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To: Sam's Army

The charismatic movement is an attempt to get back to the fulness of the power of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer. Some of it is a little off the track, but the intention is good. As far as Joel Osteen, I think he's blessed because he's one of very few that preaches that God is for you and not against you. If you want proof of that, just check out what people on this website post far more often than not. I thank God that I came to know Him as accepting me. Had I learned from most of those on this website, I'd think God was an unreasonable, unpleasable, hating ogre. But He's not that. He's perfect love.


8 posted on 08/10/2005 8:22:48 AM PDT by gamarob1
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Its just not "deep" enough for me. It just comes across as simplistic and full of "forward this email to 10 friends right now" type of platitudes.

I have no doubts the intentions are good, I'm just not set on the same frequency as they are I guess.

18 posted on 08/10/2005 8:31:34 AM PDT by Sam's Army
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The charismatic movement is an attempt to get back to the fulness of the power of the Holy Spirit in the life of the believer.

So, are you saying that non-charismatics do not have the "fullness of the power of the Holy Spirit?" Are non-charismatics inferior to those who view themselves as charismatics?

48 posted on 08/10/2005 12:47:39 PM PDT by A2J (Oh, I wish I was in Dixie...)
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I think he's blessed because he's one of very few that preaches that God is for you and not against you.

And he's right. Jesus thought so, too, if you read him. But too many "Christians" insist on taking the other tack -- and declare you "unholy" and "damend" if you don't take that tack too.

That's one of the reasons that more of the world is not Christian.

"The world has never followed hte simple teachings of Jesus, yet it is loud in its proclamation that it is Christian." -- Ernest Holmes, The Science of Mind.

69 posted on 08/11/2005 10:12:16 AM PDT by TBP
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