Tag Archives: Spiritual gifts

By the way, God is not a man…

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Mel Wild

A movie based on William Paul Young’s best-selling book, The Shack, is finally coming out this March 3rd! I am very excited to see this for many reasons. This post is inspired by Cindy Powell’s post, “Hollywood, please get this one right.” I join … Continue reading →

Posted in Doctrine, Father Heart of God, Identity, Theology | Tagged Cessationism, Christianity, Heresy hunters, Religion and Spirituality, Spiritual gifts, The Shack, The Shack movie | 13 Comments

Understanding prophecy under the New Covenant

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Mel Wild

The subject of prophecy is outside the parameters of my blog but I thought it important that I tag this on to my last two posts. New Testament prophecy and the function of prophets is probably one of the most … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Grace | Tagged Christianity, False prophet, Holy Spirit, Jesus, New Covenant, New Testament prophets, prophecy, Prophetic, Spiritual discernment, Spiritual gifts | 14 Comments

How to know if revelation is from God

Posted on June 2, 2014 by Mel Wild

Last time, I talked about the nature of revelation. I will continue here on how to know if our revelation is from God. But before I begin, understand that the idea of people being led and managed by the Holy … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Grace, The Shift | Tagged Bible, Christianity, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Kingdom of Heaven, prophecy, prophetic protocol, Revelation, Spiritual gifts, Spiritual revelation | 13 Comments

The problem with keeping God in our intellectual box

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Mel Wild

When we come to Christ we become supernatural beings. Our natural was placed inside Christ’s supernatural. In fact, according to Paul, acting like a “mere human” is worldly behavior (1 Cor.3:3). We’re primarily a spirit being that lives in a body. The Bible refers to … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Quotes | Tagged Bill Johnson, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Graham Cooke, intellectual Christianity, Intimacy with God, Kingdom of Heaven, Religion and Spirituality, Spiritual gifts, Spiritual revelation, Theology | 17 Comments

An inconvenient history for cessationism

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Mel Wild

In light of the controversy generated over John MacArthur’s recent polemic crusade against Charismatics and Pentecostals with His book and conference titled, “Strange Fire“, I think it might be instructive for us to look at whether this view is compatible with church history. I gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Doctrine, Faith, Quotes | Tagged Cessationism, Christianity, Church history, Continuationist, Holy Spirit, New Covenant, Raising the dead, Spiritual gifts | 22 Comments

Sunday morning ocean

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Mel Wild

As I write this post, I ‘m preparing my heart for tomorrow’s Sunday service. But I find myself captured by this thought. What is it that I’m preparing for…my message…or His message? Of course, I want to say, His message, but how … Continue reading →