Benny Meador on May 15th, 2009

Preparation for Kingdom Fullness
I am seeing a time of darkness and light over the earth in which groups of people of the light will come into unity and be prepared to spread the kingdom and restore the wasted land after the dark season has finished its work. In this outpouring there will become a [...]

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by Frank Viola
I am often asked what I believe about “the gifts of the Spirit.” My typical answer is that I believe in them . . . all of them. However, I believe in and practice them without the classic charismatic packages and Pentecostal wrappings.
A large chunk of my life in the institutional church was [...]

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Benny Meador on March 10th, 2009

By Wayne Jacobsen
Since I first wrote The Naked Church twenty years ago now, I have searched for a definition of the church that encompasses her majesty and yet explains in simplicity who she is and how she functions in the world. At first I thought that could be answered in structural ways as I moved [...]

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Benny Meador on January 16th, 2009

By Ron McGatlin
Recently I was awakened from a troubling dream hearing the words “Warning, Danger! Danger!” I am confident that there are some personal implications in this for me. However, after considering the word and seeking further in prayer, I am aware of a broader application of the warning.
Ignoring or [...]

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Benny Meador on September 2nd, 2008

Frank Viola provides some excellent discussion and insight around this much misunderstood group of giftings.
http://www.ptmin.org/fivefold.htm
He definitely brings some much needed wisdom as we enter a time when the “new” can easily be disguised within the “old”.

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Benny Meador on August 31st, 2008

The “crucified ones” – Charles Elliott Newbold, Jr.

Old Order / New Order: The Is-ness Of God In Us

The crucified ones are a new breed of Christians in the world today. They are new order in contrast to [...]

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Benny Meador on August 28th, 2008

What is the Kingdom of God? What is its nature and character? What is its purpose and reason for being? Where is it? Who may enter it, and how? Who is excluded from it, and why? How is this Kingdom organized and governed? How does it function and operate? What resists it and prevents it [...]

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Benny Meador on February 17th, 2008

The most precious commodity we each have is not our home, money, or business; it is our life. The living reality of our body, soul, and spirit are the most precious possessions we each have to invest. We invest our lives here on earth into what we are most passionate about. When our lives are [...]

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