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Pimping the Gospel

October 30, 2009 by Jim Wright 15 Comments

For the prosperity gospel televangelists, God’s highest purpose is to bless me by satisfying my carnal desires for wealth, health and power – but only if I bless them first.

Abuse, Fakes, Gifts, Kingdom of God, Manassas, New Covenant Fellowship, Prosperity Gospel, Sovereignty

Evangelical Prophets or Martyrs?

October 6, 2009 by Jim Wright 6 Comments

Why do those “on point” for the Kingdom of God increasingly seek refuge from the prevailing pop-theology (or dare I say lack of theology) and me-focused brand of Christianity that animates many of our church leaders and cuts believers off from the great historic doctrines and creeds of our faith?

Catholicism, Charismatic, Church, Eastern Orthodox, Eschatology, Evangelical, Gifts, Great Commission, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Pentecostal, Pietism, Sovereignty, Truth, Worldview

The Church in D Pod

July 26, 2009 by Jim Wright 8 Comments

This Sunday, like most Sundays, I will be fellowshipping with the “Church in D Pod” at the local jail. D Pod is a unit housing around a hundred men, and God has been pouring out his new wine in an exciting way among those inmates. A couple of months ago, I started shifting my focus [...]

Faith, Grace, Jail, Joy, Kingdom of God, Mentor, Ministry, New Wine, Organic Church, Sovereignty

New Wine And Old Skins

July 1, 2009 by Jim Wright 1 Comment

Here’s an interesting article, reprinted below, on how people will stick to what they believe or think even in the face of contrary facts or circumstances. As I’ve watched people react to challenges and controversies over the last couple of months, and to God bursting old wine skins as he brings forth new wine, I can [...]

Community, Faith, Jail, Joy, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Ministry, New Wine, Organic Church, Pastors, Sovereignty

God is Not Passive

March 21, 2009 by Jim Wright 4 Comments

I’m seeing others who also are quietly moving forward, with fire stirring in their spirits, to proclaim true repentance, Christ’s Lordship and the Kingdom of God rather than conformist, complacent Christianity. These co-conspirators are being compelled by God to preach outside our churches because too many of our pastors have been unwilling, so far, to [...]

Brokenness, Church, Conversion, Faith, Kingdom of God, Repentance, Sovereignty

Essentially Reformed or Hyper-Calvinist?

January 19, 2009 by Jim Wright 8 Comments

Why is it that those who most strongly affirm God’s sovereignty deny His ability – His right, if He so pleases – to delegate choice to us?

Calvinism, Grace, Sovereignty

Jim Wright

Teacher, pilot, foe of tyrants, world traveler, passionate, attorney, entrepreneur, friend of the dispossessed, Christian, thinker, reluctant counselor, occasional mentor, brother in the Lord, adequate cook, pretty good host and so-so bass fisherman.

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