Spirit Led Living

This is a phrase that John Wimber used to say all the time. He talked about the Vineyard focusing on the main and the plain of the Word of God. This is one of the things that attracted me to the Vineyard. Throughout the years I have analyzed the Church Disciplines or Doctrines of many denominations. I have been asked to join several. I really love some of the people and Pastors in those denominations and was sorely tempted to join them. What kept me back was that invariably I would come across something that I just couldn't reconcile with the Scriptures. When I asked about those points I never received a satisfactory answer. I know historically how they developed, the challenges that arose and the reasons for the response, but I felt it went beyond the main and the plain. I felt like they had taken 2+2 and come up with 5. I felt like what was in Scripture was good enough but they had felt the need to take it an extra step. Often mistakenly attributed to St. Augustine (I my

Those that have known me for any period of time know that I believe strongly that the work of the Holy Spirit is much more than just providing the power for regeneration.  They know that I believe that He is the agent of Christ in this world active and distributing gifts and empowering us to do the same kind of works that Jesus did when He walked this earth. I believe that all the gifts are for today and that the modern church has too long ignored the work of the Holy Spirit. So much so that in certain circles you would think that the Holy Trinity is the Father, the Son and the Holy Bible.   The response to Pentecostalism since the dawn of the 20 th century has been so great as to emasculate the work of the Holy Spirit. By the same token, I believe that often in charismatic circles, too much emphasis has been placed on the gifts, especially the gift of tongues. This blog is called Spirit Led Living for a reason. The call of us of who serve Christ is to make disciples. Dis

So, it’s been a while since I posted on my blog. Part of the reason is that I have been so busy. I’ve been working six days a week for what seems like forever and I am also working on my Doctorate. Part of it is that I don’t like to post just to post. You may notice that this posting is a little different than my normal posting where I start with a Scripture and then give my insight on what I feel that God is revealing to me through His Word. This time however, I want to share about what is going on in my life. Almost 10 years ago my life fell apart. I was very depressed following my Mother’s passing and other factor’s led to me making some poor decisions from not trusting God. The end result is that the church that I was pastoring at the time imploded due to my sin and lack of leadership and ultimately I divorced my wife of 30 years. I was facing the dark night of my soul. But God . I know, as the son of an English professor she would have chastised me saying