[T]here are various ways to claim the promises of God. There is the Jack Horner approach. What is the Jack Horner approach to claiming God’s promises? “Little Jack Horner sat in the corner.” What was he doing? “Eating Christmas pie.” And what happened? “He stuck in his thumb and pulled …
My daughter and I recently found this particular talk by Jack Miller to be immensely helpful. I am thinking about asking for the necessary permissions to put together a book of Jack’s greatest sermons from the four to five hundred recordings I have. Therefore, I would like your thoughts and …
Historically, the various pneumatic movements have put forward the view that emotional intensity practically equals the presence of the Holy Spirit. But this can turn into a disastrous mistake. … The heart of the problem appears to be that Christians often think of the filling of the Spirit largely in …
The End of the Struggleby Stanley Voke A little boy came home from Sunday School one day and said, “Mama, we had a new hymn today. It said that Jesus knows all about our struggles.” Then he added thoughtfully, “You know, that isn’t right. We don’t struggle, only snails struggle!” …
I was an energetic, proud, tense pastor of a large church in the north of England. Outwardly successful, I lived a life of inward defeat. Our marriage appeared happy enough but was full of tensions, and I was warned by my doctor of serious duodenal trouble within two years if …
In spite of having been deeply blessed in Africa through meeting the leaders of the East African revival seven years earlier, it was a very dry and needy vicar and ex-missionary who arrived at the conference at Elfinsward, having told the Lord that he could not leave that place unless …