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When God is on the loose!

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  “ The herdsmen fled to the nearby town and the surrounding countryside, spreading the news as they ran. People rushed out to see what had happened. A crowd soon gathered around Jesus, and they saw the man who had been possessed by the legion of demons. He was sitting there fully clothed and perfectly sane, and they were all afraid. Then those who had seen what happened told the others about the demon-possessed man and the pigs. And the crowd began pleading with Jesus to go away and leave them alone.” Mark 5 : 14 - 17 NLT “Church is a community of people animated by the wild, unpredictable spirit of God unleashed to bless the world through love, healing, joy, repentance, and reconciliation.” — Sean Palmer In Unarmed Empire At the time of this writing, Asbury university is experiencing a unique movement of God where its students are experiencing the presence of God’s Spirit.   Social media is flooded with eyewitness testimonies of the experience of awe and wonder a...

Jesus Gets Us, but do Churches get Jesus?

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Matthew 25:41-45 Then he will say to those at his left hand, 'You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;  for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,  I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.'  Then they also will answer, 'Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?'  Then he will answer them, 'Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.' By now, you have seen the commercials that are part of JesusGetsUs ad campaign. Incredibly insightful commercials that portray a variety of people who are going through different situations with a refrain afterwards that simply says "Jesus Gets Us".  The provocative aspect of the campaign is th...