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Latest Message From Reverend Vossen, " Jesus Meets A Man Blind From Birth. " John 9.

11/22/2021

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Another lesson from our Thru The Bible Series. We explore chapter 9 and the story of the healing of a blind man, and the reaction from the Pharisees of the day.
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One Of Our Latest  Lessons From Our Thru The Bible Series. " Jesus And The Woman Caught In Adultery. " John 8.

11/22/2021

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Reverend Vossen teaches us from a very sensitive subject with a pastoral understanding, and a redemptive approach. Listen as he opens up the important passage of scripture in the new testament.
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When Father Dennis J. Bennett An Episcopal Priest, Had His Personal Encounter With The Holy Ghost Baptism.

11/10/2021

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One of the early leaders in the Charismatic Movement was Father Bennett. We highlight a little bit of his experience concerning his quest concerning the Holy Ghost baptism in this recent post at Focus Bible College.

Dr. Patrick Vossen



Early in 1959, Bennett finally began to seek the “baptism” with the aid of a fellow Episcopal priest and a young couple in the church who had already received the experience. In an early morning home prayer meeting, hands were laid on Father Bennett as his friends prayed over him. His “nine o’clock in the morning” experience could be considered typical of the thousands that have occurred among the clergy in recent years:

I suppose I must have prayed out loud for about twenty minutes—at least it seemed to be a long time—and was about to give up when a very strange thing happened. My tongue tripped, just as it might when you are trying to say a tongue twister, and I began to speak in a new language!

Right away I recognized several things: first, it wasn’t some kind of psychological trick or compulsion. There was nothing compulsive about it.… It was a new language, not some kind of “baby talk.” It had grammar and syntax; it had inflection and expression—and it was rather beautiful.

In a short time, several members of St. Mark’s parish received the same experience. In their joy and exhilaration they began to use such typical Pentecostal expressions as “praise the Lord” and “hallelujah” in the church office and parish house. As word spread among the church members about the pastor’s strange new experience, some members of the vestry began to accuse him of fanaticism.

In order to quell false rumors and to answer questions circulating in the congregation, Bennett soon felt it necessary to tell his church about his experience of speaking with other tongues. Thus, on April 3, 1960, he shared his testimony in the three morning services of his church.

The reaction in the early morning service was “open and tender,” according to Bennett, but in the second service the “lid blew off.” In outrage, Bennett’s curate “snatched off his vestments, threw them on the altar, and stalked out of church crying: ‘I can no longer work with this man.’ ”

After the service concluded, outside on the patio, those who had set themselves to get rid of the movement of the Holy Spirit began to harangue the arriving and departing parishioners. One man stood on a chair shouting, “Throw out the damn tongue speakers.” After some members complained that “we’re Episcopalians, not a bunch of wild-eyed hillbillies,” the treasurer of the vestry called on Bennett to resign. Rather than cause disharmony in the congregation, the mild-mannered rector promptly resigned his parish, partly because he lacked enough understanding of the Pentecostal experience to defend himself. Thereupon the bishop sent a temporary priest to St. Mark’s armed with a firm letter to the parish officers forbidding any further tongues-speaking under church auspices.

Synan, Vinson. 1997. The Holiness-Pentecostal Tradition: Charismatic Movements in the Twentieth Century. Second Edition. Grand Rapids, MI; Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.
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What Does The Bread Of Life Mean To Me? ( John 6 )

11/3/2021

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Here is the latest Shepherd Group lesson from the Book of John from Reverend Vossen. He explores the story of the Feeding Of Thousands and brings out a variety of truths as he opens these passages to us. We trust the Word will minister to you in a wonderful way.
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Our Final Lesson From The Ten Parables Of Jesus At Focus Bible College. The Topic Is On " The Prodigal Son And Me. "

11/3/2021

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Here is our final audio installment from our Ten Parables Of Jesus Study. The topic is " The Prodigal Son And Me. " I believe the Word will leap off its pages and touch your life.


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