One of the truly mind-blowing revelations for me as a new Christian was to receive insight into the reality of two spiritual kingdoms – the kingdom of darkness and the kingdom of light. Prior to that revelation, this was something I used to mock and ridicule whenever I heard it mentioned. My childhood religious upbringing gave mention of heaven and hell as places where one’s soul would end up upon Continue reading “The Reality Of Two Spiritual Kingdoms”
The Lord Said, “No, one Program.”
Back in the days when I first represented my (then) local church as a messenger of the gospel in the community, little did I know that it was also God’s intention to use those experiences as a training ground for a forthcoming radio broadcasting ministry. I had been on the streets for nearly eighteen months when one evening I was asked to attend a public meeting, being held for the purposes of setting Continue reading “The Lord Said, “No, one Program.””
The Faithfulness Of God Has Never Ceased To Amaze Me
The faithfulness of God has never ceased to amaze me each time I affirm or promise Him that I am fully prepared and willing to do His bidding on a daily basis. For example: if I decide to go for a walk or do some shopping and at the same time say something like, “Lord, by Your grace, I’m prayed up, I’m worded up, I’m (Spirit) filled up and I’m ready to be used in any way You see fit while I’m out there,” then very Continue reading “The Faithfulness Of God Has Never Ceased To Amaze Me”
Melbourne Christian Fellowship – Why I Left It. Part 3
This special three-part testimony is posted to share my experiences within a church organization whose teaching and practice I discovered to be more in line with that of a cult than an ordinary church group as one should expect to find such.
It is not, “The writings of a deeply hurt man,” as is the accusation from people within, (a common cultist-mentality accusation) Revelation 12:10b. It is the writings of a deeply concerned man.
The testimony is posted to inform and encourage any person who believes him or herself to be in a similar situation.
To give you some background to this testimony I recommend you first read my post: I failed to study that word “free.” Continue reading “Melbourne Christian Fellowship – Why I Left It. Part 3”
Melbourne Christian Fellowship – Why I Left It. Part 2
This special three-part testimony is posted to share my experiences within a church organization whose teaching and practice I discovered to be more in line with that of a cult than an ordinary church group as one should expect to find such.
It is not, “The writings of a deeply hurt man,” as is the accusation from people within, (a common cultist-mentality accusation) Revelation 12:10b. It is the writings of a deeply concerned man.
The testimony is posted to inform and encourage any person who believes him or herself to be in a similar situation.
To give you some background to this testimony I recommend you first read my post: I failed to study that word “free.”
Continue reading “Melbourne Christian Fellowship – Why I Left It. Part 2”
Melbourne Christian Fellowship – Why I Left It. Part 1
This special three-part testimony is posted to share my experiences within a church organization whose teaching and practice I discovered to be more in line with that of a cult than an ordinary church group as one should expect to find such.
It is not, “The writings of a deeply hurt man,” as is the accusation from people within, (a common cultist-mentality accusation) Revelation 12:10b. It is the writings of a deeply concerned man.
The testimony is posted to inform and encourage any person who believes him or herself to be in a similar situation.
To give you some background to this testimony I recommend you first read my post: I failed to study that word “free.” Continue reading “Melbourne Christian Fellowship – Why I Left It. Part 1”
I failed to study that word “free”
“In the church, there is no hierarchy. Leaders are not to force their will on others.” My wife and I visited a church one time and were very blessed to hear those exact words coming from the minister, as he preached his sermon. The words impacted me because prior to him speaking, this had been our experience far Continue reading “I failed to study that word “free””
He was not the creator of his problem
I first met Darren when he was a baby. He was the second child of dear family friends. His father and I were professional musicians together for many years. As a baby, Darren was a quiet, gentle, polite and loving little boy and I can still see his little round smiling face and his big eyes looking up at me. As he grew, these characteristics continued to develop within him, and even though we were later to lose touch, the last time I saw him, Darren was Continue reading “He was not the creator of his problem”
We moved to where God was not
A few weeks after having left what had been our church home for five years, my wife and myself and two other non-compromising-Bible couples from the same church were asked by a minister from another denomination to join him in starting a church in our community. This man was known to us all, as he and some of his present church people had sometimes shared their ministry amongst us in that former church. The pastor shared what he believed had been put on his heart by God and so after many hours of discussion it seemed Continue reading “We moved to where God was not”
Dramatic changes. Part 2
“Whatever is in the heart of a person will always get exposed.” As mentioned in Dramatic Changes. Part 1, those were the words used frequently by the pastor of the church that my family and I were associated with at the time of my ministry in the local community. Personally, I was glad to come into that knowledge, because I knew that such a truth applied in the positive sense as well as the negative. So I made it my business to get serious before God. I already knew what had once Continue reading “Dramatic changes. Part 2”