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 …
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Ministerial SHAPE, FIND, and FIT
I was talking with my son around 1:30 in the morning (we do tend to be night owls at times). We were talking about ministry. He mentioned that when we first came to the Philippines he wasn't sure whether we were really helping here or not (a very fair and understandable assessment) but that he …
Static Calling and Dynamic Pilgrimage
I have been a bit down on the concept of Calling to Ministry and Gifting. It is not that these are wrong, but I think they have developed some problems based on poor scholarship, and a tendency to envision ministry in static, rather than dynamic, terms. Starting with Calling. Some problems with the way it …
What do you have going for you?
I used to be big on Spiritual Gifts. I got training in them, read books on them, and led training on them. I have kind of dumped that to a large extent. Reasons? 1. So much of doctrine of Spiritual Gifts is simply made up. How many spiritual gifts are there? When do you get …
“Sorry. That is Not My Gifting…”– Is lacking a “spiritual gift” really a good excuse?
We just finished Vacation Bible School Week 1 at our church here in the Philippines. Celia, my wife, is the primary organizer, working with the WMU (Women's Missionary Union) and Youth in holding VBS. We did one in a community on the other side of the mountain, and next week we will do one at …