"The more insecure leaders were, the more they would invoke heavenly backing for their advice".
Andrew Walker - "Restoring the Kingdom" - Eagle Publication (1998) - (p187).
"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
Friday, 4 January 2008
Andrew Walker on Leadership Personality
Andrew Walker on Leadership Abuse and Personality
"He is a mature, secure person who does not feel the need to use his apostolic authority to get his own way, ride roughshod over others or make impossible demands on members ... in the fact file I have collected on discipleship abuses, authoritarianism and insecure personalities is a dominant theme".
Andrew Walker - "Restoring the Kingdom" - Eagle Publication (1998) - (p187).
Andrew Walker on Terry Virgo's Essentials
"Terry Virgo thinks that the restoration of apostles is the most important and distinctive feature of Restoration".
Andrew Walker - "Restoring the Kingdom" - Eagle Publication (1998).
Gordon Fee on the Presence of the Spirit and Church
"For (Paul) the Presence of the Spirit as an experienced and living reality was the crucial matter for Christian life from beginning to end".
Gordon Fee - "Paul, the Spirit and the People of God" - Hodders (1996) - (p173).
Arthur Wallis on the Ultimate End of the Earth
"If the limit of our vision is successful evangelism or the blessing of the charismatic movement or even what we are now experiencing then the Lord is wanting to whisper in our ear; "Thou shalt see greater things than these". The fewness of God's people in a fast expanding world, the strength of the adversary, the shortness of time all call for the greatest outpouring the world has ever seen".
Arthur Wallis - "The Rain is Coming" - Restoration Magazine - July/August 1978 - Harvestime Publication - (p20).
Arthur Wallis on Omnipresence and Manifest Presence of God
"If God is ominpresent what do we mean by a visitation of God? ... When God visits His people He comes to them in a manifestation of His power and glory that is far beyond anything they normally experience".
Arthur Wallis - "The Rain is Coming" - Restoration Magazine - July/August 1978 - Harvestime Publication - (p18).
Bob Mumford on the Power of the Holy Spirit
"The Holy Spirit was given to make effective the power released through the work of Christ".
Bob Mumford - "Mantaining a Life of Worship" - New Wine Magazine - January 1975 - CGM Publishing - (p23).
Rob Rufus on Legalism in Church
"Many churches don't preach rules and regulations but the worst ones are the unstated ones because they are subtley manipulative. That is demonic witchcraft and it stops the miraculous and it stops signs and wonders".
Rob Rufus - "Grace Hating Spirit 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 2004-09-01.
Rob Rufus on Conformation or Transformation
"Conformation is not wrong as long as the power behind conformation is the power of transformation. If there is no transformation then our conforming will only be performing".
Rob Rufus - "Grace Hating Spirit 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 2004-09-01.
Rob Rufus on Revival and Grace
"Every revival has ended up crushed by condemnation. Every move of God through church history has ended up crushed in dead religious formalism because they gave in to the spirit of legalism. They formulate rules and lost their freedom through grace".
Rob Rufus - "Grace Hating Spirit 1" - City Church International, Hong Kong - 2004-09-01.