Category: Jesus Movement
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‘Don’t use my name’
In our excellent interview with Noel Paul Stookey (you will definitely want to visit that interview below), he spoke of two divine interventions that shaped his life and career. The first introduced him to Jesus, the second provided direction for his songwriting and already well-earned public personna as a member of the iconic ‘60s folk…
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Pioneering in the 21st Century
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Just what is pioneering in the 21st Century? Hasn’t everything already been mapped and charted? What frontiers are left?
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Pioneers, then and now
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) At the beginning of the ‘70s, a group of us shook Christianity to its base. We burst on the scene seemingly unknown to each other yet all with the same message. The message was about Jesus and how His gospel related to the deep, unresolved…
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Jesus versus religion
(Click here for a video of John reading this Catch.) Series: Characteristics of the Jesus Movement for Today 1. The Jesus Movement unified believers. (It was all about Jesus.) “Jesus is just alright with me.” The Doobie Brothers (1972) There’s a reason why it’s called the Jesus Movement. It was all about Jesus. In 1966…
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Think about it!
Think about it! People like Peter, Paul, Phillip, John, Timothy, Lydia, Priscilla — these, among many others, were the voice of Christ to the first church — and its amazing how these few people expanded the word of Christ throughout the known world. Think about it! People like Paul Clark, Barry McGuire, Nancy Honeytree, Larry…
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Are we caught in consumer Christianity?
How can I sing a new song of deliverance to those who have no hope, if, at the same time, I insist on remaining comfortable among those who do?
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Jesus whisperer
“I think it’s wonderful we have the free will and the ability to have a relationship with God. When I read the Gospel I hear the Lord talking to me and teaching me, and it’s not all that difficult to understand what He’s saying.” – Mark Spoelstra If you don’t know who Mark Spoelstra is…
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Dealing with dystopia
The year’s at the spring And day’s at the morn; Morning’s at seven; The hill-side’s dew-pearled; The lark’s on the wing; The snail’s on the thorn: God’s in his heaven— All’s right with the world! – Robert Browning Someone described America in the paper today as a dystopia and I had to…
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The truth about Jesus never gets old
It hasn’t been since the 1960s that there was so much division and political and social unrest in America, prompting some to speculate that other parallels might exist between then and now. For instance, it was out of the 60s that the Jesus movement was born, which makes you wonder if we might be on…
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In the presence of the Lord
I have finally found a place to live In the presence of the Lord – Eric Clapton That was then; this is now. My purpose for turning back the clock on the Jesus movement (see yesterday’s Catch) was to show how God periodically breaks in on history,…
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Jesus unscathed
Some say He was an outlaw, that He roamed across the land With a band of unschooled ruffians and a few old fishermen No one knew just where he came from or exactly what he’d done But they said it must be something bad that kept him on the run …
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‘All aboard!’
People, get ready There’s a train a-coming You don’t need no ticket You just get on board All you need is faith To hear the diesels humming Don’t need no ticket You just thank the Lord – Curtis Mayfield Get ready people; something’s coming. Curtis Mayfield knew it. “I must have been in a very…
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‘Is your name in this book?’
It’s been on my mind ever since. Ever since Ron Ritchie handed me his old New American Standard version of the New Testament — the one like we all had in 1970 that was all marked up with lines and colored pencils and highlighters — and asked me if my name was in it. It…
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A vision becomes a Reality
This is an important day: June 17, 2019. Mark it. This is the day we discover that we are a part of something bigger than we ever dreamed.
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If Jesus is the answer, what was the question?
Jesus is the answer for the world today Above Him there’s no other, Jesus is the way – Andrae Crouch Two comments from yesterday’s Catch taken together make a Catch of their own. Andrew reminded us that Jesus ultimately has an answer for everything, but then Bob pointed out that the one big question, “Why?”…