Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
In Hamlin town, long long ago,Nobody was happy, no, no, noTheir pretty little town was full of rats!In everything they ate big holesAnd drank their soup from the big soup bowlsAnd even made their nests in people’s hatsAlong came a fellow slim and tall,And said to the...
Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
During the last presidential elections in the US, I was facilitating a discipleship training school on “Listening to God.” About half of these college-age students were Americans, evenly split by Republican and Democrat polarizations. One evening, we were watching the...
Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
I would like to give a clarifying word about where I stand personally on the question of “the prophets.” Some folks believe that my teaching on "listening prayer" negates any need or place for prophets in the church today. Occasionally I hear that I’ve...
Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
When I lead prayer seminars on finding a visual “meeting place” with God, I often bump into fear that this is a version of "guided imagery" or “visualisation”–a psychological or New Age technique that can be spiritually hazardous. How does this differ...
Jun 8, 2006 | Author - Brad Jersak
One of the features that first drew me into the late 20th century renewal movement was my hunger and thirst to be “touched” by the presence of God. Feeling dry and empty, I began to earnestly seek after an experience of the living presence of Christ wherever I caught...