"You can know the whole Bible but if you don't have divine encounters then you are nothing but a walking Pharisee".
Rob Rufus - Introductory Remarks - "Grace and Glory Conference" - Tuesday 23rd - Hong Kong, October 2007.
"The man who never reads will never be read. He who never quotes will never be quoted. He who will not use the thoughts of other men's brains proves that he has no brains of his own ... You need to read" - C H Spurgeon. "To fail to learn from the pulpit of the past is to impoverish that of the present" - Tony Sargent
Saturday, 24 November 2007
Rob Rufus on Knowledge and Experience
Rob Rufus on Glory and True Unity
"Unity doesn't bring the glory - the glory brings unity".
Rob Rufus - Introductory Remarks - "Grace and Glory Conference" - Tuesday 23rd - Hong Kong, October 2007.
Terry Virgo on True Preaching
"Holy Spirit-inspired preaching brings about an encounter with God that demands a verdict and produces a changed life based on revelation, faith and love, not cold obedience to external rules".
Terry Virgo - "Spirit-inspired preaching" - from Terry Virgo's blog - downloaded Saturday 24th November 2007 - 14:30.
Mark Stibbe on the battle for the church
"The battle is on for the church to really believe the Bible, the Word of God. The battle is on to believe that God still saves, heals and delivers today. The battle is on for the Gospel - for the church to guard and proclaim the timeless truth of the finished work of the Cross. The battle is on and the battle is fierce, but in the midst of all the compromise and deception God is raising up a truly apostolic church. This church is the church through which the King of kings is going to minister his life-changing touch in ever-increasing measure.
This church is the church through which revival will come to the nations."
Mark Stibbe - "One Touch from the King" - Authentic, 1997, p94
Monday, 19 November 2007
Rick Joyner on the "Spirit of Religion"
"For some people it seems easier to "die for the Lord" than to live for Him. Those who have a perverted understanding of the Cross glory more in death than they do in life. They fail to see that the point of the Cross is resurrection, not the grave".
Rick Joyner - "Combating the Spirit of Religion" in "Freedom from the Religious Spirit" - C Peter Wagner (ed) - Regal Books, California (2005) - (pp44-45).
Friday, 12 October 2007
Rob Rufus on Foundations in Church Life
"Foundations will either facilitate or frustrate the moving of the Spirit in the local church".
Rob Rufus - "Authorised/Unauthorised Fire" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 22/09/04.
Wednesday, 3 October 2007
Gordon Fee on Normal Church Life
"A visible charismatic dimension of life in the Spirit was the normal experience of Paul's churches".
Gordon Fee - "Paul, the Spirit and the People of God" - Hodders (1996) - (p173).
Tuesday, 2 October 2007
David Mansell on Angelic Appearances at the Dales Bible Week 1977The same phenomenon occured at the Dales Bible Week in 1977
"The same phenomenon (angelic singing) occured at the Dales Bible Week in 1977. On several evenings after the meeting was over and the auditorium vacated and locked up for the night, heavenly singing was heard coming from the building at two or three o clock in the morning. This was not only reported by those on site; people living in the houses near the site complained about the singing in the early hours of the morning!
During the same week there were several angelic appearances, particularly to the young. One six-year old boy lost in the crowd and anxiously awaited by his parents suddenly turned up full of smiles. When asked how he found his way, he replied 'Oh a nice ghost in a shiny coat showed me the way'.
During a time of testimony another lad of six was asked what he enjoyed most about the Bible Week. He replied; "I liked it best when all the angels came and flew around the children's meeting playing their trumpets and praising God".David Mansell - "A Radical Goal for Radical Christians" in "Revive Us Again!" edited by David Matthew - Harvesttime (1990) - (pp101-102).
Rob Rufus on the REAL Suicide Bombers
"Suicide Bombers are not trying to be liked by society. They want to disturb society. That's the counterfeit but God wants to wrap glory bombs of the power of God around us and He wants us to run into the secular world, the media world and let it off".
Rob Rufus - "Mobilise Main Session" at Together on a Mission 2007 in Brighton DVD.
Rob Rufus on Considering Personal Life
"Before you know it you will be in your 50's and 60's! And you are going to have to look back and say what investments, what statements, what priorities, what adjustments, what Divine Encounters did I make to keep me accurately and precisely razor-like focused in my call in the will of God? Did I sell out for convinience or did I come as a prophetic voice in my generation and make a difference in my generation? That is the issue God is addressing in this generation!".
Rob Rufus - "Mobilise Main Session" at Together on a Mission 2007 in Brighton DVD.