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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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HERE AND NOW
God's presence in the present
Here and Now is to be the title for the three talks I am working on at the moment, the first of which we did yesterday.
If I can get to it, I would like to blog on a few related topics, the footnotes that I keep referring to but for now I thought I should simply make a list of some of the Bible passages. I am purposely not hyperlinking them so that you get a chance to use a real paper Bible.
The springboard for the talk was the story of the impact of the death of Jesus on the physical environment, in Matthew 27:50-53. If you want to explore the temple/priest image and the significance of the curtain you can read the book of Hebrews or, for a quick dip, Hebrews 10:19-25.
The Old Testament material that I think pushes towards the idea that God is PRESENT IN THE PRESENT are all among the Bible bits that get me going. You may find it worthwhile to use each one to meditate on for a day or two. They are as follows:
- Numbers 11:24-30--A big hint that God's presence was not limited by location.
- Jeremiah 31:33-34--This time its about personal relationship and responsibility
- Joel 2:28-32--This is real democracy. But we still have a long way to go...
A final thought. Writing this up, it has struck me again that in Hebrews 10 after talking about unprecedented access to the holiness of God, it sort of puts in a balancing point about meeting together. I like the thought that the danger of experiencing God in the here and now is that we are in danger of ignoring gathering. That would be an interesting problem to have--not that people skip meetings because life intervenes, but because they are living with such awareness of God that it doesn't matter.
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Dave Halls, 14/06/2010
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