Dr Lloyd-Jones on Unction in Preaching

"Seek Him! Seek Him! What can we do without Him? Seek Him! Seek Him always. But go beyond seeking Him, expect Him. Do you expect anything to happen to you when you get up to preach in a pulpit? Seek this power, expect this power, yearn for this power; and when this power comes, yield to Him. Do not resist. Forget all about your sermon if necessary. Let Him loose you, let Him magnify His power in you and through you".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Preaching and Preachers" - Hodders (1971) - (p325).

Thomas Goodwin on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

"There is a light that cometh and overpowereth a man's soul and assureth him that God is his and he is God's and that God loved him from everlasting ... It is a light beyond the light of ordinary faith ... the next thing to heaven; you can have no more, you can have no more until you come hither ... It is faith elevated and raised up beyond its ordinary rate, it is the electing love of God brought home to the soul".

Thomas Goodwin - "The Works of Thomas Goodwin" - Volume 1 - James Nichols, Edinburgh (1909) - (pp233, 236, 237).

William Guthrie on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

"There is a communication of the Spirit of God which is sometimes vouchsafed to some of His people that is somewhat besides, if not beyond, that witnessing of a sonship spoken of before. It is a glorious divine manifestation of God unto the soul, shedding abroad God's love in the heart.

It is a thing better felt than spoke of. It is no audible voice but is a ray of glory filling the soul with God as He is life, love and liberty".

William Guthrie cited in Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "The Sons of God" - Romans Series Volume 7 - Banner of Truth (1969) - (p342).

Tony Sargent on Spirit-Filled Preaching

"No preacher should settle in his mind for anything less than unction as he enters the pulpit. To know the anointing of the Spirit in the act of expoundingthe Word should be one of the most sought-after phenomena".

Tony Sargent - "The Sacred Anointing" - Hodders (1994) - (p25).

Dr Lloyd-Jones on Spirit-Filled Preachers

"There is one thing that gives a preacher authority, and that is he must be "filled with the Holy Spirit".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Knowing the Times" - Banner of Truth (1989) - (p160).

Tony Sargent on Dr Lloyd-Jones Preaching

"I reiterate that one cannot seperate Lloyd-Jones' pneumatology from his homiletics".

Tony Sargent - "The Sacred Anointing" - Hodders (1994) - (p295).

Dr Lloyd-Jones on Spirit-Anointed Preaching

"Oh there is preaching and preaching! What is the test of preaching? I will tell you; it is power!".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones cited in Tony Sargent - "The Sacred Anointing" - Hodders (1994) - (p294).

Gordon Fee on the Gospel

"The single concern: the Gospel proclaimed through human weakness but accompanied by the powerful work of the Spirit so that lives are changed through a divine-human encounter".

Professor Gordon D Fee - "The First Epistle to the Corinthians" - Eerdmans Publishing (1987) - (p96).

Tony Sargent on Quotes

"To fail to learn from the pulpit of the past is to impoverish that of the present".

Tony Sargent - "The Sacred Anointing" - Hodders (1994) - (p260).

Derek Prince on True Faith

"A faith that does not result in activity of any kind is a dead faith; it is empty, worthless, insincere".

Derek Prince - "Foundational Truths for Christian Living" - Charisma Publications (2006) - (p478).

Derek Prince on Final Judgement

"We must state clearly and emphatically that this judgement of Christians will not be a judgement of condemnation".

Derek Prince - "Foundational Truths for Christian Living" - Charisma Publications (2006) - (p467).

Arthur Wallis on Revival

"Revival is divine intervention in the normal course of spiritual things. It is God revealing Himself to man in awful holiness and irresistable power. It is such a manifest working of God that human personalities are overshadowed and human programmes abandoned ... It is the Lord making bare His holy arm and working extraordinary power on saint and sinner".

Arthur Wallis - "In the Day of Thy Power" - CLC (1956) - (p20).

Ern Baxter on the Gospel of the Garden

"The entire earth was created to become a garden for the royal family of God".

Dr Ern Baxter - "God's World Purposes" - Timothy Distribution Company (1981) - (p8).

Ern Baxter on the Book of Genesis

"It is the seed bed for all spiritual truth - everything that God had purposed in His heart for mankind was birthed there. It truly is the Book of Beginnings".

Dr Ern Baxter - "God's World Purposes" - Timothy Distribution Company (1981) - (p6).

Ern Baxter on God's World Purposes

"The royal family of God is the central theme in His revelation to man. It is the key to God's purpose in our world today".

Dr Ern Baxter - "God's World Purposes" - Timothy Distribution Company (1981) - (p5).

Professor Kenneth Gentry on Amillenialism

"Amillennialists see daily suffering, abject loss, heart-rending tears, and absolute defeat for the church in history as "victory." It does appear that amillennialism really presents a "spiritual," detached view of history".

Kenneth Gentry - "Blaising Rattles: An Analysis and Response to Craig Blaising’s Critique of Postmillennialism" - from Kenneth Gentry dot com (2004).

Spurgeon on the descent of the Spirit

“My object is not to talk of the descent of the Holy Spirit as a piece of history but to view it as a fact bearing upon us at this hour, even upon us who are called in these latter days to bear our testimony for the truth”

Charles Spurgeon, Power for You, Whitaker House, 1996, p. 89.

Spurgeon on Glorious Disorder

“God, send us a season of glorious disorder. Oh, for a sweep of wind that will set the seas in motion and make our ironclad brothers now lying so quietly at to roll from stem to stern. As for us, who are as the little ships, we will fly before the gale if it will but speed us to our desired haven. Oh, for fire to fall again—fire which will affect the most stolid! This is a sure remedy for indifference. When fire falls into a man’s bosom, he knows it, and when the Word of God comes home to a man’s soul, he knows it, too. Oh, that such fire might first sit upon the disciples and then fall on all around!

“For, to close, there was then a daily increase of the church: ‘The Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved’ (Acts 2:47). Conversion was going on perpetually. Additions to the church were not events which happened once a year, but they were everyday matters. ‘So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed’ (Acts 19:20).

“Oh, Spirit of God, You are ready to work with us today even as You did then! Stay not, we beseech You, but work at once. Break down every barrier that hinders the incoming of Your might. Overturn, overturn, sacred wind! Consume all obstacles, heavenly fire, and give us now both hearts of flame and tongues of fire to preach Your reconciling word, for Jesus’ sake. Amen.”

Charles Spurgeon Power for You, Whitaker House, 1996, p. 112.

C T Studd on Zeal for God

"Be extravagant for God or the devil but for God's sake don't be tepid".

C T Studd cited in John Blanchard - "The Complete Gathered Gold" - Evangelical Press (2006) - (p691).

Charles Haddon Spurgeon on Zeal for God

"As well as a chariot without it's steers, a sun without it's beams, a heaven without it's joy, as a man of God without zeal".

Charles Haddon Spurgeon cited in John Blanchard - "The Complete Gathered Gold" - Evangelical Press (2006) - (p691).

William Carey on Zeal for God

"Attempt great things for God; expect great things from God".

William Carey cited in John Blanchard - "The Complete Gathered Gold" - Evangelical Press (2006) - (p690).

Jim Elliot on Zeal for God

"Am I ignitable? God delivers me from the dread asbestos of "other things". Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be aflame".

Jim Elliot cited in John Blanchard - "The Complete Gathered Gold" - Evangelical Press (2006) - (p690).

Samuel Chadwick on Zeal for God

"Men ablaze are invincible. Hell trembles when men kindle".

Samuel Chadwick cited in John Blanchard - "The Complete Gathered Gold" - Evangelical Press (2006) - (p690).

G Campbell Morgan on the Cross of Christ

"Nobody who has truly seen the Cross of Christ can ever again speak of a hopeless case".

G Campbell Morgan cited in John Blanchard - "The Complete Gathered Gold" - Evangelical Press (2006) - (p130).

Leonard Ravenhill on Intimacy and Communion with God

"Great eagles fly alone; great lions hunt alone; great souls walk alone - alone with God".

Leonard Ravenhill cited in John Blanchard - "The Complete Gathered Gold" - Evangelical Press (2006) - (p99).

Charles Simpson on Shepherding

"If there is no shepherd's heart then "evangelism" is a dangerous misuse of God's people".

Charles Simpson - "Christ as Shepherd" - New Wine Magazine - July/August 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p37).

Don Basham on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

"Jesus saw the coming of the Holy Spirit upon His disciples as a "second experience" - an experience beyond their revelation of Him as the Christ - which would provide them with power they did not yet have".

Don Basham - "Jesus Christ the Baptizer in the Holy Spirit" - New Wine Magazine - July/August 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p14).

Don Basham on Baptism in the Holy Spirit and Charismatic Renewal

"The long held tradition which maintains that there is no "second experience" or seperate "Baptism in the Holy Spirit" has prevented multitudes of sincere Christians from being open to the current Charismatic outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the Church".

Don Basham - "Jesus Christ the Baptizer in the Holy Spirit" - New Wine Magazine - July/August 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p12).

Ern Baxter on Christ Reigning NOW

"Our relationship with the enthroned Lord Jesus Christ makes available to us the incomputable resources of the triune God".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Christ's Ministry Today" - New Wine Magazine - July/August 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p7).

Ern Baxter on Jesus Reigning NOW

"Many Christians are unaware or uninstructed that Jesus is now reigning. As a result they live in relative indifference to the present sovereign rights of King Jesus over the world".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Christ's Ministry Today" - New Wine Magazine - July/August 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p6).

Ern Baxter on Christ's Ministry TODAY

"The prime question is what is Jesus now and what does that mean to me?".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Christ's Ministry Today" - New Wine Magazine - July/August 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p4).

Ern Baxter on Christ's Ministry TODAY

"Success in the Christian life is inseperably linked to "fixing our gaze upon Jesus" (Weymouth), "the pioneer and perfector of faith" (Moffat) "who is sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Hebrews 12:2) where we see Jesus Christ crowned with glory and honour (Hebrews 2:9)".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Christ's Ministry Today" - New Wine Magazine - July/August 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p4).

Ern Baxter on God's Prophetic People

"God's servants and God's people when they are healthy have always been prophetic. They have always been stating and asserting and affirming God's purpose in the earth. Charismatics today need to realize that God has visited us for more than just a personal experience. What God has done has a corporate dimension".

Dr Ern Baxter - "New Wine Interviews Ern Baxter" - New Wine Magazine - December 1978 - CGM Ministries - (p24).

Ern Baxter on Healing and the Baptism of the Spirit

"Healings were to attract attention. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit was to empower and initiate into a dimension of supernaturalism. God intends to equip a people corporately".

Dr Ern Baxter - "New Wine Interviews Ern Baxter" - New Wine Magazine - December 1978 - CGM Ministries - (p24).

Ern Baxter on Supernatural Gifting

"No man, no matter how gifted can afford to violate plurality and walk alone".

Dr Ern Baxter - "New Wine Interviews Ern Baxter" - New Wine Magazine - December 1978 - CGM Ministries - (p23).

Ern Baxter on William Branham

"Branham as a miracle worker had a real place. Branham as a teacher was outside of his calling".

Dr Ern Baxter - "New Wine Interviews Ern Baxter" - New Wine Magazine - December 1978 - CGM Ministries - (p23).

Ern Baxter on the Healing Movement

"I think the Healing Movement was a supernatural prophetic call to the world to say, "God is alive and He's here!" ... I believe the Healing Movement alerted the people in a very real sense to the renewal of the supernatural".

Dr Ern Baxter - "New Wine Interviews Ern Baxter" - New Wine Magazine - December 1978 - CGM Ministries - (p22).

Charles Simpson on True Love

"We've got to learn to love more than in word. We have got to love in deed as well as word. I mean personal investment of ourselves in discipling faithful people into the ways of God - and providing resources that prove our faith in God and in them".

Charles Simpson - "The Fruit of the Kingdom" - New Wine Magazine - December 1978 - CGM Ministries - (pp13-14).

Charles Simpson on Delegation

"Successful pastors are often destroyed by their success. Successful lay Christians are soon destroyed ... You run yourselves to death if you are unable to delegate".

Charles Simpson - "The Fruit of the Kingdom" - New Wine Magazine - December 1978 - CGM Ministries - (p11).

Charles Simpson on Love

"Everything we do must be born out of God's love for people. Jesus Christ was the most fruitful Person who ever lived because everywhere He went, people felt the love of God".

Charles Simpson - "The Fruit of the Kingdom" - New Wine Magazine - December 1978 - CGM Ministries - (p10).

Charles Simpson on True Mission

"We go out of divine initiative and we go in divine relationship".

Charles Simpson - "The Fruit of the Kingdom" - New Wine Magazine - December 1978 - CGM Ministries - (p10).

Charles Simpson on True Discipleship

"Reproductivity is the proof of our discipleship. If each of us individually does not reproduce spiritually then we are not a disciple. Bearing fruit or reproducing the life of Christ in our own lives and in other lives proves our discipleship and glorifies God".

Charles Simpson - "The Fruit of the Kingdom" - New Wine Magazine - December 1978 - CGM Ministries - (p9).

Charles Simpson on Life in the Spirit

"If the life of the Spirit never takes over then the purpose of conversion is frustrated".

Charles Simpson - "Getting Back to Basics" - New Wine Magazine - September 1980 - CGM Ministries - (p6).

J I Packer on God Speaking Today

"It is true that since the apostolic age God has said nothing new to man for He has in fact no more to say to us than He said then. But it is also true that God has not ceased to say to man all that He said then".

J I Packer - "God's Word's - Studies of Key Bible Themes" - (1998) - pp24-25.

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Proper Exegesis

"Let us be very careful therefore, lest we be found to be 'wresting the Scriptures' simply in an attempt to bolster up our own prejudices or justify our own low state of spirituality".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Romans - Exposition of Chapter 12" - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (2000) - (p228).

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Cessationism

"I find it almost laughable that people should say that they do not see any evidence of the gifts today. It means, of course, that they are only thinking of speaking in tongues or of prophecy or of miracles ... We are entitled, therefore, to argue that if some of these gifts have been in evidence throughout the history of the church and are still are, then why not all of them?".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Romans - Exposition of Chapter 12" - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (2000) - (p227).

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Difference between Preaching and Prophecy

"But perhaps the best way of reaching a definition is to ask; what is the difference between prophecy on the one hand and preaching and teaching on the other? Because there is a difference. And I would say that the difference is one word. Immediacy. And this means that a word is given to people and comes to them. Now preaching and teaching are not like that. A preacher and teacher is a man who takes time to study, he takes time to think, to prepare; he arranges his material and gives it order and system. A preacher and teacher should not enter into the pulpit without any preparation and trust to the inspiration of the moment".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Romans - Exposition of Chapter 12" - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (2000) - (p236-237).

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Gift of Prophecy

"What then is the gift of prophecy? Well I would define it as a direct inspiration of the Holy Spirit. What for? It's purpose is to give a word from God or the Word of God to the Church. Prophecy is the inspired delivery of warning, exhortation, instruction, judging and making manifest the secrets of the heart. Someone who makes a prophecy has been given this gift of passing on, as it were, a word from God to the church and to individuals in the church".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Romans - Exposition of Chapter 12" - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (2000) - (p236).

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Defining the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

"I say again that my position is that I believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a seperate, distinct, unique experience. It may be accompanied by remarkable gifts; it may simply manifest the regular gifts in a heightened degree. It is not for us to say that none of these things can happen. Anything is possible in the sovereignity of the Spirit".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Romans - Exposition of Chapter 12" - Banner of Truth, Edinburgh (2000) - (p232).

Terry Virgo on the Cross

"Paul gloried in the ‘old rugged’ cross not in nostalgic reflection but in triumph and glorious emancipation".

Terry Virgo - "The Cross" - Terry Virgo's Blog - Downloaded 21st August 2007.

Ern Baxter on Grace

"Grace is not only attitude but action".

Dr Ern Baxter - "The Word of His Grace" - New Wine Magazine - January 1976 - CGM Ministries - (p6).

Ern Baxter on Grace

"Grace is ultimately the activity of God which puts at the disposal of sinning men and women all the things that give delight to Him".

Dr Ern Baxter - "The Word of His Grace" - New Wine Magazine - January 1976 - CGM Ministries - (p4).

Rob Rufus on Grace

"When we do come to undrestand that we are loved irrespective of our actions, we will realize that He sees us as worthwhile of His devoted specific attention on a daily basis. When we have a revelation of this truth we can come boldly to the throne room of grace to find in abundance the grace we need".

Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Books (1997) - (p39).

Rob Rufus on Grace

"Without God's grace we cannot do anything supernatural that will last for eternity".

Rob Rufus - "Living in the Grace of God" - Authentic Books (1997) - (p33).

Jack Deere on Cessationism

"The doctrine of cessationism originated in experience".

Jack Deere - "Surprised by the Power of the Spirit" - Kingsway, Eastbourne (2006) - (p107).

Jack Deere on Experience and Tradition

"Experience and tradition determine the majority of what church people believe rather than the careful, patient and personal study of the Scriptures".

Jack Deere - "Surprised by the Power of the Spirit" - Kingsway, Eastbourne (2006) - (p54).

Terry Virgo on World Mission

"There is a world out there waiting for you!".

Terry Virgo - "The Story So Far" - Sunday Main Session - Newday 2007.

Terry Virgo on the New American Standard Version

"I use the New American Standard Version - which is about the best version you can use really".

Terry Virgo - "The Story So Far" - Sunday Main Session - Newday 2007.

C Peter Wagner on Defining Apostles

"An apostle is a Christian leader, gifted, taught, commissioned and sent by God with the authority to establish the foundational government of the Church within an assigned sphere of ministry by hearing what the Spirit is saying to the churches and by setting things in order accordingly for the growth and maturity of the church and for the extension of the Kingdom of God".

C Peter Wagner - "Apostles Today" - Regal Books (2006) - (p27).

Jack Hayford on Worship

"We have every right according to the victory won by our Saviour Jesus Christ who secured God's promise to us, to walk the land where we live and in worship to re-establish boundaries - to declare "our land" (wherever we are and wherever we go) to be under the dominion and blessing of God and His Kingdom".

Jack Hayford - "Manifest Presence" - Chosen Books (2005) - (p127).

Jack Hayford on Worship

"Worship is the fountainhead of all power. The release of God's purpose in our lives and the restoration of His rulership on earth happens through the power of worship".

Jack Hayford - "Manifest Presence" - Chosen Books (2005) - (p97).

Bob Mumford on the Glorious End Times!

"We need to see a victorious Lord ... we had a siege mentality. We were content just to get behind our four walls, nail the doors shut and wait for Jesus to come. But in contrast to this attitude, the Lord says, "No I want you to take a sneak look at the back of the Book". And you know what? If you take a sneak look at the back of the Book, you find out that Jesus wins!".

Bob Mumford - "Helps and Hindrances to Holiness" - New Wine Magazine - October 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p28).

Bob Mumford on Defining Holiness

"Holiness is dedicated involvement".

Bob Mumford - "Helps and Hindrances to Holiness" - New Wine Magazine - October 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p27).

Bob Mumford on Legalism

"Legalism as I understand it, is that which is more than the Scriptures or whatever goes beyond Scripture".

Bob Mumford - "Helps and Hindrances to Holiness" - New Wine Magazine - October 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p26).

Derek Prince on the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit and Mission

"I think if we ever lose the sense of compulsion to reach everybody with this testimony, God will withdraw the anointing of the Holy Spirit".

Derek Prince - "What God Wants to Do Next" - New Wine Magazine - October 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p38).

Derek Prince on Revival

"I want to point out a basic principle: the rain is given for a purpose and that purpose is the harvest. The husbandsman isn't waiting for the rain - He is waiting for the harvest! But He knows He can't get the harvest until He receives the rain.

The outpouring of the Holy Spirit is not an end in itself. It is the necessary vision for reaping the harvest. But the harvest is the end ... it is the last, great ingathering of souls into the Kingdom of God".

Derek Prince - "What God Wants to Do Next" - New Wine Magazine - October 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p38).

Don Basham on the Church

"If I could get all I needed from God alone, then I wouldn't need you! If I could get all I needed from God, I wouldn't need Bob Mumford and Charles Simpson and Derek Prince. God knows I need them so there are certain things I can't get from God. He makes me dependent on my brothers and sisters in the Lord".

Don Basham - "What God Wants Now" - New Wine Magazine - October 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p21).

Don Basham on Restoration

"Restoration is a considerable step beyond renewal and has to do with shaking and stripping down and moving away rubbish and rubble and restoring to pristine beauty and power and to the original shape".

Don Basham - "What God Wants Now" - New Wine Magazine - October 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p16).

Don Basham on Normal Christianity

"Normal Christianity has always been miracle working Christianity. God never established any other kind. The way the Church started, it will end - with the miraculous power of God's Holy Spirit released in gifts and ministries and supernatural manifestations which are part of the Christian's heritage".

Don Basham - "What God Wants Now" - New Wine Magazine - October 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p16).

Robert Letham on Trinitarianism faith

"His (John Owen) focus on the three Persons was and is missing from the West in general. It is vital to restore a full blooded Trinitarianism faith. On the other hand in this he exhibits an over-reliance on allegorical exegesis of the Song of Solomon in "On Communion" - not that an allegorical, Christocentric interpretation of the Song of Solomon is illegitimate - despite attempts in the last century to rule it out - it is simply that this seems to me to be an inadequate basis for such an important argument".

Robert Letham - "John Owen's Doctrine of the Trinity" in "Where Reason Fails" - Westminster Conference 2006 - (pp14-15).

Robert Letham on Worshipping the Holy Spirit

"Thus we are distinctly to worship the Holy Spirit and in doing so we worship the whole Trinity. This reminds us of the statement about the Spirit in the Niceno-Constantinopolitan creed - "who together with the Father and Son is worshipped and glorified".

Robert Letham - "John Owen's Doctrine of the Trinity" in "Where Reason Fails" - Westminster Conference 2006 - (pp14-15).

Ern Baxter on the Gift of Prophecy

"Paul makes it clear that while (prophecy) is freely given by God; it's proper use depends on the obedience of the gifted one to the order of God for the exercise of gifts as given by apostolic authority".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Questions and Answers on Prophecy" - New Wine Magazine - January 1977 - CGM Ministries - (pp30-31)

Ern Baxter on Discernment of Charismatic Life

"Rather than close our minds to the supernatural activities of God and become over cautious to the point of questioning everything, we should operate within the checks and balances provided by the New Testament".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Questions and Answers on Prophecy" - New Wine Magazine - January 1977 - CGM Ministries - (p30).

Ern Baxter on Old and New Covenant

"Therefore the freer we are from the masters of the old Adamic order, the more we come into the bondage of Christ and the principles of true life. This releases us to the highest fulfillment. Our real freedom is to be found in deliverance "from" and in submission "to". Herein lies the paradox".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Becoming a Love Slave" - New Wine Magazine - October 1975 - CGM Ministries - (p11).

Ern Baxter on Authoritarianism

"Let us not be afraid of authority for remember that he who has or exercises authority over us is in turn under authority to someone else".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Becoming a Love Slave" - New Wine Magazine - October 1975 - CGM Ministries - (p9).

Ern Baxter on Being a Slave of Christ

"It is not possible to be a Christian in the fullest, experiential sense if we have not become involved in the life of love slavery where serving Christ by serving one another brings us to the highest sense of fulfillment".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Becoming a Love Slave" - New Wine Magazine - October 1975 - CGM Ministries - (p9).

Ern Baxter on True Authority

"It is the nature of the master that influences the response of the slave".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Slaves, Choose Your Master!" - New Wine Magazine - September 1975 - (p12).

Ern Baxter on Slaves in Christ

"Freedom from the old Adamic order does not constitute freedom to do our own thing. Rather it constitutes freedom to function in relation to God and to bring all of our redeemed faculties under His sway that they may be restored to the function of the divine intention".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Slaves, Choose Your Masters!" - New Wine Magazine - September 1975 - CGM Ministries - (p11).

Ern Baxter on Systemizing the Holy Spirit

"It was not until the beginning of the fourth century that the Christian community got around to any extensive definition of the Holy Spirit. It is also interesting that by this time the supernatural and charismatic manifestation of the Holy Spirit had receded considerably. This shows the danger of reducing God, Christian experience and even the Bible to systematic definitions suitable to intellectual forms while not retaining vital relationship to God through the Holy Spirit".

Ern Baxter - "Who is the Holy Spirit?" - New Wine Magazine - November 1974 - CGM Ministries - (p5).

Ern Baxter on Ignorance of the Holy Spirit

"The spiritual revitalizing we have been experiencing across the earth in recent years has indicated that great cross sections of the professing Christian community have been and yet are living in considerable ignorance of the Person and ministry of the Holy Spirit and of the glorious possibility of being personally related to Him in meaningful experience".

Dr Ern Baxter - "Who is the Holy Spirit?" - New Wine Magazine - November 1974 - CGM Ministries - (p4).

Rob Rufus on Experiencing the Holy Spirit

"The more you experience the Holy Spirit, the more you learn His address and you know how to go back to that experience and learn to encounter Him on your own".

Rob Rufus - "Mobilise Main Session 2007" - Brighton Conference

Rob Rufus on Going into the Land

"If we were going in to the land with Joshua and Caleb we should have been asking them everything we could that their generation did wrong so that we don’t make the same mistakes. Don’t get arrogant. Our generation is no better. We are just privileged to see with hindsight".

Rob Rufus - "Mobilise Main Session 2007" - Brighton Conference.

Rob Rufus on Divine Encounters

"You will not make it unless you regularly encounter God!".

Rob Rufus - "Mobilise Main Session 2007" - Brighton Conference.

Rob Rufus on a Sign of Maturity

"A sign of maturity is enthusiasm, boldness and passion and it sickens me that people think it is the young who are passionate and the older should get more cynical, more reserved".

Rob Rufus - "Mobile Main Session 2007" - Brighton Conference.

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Greatest Need of the Hour

"The greatest need of the hour as I see it, is a mighty outpouring of the Spirit of God to authenticate, to prove the truth of this one and only message. Let us go on preaching the truth, but let us at the same time pray unto God to open the windows of heaven and to baptise us anew and afresh with the power of the Holy Ghost".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Not in Word Only" cited in Tony Sargent - "The Sacred Anointing" - Hodders, London (1994) - (p291).

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones on Word and Power

"Orthodoxy is absolutely essential. But orthodoxy alone is not enough. A church can be perfectly orthodox and perfectly useless. The Apostolic message was orthodox but there was something else. Our Gospel came not unto you in word only but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance ... you see the Apostle always relied on the power of the Holy Spirit".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Not in Word Only" cited in Tony Sargent - "The Sacred Anointing" - Hodders, London (1994) - (p288).

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones on the Message of the Cross

"The message of the Cross! We must be clear about this. What is the message of the Cross? What is the message concerning the death of Christ? Is it that there He is just proclaiming that though you are doing this to My Son I still love you? No, no that is not enough! There is substitution here. There is punishment here. He is the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. God hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all, by His stripes we are healed".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Not in Word Only" cited in Tony Sargent - "The Sacred Anointing" - Hodders, London (1994) - (pp285-286).

Sadhu Sundar Singh on Worship

"This is worship. Eternal life will spring forth in our hearts, the fire of love will melt and forge us anew into the image of our Creator".

Sadhu Sundar Singh - "Essential Writings" - Orbis New York (2005) - (p39).

Rob Rufus on True Spiritual Fathers

"Spiritual fathers need to be a mentor. They need to be ahead of you in the faith. There comes a point when a father reaches a point when he can’t teach you anymore because the son becomes an adult. However you always will value that father and honour him as such. The son then needs to become a father. You should never have anyone trying to correct you who are jealous of you, who want to control you or who resent you and don’t like you. The only people you need correcting you are those who you know love you unconditionally. Many Christians are fragile, frightened and scared to be honest because they have been let down, rebuked, disciplined by people who didn’t really love them and were jealous of them".

“Face to Face Intimacy with God” – Rob Rufus – Hong Kong – 5th Aug 07

Rob Rufus on Revelation Chapter 1

"In Revelation chapter 1 – John was caught up or “wrapped up” in the Spirit. It is like a glory bubble in the Spirit. He heard a voice – in the glory you will always hear a voice. John saw a door and went into the glory realm. The first thing John saw was a throne. The second thing was a rainbow encircling the throne. Not 180 degrees but 360 degrees!Wherever God looks from His throne He sees the symbol that judgement is over – “Peace! No judgement!”.

“Face to Face Intimacy with God” – Rob Rufus – Hong Kong – 5th Aug 07

Rob Rufus on Condemnation

"Condemnation is often tolerated in the church world today as an unpleasant feeling of being discouraged. Condemnation is a dark, demonic thing. No condemnation comes from God therefore all condemnation comes from the devil! The most dangerous thing about condemnation is that it de-sensitises you to the Voice of God".

“Face to Face Intimacy with God” – Rob Rufus – Hong Kong – 5th Aug 07

Rob Rufus on Condemnation and the Presence of God

"The more you are freed from condemnation the less you can hear the devils voice. The more the Presence of God comes in your life, the more you are freed from condemnation".

“Face to Face Intimacy with God” – Rob Rufus – Hong Kong – 5th Aug 07

Ern Baxter on Spiritual Gifts

"Spiritual gifts are not for sanctification; they're for ministry. You can manifest spiritual gifts and be carnal. You can manifest spiritual gifts and be immoral".

Ern Baxter - "A Daring Biblical Approach to God's Agenda" - Destiny Image Publishing (1995) - (p89).

Ern Baxter on Apostles and Prophets

"So the apostle is one who goes. He's mobile. The prophet is also one who goes. He is mobile because he should be with the apostle. Let me just drop this in your head - I believe in prophecy. In fact I believe in prophecy so strongly that I grieve over it's misuse. This whole age is to be marked by prophecy! This is a prophetic age. Prophets will never function normally without the oversight of apostles".

Ern Baxter - "A Daring Biblical Approach to God's Agenda" - Destiny Image Publishing (1995) - (p45).

Ern Baxter on the Book of Acts

"The Book of Acts is the only divinely inspired revelation of the nature of post-Pentecostal evangelism and church planting and structuring that we have".

Ern Baxter - "A Daring Biblical Approach to God's Agenda" - Destiny Image Publishing (1995) - (p2).

Ern Baxter on the Royal Anointing of Christ

"So when Jesus ascended and took His throne, He was anointed like kings are anointed; He was anointed with the Holy Spirit to assume His kingly position. The Holy Spirit flowed down over Him, right on down to 120 of His followers below. They became filled with the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of kingship and authority ...

When God anointed Jesus of Nazareth as King at the resurrection and ascension, He sent the Holy Spirit. He sent the Holy Spirit to bless you, make you happy, make you talk in tongues, prophesy and sing choruses, to give you goose bumps and make your hair stand on end ... however He also sent the Holy Spirit to make you a fellow king. You are a king and a priest. You are a worshipper but you are also a ruler".

Ern Baxter - "Restoring the Balance between The King, the Kingdom and the Holy Spirit" - Destiny Image Publications (1995) - (pp52-53).

Ern Baxter on the Spirit and the Word

"The Word and the Spirit must go together. The Word without the Spirit is intellectual death and the Spirit without the Word is uncontrolled fanaticism. Yet if we get them together, we'll take the world apart. The time has come for the Spirit and the Word to be wedded in action so that we can see the government of God come into focus in the earth".

Ern Baxter - "Restoring the Balance between The King, the Kingdom and the Holy Spirit" - Destiny Image Publications (1995) - (p38).

Ern Baxter on Preaching

"The question is not 'Do I have something to say?'. The question is 'Am I saying what God wants me to say?".

Ern Baxter - "Restoring the Balance between The King, the Kingdom and the Holy Spirit" - Destiny Image Publications (1995) - (p32).

Ern Baxter on the Person of the Holy Spirit

"The Holy Spirit has suffered from neglect, depersonalizatio, neutralization, misdefinition and a whole host of other unhappy things. I believe these happened precisely because of His importance; the Holy Spirit is that Person of the Holy Trinity who comes directly in touch with us in life and experience. Satan is not at all adverse to our having intellectually orthodox views of the Holy Spirit but he is clearly against our becoming involved with Him in our lives.

The Holy Spirit is the One who brings the life, power, energy, illumination, inspiration and enablement of the Triune God to each of us, individually and corporately".

Ern Baxter - "Restoring the Balance between The King, the Kingdom and the Holy Spirit" - Destiny Image Publications (1995) - (p2).

Ern Baxter on the Holy Spirit

"We need people who are maturing, people who are shouldering their responsibilities by the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is now moving in our lives in a more mature dimension. He is working within us to form community. He is executing God's purposes among us to give us a foretaste of the Kingdom and He is working within us as a means of its realization. He brings us to the fulfillment of God's plan to fill all things with Himself.

Therefore it is vital that we understand who the Holy Spirit is and what His distinct, active role is in the Godhead".

Ern Baxter - "Restoring the Balance between The King, the Kingdom and the Holy Spirit" - Destiny Image Publications (1995) - (p1).

Terry Virgo on One New Man

"The 'One New Man' crossed every boundary and barrier and the Holy Spirit was present to prove it! The blood of the Cross of Jesus made it possible; the Presence of the Holy Spirit made it visible!".

Terry Virgo - "One New Man" - Newfrontiers Magazine - September/December 2005 - (p8).

David Pawson on the Trinity

"[And] we have been saved from our sins by all three persons in God, working together in perfect harmony but with different contributions and all for our sake. The God above us, the God beside us and the God within us has acheived what we could never have accomplished for ourselves... Quite simply, the Trinity lies at the heart of the gospel. Without this reality, the relationship disintergrates. Without this good news, religion becomes bad news, an extra burden to be borne, extra duties to perform, something we have to carry rather than something that carries us, emphasising what we need to do for God rather than what God can do for us."

David Pawson - "The Challenge of Islam to Christians" - Hodder and Stoughton, London (2003) - (p132)

Terry Virgo on the Church

"The rediscovery of the glory and significance of the local church is fundamental to God's ultimate purpose, to glorify His Son among the nations. This is no small matter and demands our devotion and sustained commitment".

Terry Virgo - "Firstline" - Newfrontiers Magazine - April/June 2006 - (p5).

Rob Rufus on Pharisees and Sadducees

"He's saying "you guys are so obsessed with exterior performanc of religion and you don't deal with the supernatural dynamic of internal life on the inside, you're so full of death that when people come under your ministry and they touch you , you touch them with death and they don't even know that they're touching graves they're touching death. You kill their dreams, you kill their vision, you kill their hopes, you kill their aspiration, you bring death to everything that you're involved with. You're like unmarked graves that people are contacting without even knowing they're touching death." Isn't that pretty heavy going? Don't you think more preachers should be like Jesus?"

Rob Rufus' The Grace Hating Spirit (part 1) from August 22,2004.

Mother Teresa on God's Trust

"I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He didn't trust me so much."

Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)

Martin Robinson on Vision

"The future is determined not by apathetic majorities but by committed minorities".

Dr Martin Robinson - "Movements to Change the World" - Newfrontiers Magazine - September/November 2004 - (p12).

Simon Pettit on the Prophetic

"Without partnership in apostolic doctrine and purpose, prophetic ministry lacks the context to turn vision into reality".

Simon Pettit - "The Local Church as a Prophetic Community" - Newfrontiers Magazine - June/August 2004 - (p38).

Terry Virgo on the Presence of God and Church

"Local churches flooded with the Presence of God and the gifts of the Holy Spirit are the most potent weapons in God's hands for world evangelisation".

Terry Virgo - "Firstline" - Newfrontiers Magazine - June/August 2004 - (p5).

Terry Virgo on the Prophetic

"Prophecy can come as light and love to the individual or as direction to a movement. God leads us by His Presence and His voice. Church life does not have to be reduced to democratic processes, committees and management techniques. We can know God among us, hear His voice and enter into the promises He has clearly made.

Why settle for knowing God at a distance when He has made it clear that intimacy and fellowship are not only available but His distinct preference! He urges us to covet prophetic utterances that will increasingly make us a people enjoying His Presence and captivated by His purposes".

Terry Virgo - "Firstline" - Newfrontiers Magazine - June/August 2004 - (p5).

David Holden on Tongues and Interpretation

"I believe that the gift of tongues and interpretation as described in 1 Corinthians 12, are meant to play a significant part in our gatherings. My personal understanding of an interpretation is that it it is Godward. It is not praying, it is when a person "gushes forth" with Holy Spirit inspired words that come from deep within".

David Holden - "Some Lessons Learnt!" - Newfrontiers Magazine - December/February 2004 - (p35).

David Holden on the Prophet

"The prophetic never sits comfortably with something that is static ... the prophetic can work alongside the apostolic. Prophets exercising their ministry into something static can become very frustrated. We may lack the prophetic in our churches today because we are static, but when the church gets more mobile, the prophetic will come to the fore".

David Holden - "A Mobile People" - Newfrontiers Magazine - December/February 2004 - (p9).

David Holden on Defining Apostles

"There is a great need to redefine apostolic ministry today. That redefinition must include an understanding that care, doctrine and impartation, vital though they are, will not of themselves produce mobility. Without the context of looking out to "regions beyond", apostolic ministry will fall short of it's major calling - to mobilise the church of today".

David Holden - "A Mobile People" - Newfrontiers Magazine - December/February 2004 - (p9).

Terry Virgo on the Church

"The resurrected and enthroned Christ poured out His Holy Spirit, raising a people from death to life. The dead bones have come alive and come together as a mighty army going to the ends of the earth. The Church, the fulfillment of God's great plan is an extraordinary people in the Messiah called from among Jews and Gentiles and going to all the nations. We are the true people of Abraham, a pilgrim people, called to bless all the families of the earth".

Terry Virgo - "Firstline" - Newfrontiers Magazine - December/February 2004 - (p5).

Terry Virgo on Apostles Today

"One of the most important apostolic responsibilities is to define who are the people of God".

Terry Virgo - "Local Churches Loosely Federated Under Apostolic Authority" - Newfrontiers Magazine - September/December 2003 - (p9).

Terry Virgo on Apostles and Prophets Today

"Part of our responsibility is constantly to challenge the traditional view regarding apostles and their influence on local churches. We must start by making it clear that there are different kinds of apostles and their influence on local churches ...

Jesus has ascended on high and from His ascension He gives gifts to men. They were not witnesses of His resurrection but gifts of His ascension!".

Terry Virgo - "Local Churches Loosely Federated Under Apostolic Authority" - Newfrontiers Magazine - September/December 2003 - (p8).

Terry Virgo on Ephesians 4 Ministries

"The ascended Christ has given diverse gifts and ministries with a goal in view. He wants a glorious church, a mature body growing to the fulness of the stature of Christ, to a mature man. Our passion is to see a glorious church attaining to the maturity that the Bible describes. While others may be in doubt, God has certainly not give up on His Church".

Terry Virgo - "Local Churches Loosely Federated Under Apostolic Authority" - Newfrontiers Magazine - September/December 2003 - (p6).

Arnold Bell on our Mission

"The world desperately needs to see an alternative to its own confusion. Amos declared, "The lion has roared - who will not fear? The Sovereign Lord has spoken - who can but prophesy?" - (Amos 3:8). The Word of the Lord is more awesome than a lion's roar. It is time for a prophetic people to emerge from cover; declaring in word and lifestyle what God has spoken".

Arnold Bell - "The Unchanging Word in a Changing World" - Newfrontiers Magazine - June/August 2003 - (p12).

Rob Rufus on the Cross and God's Power

"When the cross is no longer obscured, but graphically seen,
the Spirit of God moves amongst us and does miracles. When the cross is obscured, and it is a mixture of law and grace, you kinda gotta get the blessings by keeping certain standards, then human effort comes in, the Spirit of God's power decreases in our midst and confusion, condemnation, wrath, intimidation and witch craft is in operation."

Rob Rufus
from sermon series ROB RUFUS IN LOS ANGELESSPECIAL SERIES ON GRACE PART 1 , Grace
Part 1 (Feb. 2, 2007)

Rob Rufus on Law, Grace, and God's Presence

"I believe many Christians miss the connection that the way
Jesus disarmed the principalities and powers and triumphed over them was by cancelling the written rules and regulations that stood opposed to us. Because the devil gets behind the laws and rules for the Christian and accuses you night and day that you're falling short. Now, the law was meant for the Holy Spirit to get behind to bring conviction to unsaved people that they need the Saviour. But
if you go back under law, Satan will get behind the law and bring judgement and accusation and if you believe it, you will not live in the grace of God, faith will be nullified in your heart for the promises of God to be fulfilled and grace will not operate and the presence and power of God will not flow to the degree God wants his presence to flow."

Rob Rufus, from sermon
series ROB RUFUS IN LOS ANGELES SPECIAL SERIES ON GRACE PART 1 , Grace Part 1 (Feb.2, 2007)

Lloyd-Jones on Spirit Baptism

"The central, main objective of the baptism with the Holy Spirit is to enable us with the power to be witnesses to the Lord Jesus Christ, to his person, and to his work. And therefore there is nothing more important at the present hour than that we should understand this teaching."

Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Sovereign Spirit" - (p17).

New Wine Magazine on Doctrinal Orthodoxy

"To be right satisfies the ego. To be kind satisfies God".

Anonymous Quote cited in New Wine Magazine - February 1976 - CGM Ministries - (p31).

C Peter Wagner on Training New Leaders

"New apostolic pastors have long since recognized that to the degree they themselves attempt to do all or most of the ministry of the church they clasp an impenetrable lid on the growth of their congregation Therefore they make it a point to train others to minister".

C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p210).

C Peter Wagner on Missionary or Apostle?

"Notice the contrast between Peter and Paul. They were both apostles but Peter was not cross-cultural. He was the apostle to the circumcision namely to his fellow Jews. Paul was an apostles primarily to the uncircumcision, the Gentiles ... Peter had the gift of apostle but not the gift of missionary. Paul had both the gift of apostle and missionary".

C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p106).

C Peter Wagner on Apostolic Networks

"Apostolic leaders who are determined not to allow their networks to routinize into denominations will be cultivators of charisma".

C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p145).

C Peter Wagner on Apostlic Authority

"The charismatic leader possesses qualities the followers perceive as emanating from superhuman sources".

C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p134).

Bill Hamon on Apostles as Fathers

"True prophetic and apostolic fathers are more interested in those they are fathering come into their ministry than in magnifying their own ministry".

Bill Hamon - "Apostles, Prophets and the Coming Move of God" - Destiny Pub. (1997) - (p40).

Paul Daniel on Apostles as Fathers

"Fathers I believe should never be threatened by sons; but should rejoice when they excel".

Paul Daniel - "His People Christian Ministry" in "The New Apostolic Churches" (C Peter Wagner ed) - Ventura Books (1998) - (p237).

C Peter Wagner on Apostles as Fathers

"Spiritual parents provide ... (a) parental role of empowerment when taken seriously and exercised wisely will raise up children in the faith, many of whom will be subsequently released for their own parental ministry".

C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p119).

C Peter Wagner on Apostles as Fathers

"Apostolic networks frequently like to consider themselves a family, the apostle being the father or parent of the family".

C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p119).

C Peter Wagner on Apostles

"How the enemy dreads the apostle! How he fears the full restoration of this ministry! A New Testament apostolic function fully deployed within the Church today would significantly impact the dominion of darkness. Satan knows this and I'm sure all of hell shudders at the prospect of the revitilisation of apostles and apostolic people".

C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p111).

C Peter Wagner on the Kingdom of God

"The Church is prepared to advance the Kingdom with a speed and intensity that has not been in previous generations".

C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p111).

C Peter Wagner on Missionary

"The gift of missionary is the special ability that God gives to certain members of the body of Christ to minister whatever other spiritual gifts they have in a second culture".

C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p106).

C Peter Wagner on Apostles

"The gift of apostles is the special ability that God gives certain members in the Body of Christ to assume and exercise general leadership over a number of churches with an extraordinary authority in spiritual matters that is spontaneously recognised and appreciated by those churches".

C Peter Wagner - "Churchquake!" - Regal Books (1999) - (p105).

Don Basham on Barriers to Baptism in the Holy Spirit

"If I were asked to name the greatest barrier to receiving the baptism in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues, I would be obliged to say it is a lack of understanding about the way the miraculous power of God is released in the Christian's life.

The principle is simply this; the power of God is released by an act of faith on man's part".

Don Basham - "Tongues and the Chronic Seeker" - New Wine Magazine - November 1971 - CGM Ministries - (p10).

Greg Haslam on the Pastor/Teacher Ministry

"There are two ways to leave the ministry in a particular location – to be sent out or to be carried out in a box. We have no option to walk out because it has got a bit difficult for us".

Greg Haslam - "Correctly Handling the Word of Truth" - Seminar at TOAM 07.

John Stott on the Authority of Scripture

"Scripture is the Royal Scepter by which King Jesus rules His Church ... Scripture has supreme authority in the Church".

Dr John Stott - "The Bible and the Christian Life" DVD - Session 1; "The Authority of the Bible" - Zondervan (2006).

John Stott on Authority

"It is right to protest against an oppressive authority but the Christian mind distinguishes between tyranny on the one hand and authority on the other.

True authority combines freedom from tyranny with freedom under authority".

Dr John Stott - "The Bible and the Christian Life" DVD - Session 1; "The Authority of the Bible" - Zondervan (2006).

Ern Baxter on Guidance

"The Spirit's first work of guidance is to quicken the Word and its principles to our redeemed and renewed understanding, and then empower and enable us to behave in terms of the Spirit-inspired revelation ... It is my persuasion that in the main our daily lives are to be directed by the principles of the Word of God, while being healthily sensative and open to any specific direction that the Holy Spirit may give".

Dr Ern Baxter - "New Wine Forum" - New Wine Magazine - November 1973 - CGM Ministries - (p25).

Terry Virgo on the People of God

"We read of Nehemiah that when he heard about the situation in Jerusalem his heart was overwhealmed with grief. Jerusalems walls were in ruins and he wept and cried to God because he was zealous for Zion, zealous for the house of God.

God wants us to be such a people. Although we are weak and frail, we are to be a people who are zealous for His house and who want to see the power of God manifest. This is the only qualification I can see in Gideon to start with - he had a hunger to see God at work".

Terry Virgo - "The Tide is Turning" - New Wine Books (2006) - (pp87-88).

Terry Virgo on Ephesians 4 Ministries

"As men honestly seek to rediscover the teaching of the New Testament and the place of the ministries listed in Ephesians 4, there will be a strong temptation to dilute our terminology with more palatable words. We could say that someone "gives counsel" into a church or is "helping it to develop". In an attempt to make it more acceptable we could talk about people having something of an "apostolic function" rather than call them apostles outright.

However if we do lose our edge we shall lose our vision and then finally lose our way. We must be honest and true to our vision even though we may have to pay the same price that Joseph paid in terms of rejection".

Terry Virgo - "The Tide is Turning" - New Wine Books (2006) - (p24).

Charles Simpson on Kingdom Now Theology

"The lullabye of 'heaven-later' theology is being rudely interupted by the insistence of 'kingdom-now' theology. The 'kingdom-nowers' are not denying the sweet bye and bye but believe it will be sweeter if we obey the Lord Jesus now, come under His government and into His rest".

Charles Simpson - "Entering the Land" - New Wine Magazine - November 1974 - CGM Ministries - (p24)

Terry Virgo on Prophets

"Whether knowing the world's future or knowing a king's heart, the Bible is pleased to call it prophetic. Though diverse, they are all known as prophets. What they had in common was the revelatory and immediate aspect of their insights and words, in contrast to the teacher such as Ezra ... they received from God but they were also steeped in previous revelation".

Terry Virgo - "Does the Future Have a Church?" - Kingsway, Eastbourne (2003) - (p126).

Terry Virgo on Ephesians 4 Ministries

"When Jesus ascended on high, He gave apostles, prophets, evangelists and pastor/teachers. If we only acknowledge the role of pastor/teachers we miss God's purpose for the church".

Terry Virgo - "Does the Future Have a Church?" - Kingsway, Eastbourne (2003) - (pp111-112).

Terry Virgo on Ephesians 4 Ministries and Churches

"Not only do we need a multiplication of apostles and prophets, but we are also parched for a supply of apostolic and prophetic churches, congregations shaped by apostolic and prophetic vision which themselves become the seedbed for the reproduction of such ministries ... We need the best pastors and teachers possible but we must build on an apostolic and prophetic foundation. Apostles and prophets remind us of our identity and calling in the world".

Terry Virgo - "Does the Future Have a Church?" - Kingsway, Eastbourne (2003) - (pp144-145).

Terry Virgo on Ephesians 4 Ministries

"Those who feel deep concern for the world's needs and who are captivated by the biblical model of continous church planting, supported by all of the Ephesians 4 Ministries, can hardly afford to sit still and let some academics tell us that today the church is only served by pastors and missionaries. There is a desperate need to recover biblical Christianity and reproduce it through vibrant churches scattered all around the world".

Terry Virgo - "Does the Future Have a Church?" - Kingsway, Eastbourne (2003) - (p143).

Terry Virgo on the Future of the Church

"My appeal therefore, is that rather than give up on the church and anticipate her inevitable demise, we give our best energies to her success, knowing that Christ is determined to have a glorious Bride, worthy of His own majesty and might.

In reality this is a battle we cannot lose. Christ has already declared His intention. He will build His Church. Every tongue and tribe will be included. Why not therefore join Him on His magnificent obsession?".

Terry Virgo - "Does the Future Have a Church?" - Kingsway, Eastbourne (2003) - (p143).

Stanley Jebb on Azusa Street

"Though we may rightly criticise Azusa Street, are we earnestly and frequently seeking God for a genuine spiritual awakening? Is prayer a vital force in our churches?".

Dr Stanley Jebb - "The Azusa Street Phenomenon" from "Where Reason Fails" - The Westminster Conference 2006 Papers - (p62).

Stanley Jebb on Azusa Street

"If God was at work in Azusa Street, then it seems plain that the clear stream of God's blessing was made very muddy by man's doctrinal and behavioural errors".

Dr Stanley Jebb - "The Azusa Street Phenomenon" from "Where Reason Fails" - The Westminster Conference 2006 Papers - (p60).

Charles Simpson on Deception

"Spiritual deception begins with self-deception".

Charles Simpson in "New Wine Forum" - New Wine Magazine - February 1975 - CGM Ministries, Florida - (p28).

Jack Hayford on Defining "Charismatic"

"Charismatic" conveys by proper definition the idea of something given by God to benefit mankind".

Jack Hayford in "The Charismatic Explosion in the Local Church" - New Wine Magazine - July 1975 - CGM Ministries - (p10).

Jack Hayford on Proofs of a Move of the Holy Spirit

"On the basis of these two instances - Jesus at Jordan and the Church at Pentecost - the nature of a true Spirit explosion can be tested by two criteria. 1. There should be evidence of an unsettling of the superficial ... 2. There should be an experience of fulfillment and loveliness worthy of the signature of the Creator".

Jack Hayford in "The Charismatic Explosion in the Local Church" - New Wine Magazine - July 1975 - CGM Ministries - (p10).

Jack Hayford on Prophecy

"But the fire of the Spirit awaits to break through in many of our churches today, and the spirit of prophecy - which ultimately always glorifies Jesus - must be allowed a place".

Jack Hayford in "Despise Not Prophecy" from "Understanding the Fivefold Ministry" (Matthew Green - ed) - Charisma Publications (2005) - (p82).

Ern Baxter on Effective Evangelism

"One can bear witness to the love and grace of God so long as his life is open to God's training and correction and he keeps "current" with God. It is often the unhindered Presence of God in one's maturing process, forgiving, correcting and encouraging that makes the Christian want to share such a wonderful relationship".

Ern Baxter in "Questions and Answers with Ern Baxter" - New Wine Magazine - July 1976 - CGM Ministries, Florida - (p30).

Jack Hayford on Prophecy

"The manifestation of the Holy Spirit in prophecies ... demonstrates and tends to sustain a simplicity. I have often marvelled at insights that come via the simplest vessels in our congregations - bursting brightness on the eternal Word as prophetic photographs of God's way are depicted in unstudied, simply utterances that stir, awaken and ignite hearts".

Jack Hayford in "Despise Not Prophecy" from "Understanding the Fivefold Ministry" (Matthew Green - ed) - Charisma Publications (2005) - (p81).

Rufus Moseley on Cessationism

"If those who insist the age of miracles has ended had lived in Jesus' day, the age of miracles might never have begun".

Rufus Moseley - "New Wine Forum" - New Wine Magazine - January 1972 - CGM Ministries Publishing, Ft Lauderdale, Florida - (p23).

Don Basham on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

"If you doubt you have received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, then you haven't".

Don Basham - "New Wine Forum" - New Wine Magazine - January 1972 - CGM Ministries Publishing, Ft Lauderdale, Florida - (p22).

Derek Prince on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

"The people who reject the baptism of the Holy Spirit have no personal experience of this manifestation of God's supernatural power; and as a result they either ignore or misinterpret the Scriptures that plainly describe it".

Derek Prince - "New Wine Forum" - New Wine Magazine - January 1972 - CGM Ministries Publishing, Ft Lauderdale, Florida - (p20).

Kate Simmonds on TOAM 07!

"This conference is all about the glory of God. The content of the songs is increasingly “You – You – You”.

Kate Simmonds - "Training Track 2: Worship" at "Together on A Mission 2007".

Kate Simmonds on Church Leaders

"Expect church leader to be a worshipper and to love the Presence of God and place a high value on worship".

Kate Simmonds - "Training Track 2: Worship" at "Together on A Mission 2007".

Kate Simmonds on Worship and Manifest Presence of God

"Love the church! You want the people of God to meet with God. Come full of the Holy Spirit!"

Kate Simmonds - "Training Track 2: Worship" at "Together on A Mission 2007".

Kate Simmonds on Manifest Presence of God

"The bottom line is not great musicianship but if we don’t know what the Presence of God is like; if the church is not regularly in the manifest Presence of God then we are missing our reason for being a worship team".

Kate Simmonds - "Training Track 2: Worship" at "Together on A Mission 2007".

Gordon Fee on Title - "Saviour".

"This (Philippians) is the first and only time in the Church corpus that the title "Saviour" appears (3:20). In this case since it occurs in the context of "citizenship" it almost certainly stands in direct confrontation with the Emperor Nero who is acclaimed throughout the empire as "Lord and Saviour ...

Significantly for both his readers context and for our understanding of Paul's christology, the One who we "eagerly await" is first of all designated "Saviour". The significance of this is highlighted by it's rarity in Paul's writings - only once heretofore (Ephesians 5:23) has he used this appellation of Christ and in that case it was not fully titular".

Gordon D Fee - "Pauline Christology - An Exegetical/Theological Study" - Hendrikson (2007) - (pp371, 402).

Gordon Fee on Christ's Present Position

"Christ is now the warrior-King who through His death AND resurrection not only subdued all of God's enemies but also is the source of all gifting in His body, the Church".

Gordon D Fee - "Pauline Christology - An Exegetical/Theological Study" - Hendrikson (2007) - (p358-359).

Gordon Fee on Book of Ephesians

"The most unique feature of Ephesians is that nothing within the letter seems to have called it forth".

Gordon D Fee - "Pauline Christology - An Exegetical/Theological Study" - Hendrikson (2007) - (p339).

Gordon Fee on the Church

"The Church where Jew and Gentile have become the one People of God is pictured as the Body of Christ - the Lord who now sits enthroned in the heavenlies is the Head and under whose feet all other powers have been subjected".

Gordon D Fee - "Pauline Christology - An Exegetical/Theological Study" - Hendrikson (2007) - (p354).

Gordon Fee on Holy Spirit Crying "Abba!"

"Here is the ultimate evidence that we are God's own children; we address God with the same term of intimate relationship that Jesus Himself used. We are not slaves but children. The Spirit has taken us far beyond mere conformity to religious obligation. God Himself ... has come to indwell His people and He has sealed that relationship by given to them the language of His Son, the language of personal relationship. For Paul and us this is the ultimate expression of grace".

Gordon D Fee - "Pauline Christology - An Exegetical/Theological Study" - Hendrikson (2007) - (p219).

Gordon Fee on Holy Spirit Crying "Abba!"

"We need to take seriously that believers "cried out" Abba to God within the gathered Christian community and that they did so with full awareness that the Spirit was moving them to do so, and that they were thus using Jesus own words of intimate relationship with the Father".

Gordon D Fee - "Pauline Christology - An Exegetical/Theological Study" - Hendrikson (2007) - (p127).

Gordon Fee on Kingdom of God

"The radical change to traditional Messianism is that one finds in Paul's thought - the Kingdom is NOW and the Son of God currently reigns".

Gordon D Fee - "Pauline Christology - An Exegetical/Theological Study" - Hendrikson (2007) - p110).

Gordon Fee on the Holy Spirit

"Most importantly God becomes "our Father" through the gift of the Holy Spirit whom Paul explicitly identifies in Galatians 4:6 as "the Spirit of the Son" whom God sent into our hearts and Who is thus responsible for believers crying out to God the Father in the language of the Son ("Abba")".

Gordon D Fee in "Pauline Christology - An Exegetical-Theological Study" - Hendrikson (2007) - p37

Terry Virgo on Kingdom Perspective

"To the unbelieving eye I am sure history looks like one random event following another, but when you know history’s Author your perspective changes".

Terry Virgo's blog - "Word and Spirit" - June 15th 2007

Dr Lloyd-Jones on Quenching the Spirit

"Our greatest danger I feel today is to quench the Spirit. This is no age to advocate restraint - the church does not need to be restrained but to be aroused, to be awakened, to be filled with a spirit of glory for she is failing in the modern world".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Joy Unspeakable" - Hodders (1984) - (p75).

Dr Lloyd-Jones on the "Falling Upon" of the Holy Spirit

"If your doctrine of the Holy Spirit does not include this idea of the Holy Spirit falling upon people, it is seriously, greviously defective. This, it seems to me, has been the trouble especially during this present century ... The whole notion of the Holy Spirit falling upon people has been discountenanced and discouraged and if you read many of the books on the Holy Spirit, you will find it is not even mentioned at all, a fact which is surely one of the prime explanations of the present state of the Christian church".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Joy Unspeakable" - Hodders (1984) - (p116).

Dr Lloyd-Jones on Main Problem with the Church

"I am convinced that the main trouble with most of us and with the church in general is that we seem to have forgotten the Presence and the power of the Spirit. We have become so formal, with everything so set, so organised, all in the control of man - and have forgotten ... the power and the glory of the Spirit. I am convinced that the greatest need of the church is to realize again the activity of the Holy Spirit".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Joy Unspeakable" - Hodders (1984) - (p120).

Dr Lloyd-Jones on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

"There is nothing, I am convinced, that so quenches the Spirit as the teaching which identifies the baptism of the Holy Spirit with regeneration ... Got it all? Well if you have 'got it all' I simply ask, in the Name of God, why are you as you are?".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Joy Unspeakable" - (1984) published by Harold Shaw, Illinois (p280).

Dr Lloyd-Jones on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

"Our danger, all of us, is to reduce the great blessings of the Christian faith to some almost automatic process".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Joy Unspeakable" (1984) published by Harold Shaw, Illinois (p167).

Dr Lloyd-Jones on the Baptism of the Holy Spirit

"It is quite inevitable - that you can be a Christian, you can be a member of the body of Christ, you can be a part of this organism without having received this baptism of power, without knowing this highest form of assurance, without having this overwhealming experience of the love of God shed abroad in your heart".

Dr Martyn Lloyd-Jones - "Joy Unspeakable" (1984) published by Harold Shaw, Illinois (p264).

John Hosier on Apostles

"An apostle is particularly gifted to help get churches well planted and well established".

John Hosier - "Christ's Radiant Church" - Kingsway, Eastbourne (2005) - (p42).

David Holden on the Role of Apostles Today

"1. To ensure that the church is moving on to ‘regions beyond’.

2. To care for all the churches they serve – this may include laying foundations or fathering a church through all kinds of challenges.

3. To define doctrine that will help shape a church in what she believes and will result in practice that glorifies God. This doctrine, of course, has its authority in God’s Word alone and will prevent the church from being blown about by new doctrinal trends.

4. To impart the Holy Spirit. This could be introducing people to the baptism in the Holy Spirit, or enabling a church to have fresh encounters of the Holy Spirit. It may also be signs and wonders. Apostolic ministry is far more to do with impartation than administration".

David Holden - "Apostolic Means Mobility" - Brighton Leadership Conference 2003.

Terry Virgo on Apostles

"The dynamic ongoing ministry of apostles is to lay foundations".

Terry Virgo in "Christ's Ascension Gifts" from "Preach the Word!" - Greg Haslam (ed) - Sovereign World, Lancaster (2006) - (p190).

Derek Prince on Doctrine vs Experience

"Personal experience by itself is never a sufficient basis for establishing biblical doctrine. At times however it can have the effect of illuminating a doctrine that previously one did not know how to apply".

Derek Prince - "They Shall Expel Demons" - DPM UK (1998) - (p30).

Derek Prince on Expelling Demons

"The ignominous failure of the sons of Sceva is also clear proof that success in casting out demons does not depend merely on using the right "formula". The person using the formula must be a sincere and yielded channel for the supernatural Person of the Holy Spirit".

Derek Prince - "They Shall Expel Demons" - DPM UK (1998) - (p28).

Derek Prince on Expelling Demons

"This is New Testament evangelism: The Gospel is preached and multitudes hear; they see the miracles and casting out of demons and they believe, they are baptised and the church is established. A central element is the expelling of demons".

Derek Prince - "They Shall Expel Demons" - DPM UK (1998) - (p26-27).

Derek Prince on Expelling Demons

"Since the beginning of the 20th century, a great deal has been preached, taught and written about the second sign (Mark 16:17) - speaking with new tongues. But the sign Jesus put first - casting out demons has not received the same positive attention. It is sad that the contemporary Western Church has been unwilling to come to grips with the issue of demons".

Derek Prince - "They Shall Expel Demons" - DPM UK (1998) - (p25).

Derek Prince on Expelling Demons

"It (expelling demons) was a unique demonstration that the Kingdom of God had come upon the people of His day".

Derek Prince - "They Shall Expel Demons" - DPM UK (1998) - (p13).

Derek Prince on Expelling Demons

"Casting out demons demonstrated two important spiritual truths. 1. It revealed the existance of two opposing Kingdoms - of God and of Satan. 2. It demonstrated the victory of God over Satan's".

Derek Prince - "They Shall Expel Demons" - DPM UK (1998) - (p12).

Derek Prince on Expelling Demons

"I can find no basis anywhere in the New Testament for an evangelistic ministry that does not include the expelling of demons".

Derek Prince - "They Shall Expel Demons" - DPM UK (1998) - (p12).

F. F. Bruce on Mark 2:17

"I came not to call the righteous, but sinners." (Mark 2:17)
"Nineteen centuries and more Gospel preaching and New Testament reading, have familiarised us with the idea that Jesus's ministry was specifically directed at sinners. Not simply to sinners in the sense in which most people will admit 'we are all sinners', but sinners in the sense that their lives offended the accepted moral code of their community."

F. F. Bruce - "The Hard Saying of Jesus" - London (1983) (Chapter 1)

Michael Green on the Incomparable Jesus Christ

"Jesus of Nazareth remains the most important individual who has ever lived. Nobody else has had comparable influence over so many nations for so long. Nobody else has so affected art and literature, music and drama. Nobody else can remotely match His record in the liberation, the healing and the education of mankind. Nobody else has attracted such a multitude not only of followers but of worshippers."

Michael Green (Series Editor, "The Jesus Series") - "The Hard Sayings of Jesus" by F. F. Bruce - London (1983) (Introduction)

Samuel Rayan on the Spirit in the Early Church

"The experience of the Holy Spirit was THE great Christian experience"

Samuel Rayan - "Breath of Fire" - London (1979)

Samuel Rayan on the Spirit in the Book of Acts

"It is a fact not always noted that uppermost in the conciousness of the early church, was the reality of the Holy Spirit. The very first paragraph of the Acts of the Apostles mentions the Holy Spirit. It would seems as if the church could not begin to speak about its life without making mention of the Spirit"

Samuel Rayan - "Breath of Fire" - London (1979)

Samuel Rayan on the Job of the Holy Spirit

"He is no tranquilizer. The unity he brings is no cover up for divisions. He means to deal with divisions and His peace is nothing cheap, born as it is of clear options to grapple with the injustice and with all brutal and subtle mechanisms of oppression."

Samuel Rayan - "Breath of Fire" - London (1979)

Samuel Rayan on Defining the Holy Spirit

"The Spirit is not apart from the uplifting of Jesus on the cross and his struggle unto death in defense of people's dignity, freedom, and future, of the dispossessed in particular. The Spirit is not only dove. He is fire and wind. He comes with a sound like the roar of a hurricane"

Samuel Rayan - "Breath of Fire" - London (1979)

Roger Haight on Translating the Word Grace

"The word Grace is the english equivalent of the latin 'gratia', which in turn translates the Greek word 'charis'; and the New Testament authors used 'charis' to render several Hebrew words conveying meanings reducible to three main ideas: condescending love, conciliatory compassion and fidelity. As a result, the word grace has the special connotation of everyting that pertains to a gift of love; it totally gratuitous or unmerited and undeserved."

Roger Haight - "The Experience and Language of Grace" - London (1979) (Introduction)

Roger Haight on the Use of the Word Grace

"The word "grace" is one of the most common in the Christian vocabulary. At the same time, it is probably the most slippery word to define... Grace refers to the most basic and fundemental of Christian realitiessince it indicates the presupposition of all Christian spirituality"

Roger Haight - "The Experience and Language of Grace" - London (1979)
(introduction)