For years I ridiculed and questioned everything that looked unfamiliar in the church. I believed we are called to prove everything, to test everything that seems to be novel in the church. True enough. But when we move into ridicule we are in Enemy territory and can be rebuked soundly for it.
So I do not approach this subject with animosity nor with a light heart. Rather I hope to be seen as the objective reporter.
No I have never fallen down in church. I have never even gotten weak and trembling. A vast amount of the church looks at such a confession with benign approval and pats me on the back. But many others question whether the Holy Spirit has ever manifested Himself to me. After all, they question, how can God Himself show up in the room or in your body, and not be felt in some dynamic way? Read the rest of this entry »
