Yes, it really did boil down to a power struggle. It should be clear that Bickle really did try to manipulate Wimber. And the interview transcribed here is deadly serious. File this article under American Church History.
Bible Study series: Acts 19:23-41. Satan counterattacks the mighty work of God in Ephesus. But God will always win, as we read in the Epistle to the Ephesians.
Bible Study series: John 21:15-19. What will his answer be? What about you, if he asked?
Bible Study series: Luke 12:8-12. Persecution will happen when you profess Christ. But remember: “The Holy Spirit will teach you at that very time what must be said.”
Bible Study series: Mark 15:21-41. This is what we proclaim when we take communion. Every blessing (e.g. salvation, redemption, reconciliation, peace with God, and so on) is embodied in and flows out of this one globe-changing act.
Bible Study series: Matthew 16:5-12. Yeast is a metaphor for …. What? Continue reading
Should we scrap or sift through the prophetic history and movement and the International House of Prayer in Kansas City?
Bible Study series: Acts 19:21-22. This is after at least two years of ministering in Ephesus and Asia Minor. His resolve to go there was different from the others. But first he has to complete his missionary journey.
Bible Study series: John 21:1-14. It took a miraculous catch of fish for them to recognize him.
Bible Study series. Luke 12:4-7. Have no fear of humans, but fear God. Good news! He knows you but loves you anyway.
Bible Study series: Mark 15:1-20: He was also mocked and violently mistreated.
Bible Study series: Matthew 16:1-4. But Jesus told them of an unexpected sign.
Bible Study series: Acts 19:13-20. When I first read that believers were the ones who needed to renounce the occult, I realized how important discipleship is.
Bible Study series: John 20:30-31. Now we know how to interpret the book with more clarity. And now we know how we can get saved through the word of God.
Bible Study series: Luke 12:1-3. Hypocrites will be exposed. “There is nothing that has been hidden away that will not be revealed, and concealed that will not be known.”
Bible Study series: Mark 14:66-72. “Throwing himself out on the ground, he began to weep.”
Bible Study series: Matthew 15:32-39. Jesus’s miracles had a purpose: to help people in practical ways. He did not perform them just to show off. That’s too dangerous, for deceivers, later on, could exploit people (e.g. gold dust and “angel” feathers).
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