Stuff Apostolics Like

A Pastor's welcoming message to the guests first service. Hello, welcome to the Apostolic church service. God will be here. It's good that you are here. Join us, as we worship God. This first visit will be nothing like you have seen before. It will be awesome. Why? Because we are Apostolic, that's why. Don't know what Apostolic means? Just read Acts 2 and you'll know where we come from. Sure the sun won't be darkened, nor will the moon be drowned in blood like Peter describes in the Last Days. Heck, we don't even have the tongues of fire that's described. But we do have the Truth. and God. And our Apostolic Identity. This is important. Also don't include the last few verses of Acts 2 that describe the Apostolic experience as having Communion daily or having all possessions in common. That's just not realistic to our capitalistic society. But trust us, we're as Apostolic as you can get without being a communist. Also read Acts 2:38... it's...

Maybe, I have wrote about this topic before. I have no clue. I don't remember yesterday. Thus it's impossible for me to remember the content of this blog. The point is, I realized on the day before yesterday that one of the worst kind of horrorshows for our movement is when someone confesses that filthy illusion that they consider themselves "in the middle" of the Left or Right "spectrum" within our movement, or more specifically.... When someone claims a point or a stance that actually means something, a Man in the Middle chimes in that "We  Must maintain a balance and keep the other "end" of the argument in mind."   And then that convictionless person rambles on about not straying to far to the left, or too far to the right, but Keeping our eyes towards heaven.... And God's will, happens to be the middle? Did I miss something? No I didn't. So before I continue, this kid below is reminding you and me, that if there is a...

First first: If we want God to live with us, we must teach him to abide by our routine of life: Maybe it was a month ago. Maybe more. I don't really remember to remember time or dates these days. The point is, I was on the phone with a friend who requested his name remain anonymous for this post. Beneath the surface. This mysterious friend, made an observation amongst many others he has made to me over the years, that within Apostolic Pentecostal churches, "the point of worship service is no longer to make you feel the Holy Ghost." But rather, the proper goal for most worship services these days is "to make you feel like you feel  the Holy Ghost." The quote may seem like simple words games, but I would argue the extra "like you feel" is a very important distinction. The point would be that within worship services, pursuit of God and encountering God are no longer the thing pursued. Of course, everyone would say that encountering God is the whole...