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Dave Halls, 25/05/2011

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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

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.

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

Col 2

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...

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.

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.

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?

Dave Halls, 28/01/2011

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HERE AND NOW: THE VIEW FROM THE POOLSIDE

I need to round off this series so that I can get on to blogging about the stuff we want to reflect on in the Autumn.

I did say that I was hoping it would be easier to be more awake to God's presence on holiday than in the normal run of life. No dice, it seems. (Sorry about the view from between my feet by the way buts that where I was laying thinking about it, with my ipod playing and a coffee easily to hand). Somehow, for me, it seems that the ordinary routine of life is the better place for being aware of the presence of Jesus. That's not to say that I'm seeing any significant process. On the basis that knowing God's closeness is different from praying, worshipping or even thinking about him, I am still a practical atheist. Most of my days do not happen with a clear awareness of Jesus beside me but its easier being back doing normal things.

That's not to say that it seems unimportant. I've had a few texts about whats happening with our Teen Spirit guys at Soul Survivor. It certainly sounds as though some of them have had opportunity of being more aware of God than ever before. That's great. But somehow we have to learn from one another how to have that same wakefulness every day. Otherwise these guys will be back at school and the encounters of the summer will get so far away that they will seem like a dream. And unless Jesus is closer than their best friend...

So do keep poking me about this. It really matters. I sort of hope that it creeps back into all our conversations so that we help one another with GOOD PRACTICE FOR GOD AWARENESS