternity to ponder this exchange while burning in hell.

I think that if you change your ways and cry out for God to forgive you it is possible to avoid the wrath that is stored up for you but I doubt that you will do that. Instead it is more likely that you will fester in your own ignorance untill the day of the Lord in which time all of the idiotic messages like the one below will be read and you will be judged as the unrepentant sinner that you are.

If you ever get saved drop me a line.

If not, enjoy this life. This is as good as it gets for you.

:)

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Facing the Cultural Giants

Published
by
carl
on June 22, 2006
in Christianity and News
. 6 Comments

I expect to see this on every christian blog in the next week but I will post it anyway.

There is a small budget movie out called “Facing the Giants” that was produced by a couple guys who head up the media department of a Baptist church. After reviewing the movie the Motion Picture Association of America gave it a PG rating. Are those cursing, sex driven Baptists you ask? No.
The scene that caught the MPAA’s attention may have been the chat between football coach Grant Taylor — played by Alex Kendrick — and a rich brat named Matt Prader. The coach says that he needs to stop bad-mouthing his bossy father and get right with God.

The boy replies: “You really believe in all that honoring God and following Jesus stuff? … Well, I ain’t trying to be disrespectful, but not everybody believes in that.”

The coach says: “Matt, nobody’s forcing anything on you. Following Jesus Christ is the decision that you’re going to have to make for yourself. You may not want to accept it, because it’ll change your life. You’ll never be the same.”

So there you have it. If you want to bring your kids to a G rated movie, you better love magic because that’s all there is. Appearantly witchcraft ok, Christianity, not so ok.

UPDATE: I bootlegged a copy of the trailer. Here it is.

In my book, if you take your kids to watch this, you are giving parental guidance.
ht:GetReligion

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What the Free Tests Say About Me

Published
by
carl
on June 19, 2006
in Christianity
. 10 Comments

So I took a bunch of those online tests over the last I don’t know how long and I am now posting the results. I like this personality test. It says that I am a reformer.

Then, I went to see what theologian I am

You scored as Martin Luther. The daddy of the Reformation. You are opposed to any Catholic ideas of works-salvation and see the scriptures as being primarily authoritative.

Anselm
87%
Martin Luther
87%
John Calvin
73%
Jonathan Edwards
73%
Karl Barth
73%
Charles Finney
60%
Augustine
47%
J�rgen Moltmann
40%
Paul Tillich
20%
Friedrich Schleiermacher
20%

Which theologian are you?
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Here is the Theological Worldview test:
You scored as Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan. You are an evangelical in the Wesleyan tradition. You believe that God’s grace enables you to choose to believe in him, even though you yourself are totally depraved. The gift of the Holy Spirit gives you assurance of your salvation, and he also enables you to live the life of obedience to which God has called us. You are influenced heavly by John Wesley and the Methodists.

Evangelical Holiness/Wesleyan
93%
Fundamentalist
89%
Charismatic/Pentecostal
79%
Reformed Evangelical
64%
Neo orthodox
57%
Classical Liberal
57%
Emergent/Postmodern
39%
Modern Liberal
18%
Roman Catholic
7%

What’s your theological worldview?
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What is my Church Model?

You scored as Herald Model. Your model of the church is Herald. The organization of the church is much less important than the urgency of announcing the Good News of salvation to all the world. The Holy Spirit moves the individual to belief in Jesus Christ and to do the will of the Father by sharing this message with others. As with other models, the narrowness of this model could be supplemented by drawing on other models.

Herald Model
89%
Mystical Communion Model
78%
Servant Model
61%
Sacrament model
50%
Institutional Model
33%

What is your model of the church? [Dulles]
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hatip:GA

Here is a Denomination Quiz

#1 Assemblies of God
#2 Methodist/Wesleyan Church
#3 Free Will Baptist
#4 Seventh-Day Adventist
#5 United Pentecostal Church
#6 Church of Christ
#7 Episcopal/Anglican Church
#8 Evangelical Lutheran Church
#9 Mennonite Brethren
#10 Southern Baptist

I don’t know what all this means but here it is.

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Weekly Link Dump

Published
by
carl
on June 19, 2006
in Weekly Delicious
. 2 Comments

Here is stuff that I found interesting. some of this is interesting for good reasons, others for not so good and yet more that is to be determined later. If you need something to look at, have a gander.

These are links that I found interesting. Just because I found it interesting does not mean I agree with it. I find the workings of cults interesting, but only so I can help their members come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. You know what I mean.

Since almost nobody reads this blog it may really not matter.

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Gems From Heaven

Published
by
carl
on June 16, 2006
in Christianity
. 32 Comments

Anyone seen this? And if so, what’s your take on it?

Watch
Gem Stones Fall from Heaven
- Online Now!

Patricia King

Hi everyone,

I am very excited right now. We are in an intense season of signs and wonders. Dennis Cramer prophesied that June, July, and August would be a time of unprecedented, unparalleled and unmatched miracles. We are already seeing them. (To read Dennis Cramer’s Prophecy click HERE).

Watch
Gem Stones Fall from Heaven
Now!

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My Cleansing

Published
by
carl
on June 13, 2006
in Christianity, Doctrine, Healing, Holy Spirit, Prophesy, Revival, Tongues and holiness
. 6 Comments

God has been doing a work in me lately and I guess it is time to start to announce it. Steve Sjogren touches on the subject and comes to the conclusion that some people need to stop going to church. No he does not favor home church, he says they should stay away from Church all together.

Growing Edge Buzz: Some people shouldn’t go to church, pt. 1: Crabby is not a fruit of the Spirit: “After following Jesus for over 30 years now, I have come to the conclusion that there are some people who do great damage to the cause of Christ because they continue to come to church week after week. I have no idea what they are hearing in their various churches, but their behavior, based on what is on display in the restaurants they frequent immediately after their church experience, is exactly the opposite of the attitude of Jesus as described in the Gospels.

The Church has become so academic and doctrine centered that we have made the real test, the fruit of the Spirit, a sort of secondary factor in our Christianity. As I posted yesterday, there is a move among some of us to test what we have been preaching and what we look for as confirmations of a move of the Spirit.

I am Pentecostal. I believe in all the manifestations in the Bible (1 Cor 12:7-10) and many others that are not. Yet I am beginning to long for what the original Pentecostals were searching for when they received the baptism, holiness (1 Peter 1:16). They sought to be sanctified. Today that is preached as a sort of byproduct, not a goal.

If we receive the baptism in the Holy Ghost, pray in tongues, declare visions, see the sick healed, yet do not see a work of the Spirit in our own live as manifested in holiness have we really been baptized in the Holy Spirit (Acts 3:19-20)? Or has He just come upon us to do His will (Isaiah 61:1-3)?

God has really been challenging my doctrine and I have avoided writing about it because I am not quite prepared to defend it but God is stirring up a word in me and I cannot deny it. I have spent years praying for greater anointing, deeper visions, a more clear calling, deeper intimacy and I have received all of that. Yet at the same time I have avoided latent sin in my life and fear has kept me from descending into the basement of my soul and dealing with some long held fears. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a mistress and I am not laying in bed for days with depression but sin is sin none the less.

If the Spirit of God is sent to convict the world of righteousness sin and judgement than I do not know how one can claom to be full of the spirit and still live in sin. I am convinced that I am not going to find out! I have been on my face seeking His righteousness and He has been faithful.

In the last several months I have been unable to do things that would not have bothered me before. To that I give God the glory. But I still have to recconcile what I preach with what God is showing me. He is still desiring a Holy people (1 Thess 5:23).

hattip the merge

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Manifesting Christiantiy

Published
by
carl
on June 12, 2006
in Christianity and Doctrine
. 1 Comment

I found this on the church website of the Mission in Vaccaville, Ca. What is so exciting is the humility in which it is written. I absolutely love it when Christians declare truth humbly but with boldness (the two are not mutually exclusive).

Basically, this church decided that they would admit that the Christianity that they were professing did not match with the Christianity that they were practicing. Their response was not to change their profession to match their practice, but instead declare that they Christianity they live will line up with what they preach. They were so determined that they wrote it down and put it on their website:

Continue reading ‘Manifesting Christiantiy’

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Weekly Link Dump

Published
by
carl
on June 12, 2006
in Weekly Delicious
. 0 Comments

Here is stuff that I found interesting. some of this is interesting for good reasons, others for not so good and yet more that is to be determined later. If you need something to look at, have a gander.

These are links that I found interesting. Just because I found it interesting does not mean I agree with it. I find the workings of cults interesting, but only so I can help their members come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. You know what I mean.

Since almost nobody reads this blog it may really not matter.

Popularity: 8% [?]