In recent years, especially in Christian missions at least, there has been a transition of view regarding divine calling. Traditionally, many mission organizations and churches expected a missions candidate to describe a clear, unambiguous call to ministry. Gary Friesen (in his book, "Decision Making and the Will of God") spoke of the challenge of entering …
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Years ago I used to lead some seminars on Spiritual Gifts, and Spiritual Gift Assessments. They have value... I think. But maybe it is time to rethink their value. I recall people 10 years ago saying that for centuries Christians had ignored the important role that Spiritual Gifts have in the Bible... but that now …
Long ago when I was young (this was before cable TV and Internet) our house had one TV that received its signals from an antenna located on the highest point of our house. We got two stations very strong. One was an NBC affiliate out of Erie, PA. The other was a UHF PBS retransmitter …
It is common to focus on the Damascus Call of Paul. Perhaps this is because it makes a more interesting story because of its strongly supernatural nature, because of its personal nature, and because of its more radical result. But there were a lot of other calls with regards to Paul. 1. The Macedonian Call. …