Episode 194: a PURE vision for Charismatic Ministry

Episode 194: a PURE vision for Charismatic Ministry

Author: DJ (David John) May 20, 2025 Duration: 27:34
In AD 180, Charismatic ministry was very different than today. By God's grace, we need to somehow recover what was lost.Irenaeus (AD 180) - “Those who are in truth His disciples, receiving grace from Him, do in His name perform miracles, so as to promote the welfare of others, according to the gift which each one has received from Him. For some do certainly and truly drive out devils, so that those who have thus been cleansed from evil spirits frequently both believe [in Christ] and join the Church. Others have foreknowledge of things to come: they see visions and speak the prophecies they have received. Others still, heal the sick by laying their hands upon them, and they are healed. Moreover, as I have said, even the dead have been raised and remained among us for many years. And what more can I even say? It is not even possible to number all of the gifts which the Church, throughout the whole world, has received from God, in the name of Jesus Christ, who was crucified under Pontius Pilate, and which Christians demonstrate daily for the benefit of the unbelievers, neither deceiving them nor taking any financial reward from them [on account of such miraculous ministry]. For as Christians have received freely from God, freely also do they minister [to others]” Matt. 10:8  (Against Heresies, Book 2, Chapter 32, Section 4)

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Duration: 32:50
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Duration: 48:37
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Episode 178: Submission is NOT a bad word - 1 Peter 2:13-3:17 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 58:58
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Episode 177: 1 Peter 1:10-28 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:27
10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who predicted the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully. 11 They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when…
Episode 175: Identity in Christ [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 40:44
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