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father. husband. follower of Jesus. (former) church planter. (current) pastor - New City Church, Mobile, AL. #GBO
Feb 15, 2022 5 tweets 1 min read
I’m a Pentecostal. Our theology is as much a record of lived-experience as it is inspired writing. Actually, we believe in tongues as initial-evidence based on the experience of the early church more than the teaching of the apostles.
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This doesn’t negate the primacy of the Word, but reveals that God reveals in ways that are experiential and those experiences are realities (so long as they are not in disagreement with His Word) that are as doctrinally formational as the words on the paper.
Sep 23, 2021 13 tweets 3 min read
One of the last sermons my dad preached before he got too sick from cancer to continuing preaching was on the story of Elijah calling down fire from heaven to destroy the armies of Ahaziah. From Samaria Ahaziah had ordered his commanders to get the prophet. So one by one Ahaziah’s commanders set out from Samaria to find and capture Elijah. And one by one Elijah calls down fire to consume them. Ahaziah had received a message from the prophet he didn’t like and he wanted to confront Elijah. Elijah finally agreed to go Ahaziah.