| Isaiah 43;19 declares: "Behold, I will do
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| | over. A megashift of spiritual power into
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| a new thing, Now it shall spring forth;
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| | the hands of ordinary people is about to
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| Shall you not know it? I will even make a
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| | overwhelm the world and put it into
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| road in the wilderness and rivers in the
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| | vastly better shape. Prepare yourself to
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| desert."A new thing? Try this one on for
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| | take part in a total makeover of Planet
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| size: Just as the Apostle Paul brought
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| | Earth!"It went on to say: "You are about
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| the Good News to the Greeks, today's
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| | to discover a new world where...* Over a
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| latch key kids will bring it to the
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| | billion non-Christians may become highly
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| GEEKS!Here's what I mean. Does anybody
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| | active Christians in the next dozen
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| remember those radical Jesus Freaks of
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| | years.* A whole new form of Christianity
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| the 60s and 70s? They're still around.
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| | promises to bring a far greater impact
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| They became the pot-bellied Baby-Boomers
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| | than the Protestant Reformation.*
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| we know and love today. These people seem
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| | Millions of ordinary people are doing
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| to have become more conservative with age
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| | miracles.* God has brought hundreds
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| (having children of one's own will cause
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| | ofpeople back from the dead, mostly in
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| that transformation). After all, many who
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| | the last 15 years. These are not
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| were once yesterday's liberals are
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| | near-death experiences, but real
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| today's conservatives. They scorn the
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| | resurrections of actual corpses. (NOTE:
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| vulgar videos and movies of today's youth
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| | It's true. In the last decade, 52
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| and turn in disgust from the their nasty
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| | countries report dead being raised and
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| grunge clothes, pierced noses, and
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| | diseases miraculously cured.)"New book
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| tattoos. These Boomers can't stand the
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| | tells all: "Megashift" not only documents
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| in-yo-face vulgarity and arrogance of
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| | a wide range of miracles, but also
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| today's young no-commitment "slackers."To
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| | spotlights hundreds of thousands of
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| you pastors out there, I hate to break it
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| | house-church teams around the globe that
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| to you, but these kids are the new
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| | are producing a new culture of
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| recruits. These young people ARE the new
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| | responsible freedom. In these teams,
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| Church. I call them the Omega
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| | people are allowed to speak and interact.
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| Warriors.Together, we Boomers must get
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| | They often form deep friendships, dump
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| over something that is much more than a
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| | their heaviest problems, turn into free
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| generation gap. It's the most paradigm of
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| | and powerful spearheads of worldwide
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| paradigm shifts because there is a total
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| | change, and get connected with God and
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| misunderstanding of these newbies on the
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| | man in ways that almost defy description.
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| part of today's "organized Church." The
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| | This is a "Megashift" away from spectator
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| Boomers must come to recognize the hidden
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| | religion.Funniest thing, in the early
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| sorrows faced by today's "latch-key" kids
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| | 90's, Rutz was sharing this vision and,
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| . . . the heart-rending despair of their
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| | when some men from my church attended a
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| broken homes and the poor parental skills
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| | meeting of his, they laughed at his odd
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| under which they were subjected as we've
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| | notions. Many did the same.Now, we're
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| together discovered that TV makes a
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| | buying his books.A GROWING OPPORTUNITY:
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| terrible surrogate parent. This is the
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| | 8% CHURCH GROWTH PER YEAR!My home town
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| stuff of their lives that makes them "act
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| | boasts a community growth rate of about
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| that way."Christians, gone are the days
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| | 3% annually; the local college, about 7%
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| of the "one-talking-to-many" mediums, the
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| | per year. This is for perspective. One
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| talking heads of today's Baby-Boomer
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| | item mentioned in Megashift was this:
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| Christianity. We are entering a
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| | "There is a hidden world that already has
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| one-to-one digital medium. These kids
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| | 707 million evangelical/charismatic
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| want to interact. They desire
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| | Christians who are growing by an
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| interdependency. They want to collaborate
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| | incredible 8% a year. In the center of
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| and dialogue with others. Common
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| | this shockwave are roughly 100 million in
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| interests are drawing these kids into
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| | informal networks of committed circles
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| common communities. One quick glance at
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| | who run their own show without buildings,
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| their Internet chat rooms makes this
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| | paid pastors, or sermons. "Megashift" is
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| extremely evident. They'll discuss
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| | a startling introduction to that surge of
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| anything. They WANT to commune.SOMETHING
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| | grass roots power and love, which is
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| OUT OF NOTHINGCan we discern the
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| | forming the culture you will soon live
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| spiritual side of all the apparent
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| | in."It appears God is using the rank and
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| nonsense they force us to deal with? What
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| | file, willing Believers across the globe,
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| can God do with so big a mess? Consider
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| | more and more these days, and OUTSIDE the
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| that the idea of connecting to one
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| | friendly confines of Churchianity at
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| another in another space is inherently
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| | that! Rutz mentioned having met a 7-year
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| spiritual. The notion of a "covenant
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| | old boy in India who died at age 5. The
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| network" of allied individuals is
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| | boy had scars from where he was burned by
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| certainly Christian. And, perhaps for the
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| | a power line. On the emergency room table
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| first time in human history, the Body of
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| | for two hours, doctors could not revive
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| Christ can be perceived as being truly
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| | him. The hospital contacted a church
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| global, totally possible, and walking in
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| | which called a 60-year old Indian woman
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| more agreement than we ever imagined. How
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| | to pray for the boy. She was illiterate;
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| is this being made possible? By way of
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| | an "untouchable"; the lowest of the low
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| the Internet.Nobody's better at
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| | in the Indian caste system. She prayed
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| negotiating The 'Net than today's
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| | until 4 AM. The boy was alive with no
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| youth."It is important to fulfill the
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| | brain damage or any other physical
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| great commission by getting the saving
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| | problems. When Rutz asked the woman if
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| Gospel message to the people who need it
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| | she had ever done this before, she
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| most," claims Mark Harpt, President of
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| | replied that she had been involved in
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| the World Wide Christian Web. He
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| | sixteen resurrections!"The Church, as we
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| continues, "The amount of ignorance about
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| | have it set up now...is really not set up
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| the truth of God is staggering,
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| | to handle it all so God is empowering
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| especially in countries that produce the
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| | people to work through small teams, house
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| greatest technological advances. These
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| | churches particularly, school churches,
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| people need God and wireless Internet
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| | business churches and so forth...small
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| technology is a great way to let them
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| | teams where people are able to interact
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| know that the God who created the
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| | and work with each other...kind of like
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| universe wants to enter into a special
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| | the early New Testament idea of going
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| relationship with them if they will allow
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| | house to house...," Rutz said.Are you
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| it."Sadly, many of today's Church leaders
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| | ready? Church leaders, is your Church
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| - some of whom were yesterday's radical
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| | infrastructure in place, or are you
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| Jesus Freaks - have largely missed what
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| | expecting these young people to come to
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| is happening right under their noses
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| | Church, learn the prayers and hymns and
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| because they see the lowly computer as
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| | when to say 'Amen" and listen while you
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| nothing more than a glorified office
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| | teach them where to sit, how to act...and
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| machine at best, a tool of the devil at
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| | expect them to do so for the next 70
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| worst. True, the predictions regarding
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| | years?Sorry, but as one who has spent
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| the information highway may seem like so
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| | many years with teens and collegians in
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| much hype today, but the wise Christian
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| | ministry, these young lions gotta
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| leader will prayerfully consider its
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| | roar!Me? I contend that, not only are
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| impact in regard to tomorrow. Though
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| | these pierced 'n tattooed,
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| computers may hardly seem to be of any
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| | navel-flashing, latch-key kids our latest
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| significance where the future of the
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| | raw recruits but that America's corporate
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| Church is concerned, the way the Church
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| | offices are going to be the place of
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| utilizes this tool may totally change
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| | another huge move of God as well. Such
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| Christianity on planet Earth as we know
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| | things HAVE to be so because we spend so
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| it. I can attest that it has totally
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| | much time there. Is the Church going to
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| revolutionized my own personal ministry
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| | meet them where they're at, or cling to
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| as I'd rather broadcast the Word of God
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| | its pews - those medieval torcher devices
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| to millions with the click of a button
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| | - with both hands, serving the
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| than preach to a group of 12 or so. When
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| | Institution rather than the Institutor?
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| I DO minister to live human beings, I
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| | Just as Aquila and Priscilla were there,
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| ALWAYS return with a list of email
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| | strategically in place to greet the
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| addresses.The new millennium is a
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| | Apostle Paul after his Damascus Road
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| watershed moment in Church history. The
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| | conversion, will you be there for these
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| Internet will soon impact the growth of
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| | kids when they need you to be? Again, I'm
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| the Church at a staggering rate and at a
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| | NOT talking about greeting them at the
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| global level. The question is, will YOU
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| | door of a church building - I may be
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| be part of it? Some may say, "We're miles
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| | talking about going to their campus,
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| ahead of the game at First Church! We
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| | joining forces with other denominations
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| have our own website...." Wrong! Again,
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| | and pooling funds for a youth event (we
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| for anyone to find that website, THEY
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| | organized one that included 26 churches,
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| must be looking for YOU.The Church MUST
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| | 9 bands and over 1,000 kids) or starting
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| make every effort to go to THEM!SPIRITUAL
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| | a Coffee Shop Bible study where they can
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| CONSUMERS OR SPIRITUAL PRODUCERS?Last
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| | relax and be themselves.Anything to show
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| Wednesday night, I was almost late for my
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| | them that you LOVE (spelled T-I-M-E)
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| Coffee Studio Bible study. Why? I saw a
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| | them.I met with 30 people around a
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| commercial for NBC's Dateline with Stone
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| | campfire a few weeks ago here at my home
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| Phillips in which a ministry team was
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| | in the woods. We cooked steaks and
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| performing an exorcism in a condo in
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| | chicken and sang with guitars. We prayed
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| North Carolina. Yes, we taped it for
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| | about revival, too. People, we were BEING
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| later but we watched it, too. When I
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| | the Church and no less than 5
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| finally joined the Coffee Studio group,
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| | denominations were represented there.
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| some had been watching the same program
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| | This past weekend, we knocked on doors
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| there and had caught the show as well.
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| | throughout the county and prayed for
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| Early in the program, Phillips made the
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| | people at their doorsteps - Lutheran
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| statement, "As many as 10,000 exorcisms
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| | alongside Baptist alongside Pentecostal
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| take place annually in the USA, most by
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| | alongside Church of the Nazarene. Eleven
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| evangelical Christians." (I'm performing
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| | denominations in all, taking our town by
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| one this Saturday. We had one last month
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| | storm for the third time (we're going out
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| at a Bed & Breakfast, too, an Englishman.
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| | again in mid-September)[as i re-read this
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| Man, I am REALLY enjoying Christianity,
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| | dated article, we hare about to go out
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| you?)Regardless of one's stance on demons
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| | our fourth time and have already prayed
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| and exorcisms, on that same video
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| | at 30,000 doorsteps]. Though it may
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| cassette, a friend included a segment
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| | appear that Satan has strategically
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| from the 700 Club, a Pat Robertson
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| | managed to make workaholics out of us and
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| interview with author James Rutz about
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| | has systematically drawn millions of
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| his new book, "Megashift." When my wife
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| | mommies out of their homes in an effort
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| and I watched it, I was spellbound. After
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| | to join the workforce, thereby creating
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| listening to Rutz, I ran upstairs to read
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| | legions of latch-key kids, the TRUTH is
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| what I could about his book on-line, my
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| | that our God WILL get His Church back
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| wife following close behind. I found this
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| | (I'm not talking buildings, folks). God
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| quote, "If you read one 'Christian book'
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| | WILL have His way. Satan ALWAYS shoots
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| this year, make it 'Megashift' by Jim
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| | himself in the foot.Be a part of this
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| Rutz." -- Joseph Farah, founder of
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| | upcoming revival. It's not going to look
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| WorldNetDailyAnother book review read as
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| | like anything any of us have ever seen.
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| follows: "The 1700-year nightmare is
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