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Talking about the cross from a Pentecostal perspective.
 Here are a few resources that may help with my CCT Good Friday talk.
You can find my source for the statistics here.
I have been strongly influenced by recent thinking done by James K A Smith on Pentecostal Epistemology.
You can get his book here
or watch a lecture on the subject here.
My father's story can be found here and my mother's here.
The unedited script for my talk is here.
If you would like to pursue any of the ideas I have raised you should be able to comment below.
To access other resources including information about current interests, please email me at davehalls@dayspring.org.uk
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Dave Halls, 21/04/2011
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The opposite spirit
 This Sunday we were back to talking about the cross and made some small reference to spiritual warfare and the idea of ACTING IN THE OPPOSITE SPIRIT.
I first heard of this idea from Gerald Coates but I believe it might have developed in YWAM with Loren Cunningham, the founder.
Anyway, if you want to know more, here and here are two helpful articles which you can read at leisure.
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Dave Halls, 08/03/2011
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Awesome cross of power
Its 10.20 on Saturday night. I've got tomorrow's talk as far as I can - just a case of sleeping on it and praying the detail through in the morning.
Here are the bits you might want to follow up the session.
Wordles are a neat way of summarising and analysing text. You can make your own at www.wordle.net
Colossians 2:13-15
1 Corinthians 15:50-57
Here's the song which tells it better than I ever could.
And if you want to see the longer version of the HBO clip of the Roman triumphal procession, including a gory reminder of what happens to defeated enemies...
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Dave Halls, 05/03/2011
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How to pray for Egypt
Here's a quick Sunday link from Ruth which gives a valuable prayer angle on whats happening in Egypt.
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Dave Halls, 06/02/2011
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Awesome cross of freedom and forgiveness
The base from which I am working totay is Ephesians 1:7
For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is our sins are forgiven.
That says it all really but the other ideas come from Colossians 1:19b-23a and Galatians 6:1-5.
Here's the fantastic movie I am showing towards the end.
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Dave Halls, 29/01/2011
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We're not the only ones...
 ...who like stories. Here's a new site where you can post and read about life in the church. Why not think about contributing?
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Dave Halls, 28/01/2011
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OVER THE RAINBOW
We started our first session in the series HERE AND NOW, about knowing the reality of God’s closeness, by explaining that it is fundamental to our way of thinking about expressions of church.
We said that experiencing God’s reality does not depend on special formats like worship meetings so anywhere any time we take him seriously we can communicate with him and know his presence.
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God says: Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you (Hebrews 13:5)
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Jesus said: Remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age. (Matthew 28:20 NRSV)
If that is true we have to treat claims to invite God’s presence with some caution though people may just be suggestion that we pay attention to him, though if God is here and we have to be told to pay attention to him then we are obviously missing something. That’s a lot worse that my attempt to walk through the Duke of Edinburgh. But that’s another story.
Yesterday morning we pushed on a bit to develop two more ideas:
AWARENESS OF GOD ISN’T INTENDED TO HAPPEN OVER THE RAINBOW BUT HERE AND NOW.
We think if we are happy we will be able to connect with God better.In fact that is putting the cart before the horse.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. (Psalm 16:11)
We can be aware of God here and now though it may involve some effort.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->David said to his son Solomon: If you seek him he will be found by you (1Chronicles 28:9)
<!--[if !supportLists]-->James says: Come close to God and he will come close to you (James 4:8)
WE MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR OURSELVES BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT DEVELOPED THE EYES OF OUR HEART WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO SEE SPIRIT RATHER THAN STUFF.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth. (John 4:23-24)
This inner awareness gets hinted at in lots of places
<!--[if !supportLists]--><!--[endif]-->In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he was lying on his bed. He wrote down the substance of his dream. (Daniel 7:1)
<!--[if !supportLists]-->Paul prays that the eyes of our heart may be enlightened (Ephesians 1:18)
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Dave Halls, 12/07/2010
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