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The lasting legacy of the Toronto Blessing
Though it began in 1994 and ended quite some time ago, the Toronto Blessing left a lasting impression on today’s evangelicals.
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Jesus Power in the Arcade in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #127, Ch. 15)
In this installment, a TRUE CHRISTIAN™ invades an evil, Satanic video game arcade. Today, Lord Snow Presides over a scene that broke my even, sent my spine’s cringe-o-meter off the charts, and brought up more than a few memories.
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Booting Their Boomers: How One Church Plans to Become Popular at Last
Recently, I noticed something coming up a lot in the commentariat and elsewhere: this news story about Cottage Grove United Methodist Church. Their leaders are taking a really unusual step to try to bring in new blood. They’re gonna do it by throwing out the old blood! Here’s why this strategy is doomed to failure right out of the gate–and why these Christians are desperate enough to try it anyway.
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The Toronto Blessing: A Leek’s-Eye View of the UK Takeover
Hello and welcome back to our conclusion to the Toronto Blessing series! Today, we enjoy a rare guest: LeekSoup, who hails from the United Kingdom (UK) and very graciously allowed me to pick his brain over the holidays. As a young leek, he experienced the Toronto Blessing (TTB) firsthand as Read more
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The Christian Slapfight Over the Toronto Blessing Reveals a Dealbreaker Problem
This whole thing happened decades ago, but they’re still not ready to make nice–even at the cost of their entire religion’s credibility. Today, let me show you what they argued about, and why these huge doctrinal fights should matter to them–but never do.
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How the Toronto Blessing’s Influences Created Chaos
Most folks know well that evangelicals live in a haze of alternative facts. Several times here, we’ve examined this or that belief they hold about themselves that has turned out to be completely false–if not the polar opposite of reality. Their beliefs about the Toronto Blessing (TTB) of the mid-90s don’t work any differently. Today, I’ll show you how the lofty ideals of the Toronto Blessing got completely out of hand–and why evangelical leaders were powerless to stop it.
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The Muddle of Influences That Created the Toronto Blessing
Today, I’ll show you both the obvious influences and the undercurrents that went into the making of the Toronto Blessing. Nothing about this movement is divine or miraculous–and I’ll show you exactly why not.
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I Faced Persecution For Refusing to Deny My Beliefs (About Santa)
Christians love to boast about how they would totally never deny Jesus. No way! They’d stand strong and be brave! And in exactly the same fashion, I discovered that standing up for my beliefs could earn me shame and mockery from those who just didn’t understand the wonderful Good News… about Santa Claus.
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An Evil Ecumenical Church Service in ‘This Present Darkness’ (LSP #122, Ch. 13)
Hi and welcome back to our off-topic Monday chat series, Lord Snow Presides (LSP)! Lately, we’ve been reviewing Frank Peretti’s dead albatross of a novel, This Present Darkness. In Chapter 13, he compares and contrasts a pair of church services. Last week, we checked out a scene from the TRUE CHRISTIAN™ church. Immediately after that Read more
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Magic Christians Seek the Perfect Sales Pitch in ‘Only God Can’
Today, let me show you what the Perfect Sales Pitch looks like–and why Magic Christians can’t let go of the idea.