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Lädt ... MEGASHIFT: Igniting Spiritual Power (2005)von James Rutz
   Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 1   stephendr | Apr 1, 2010 | 
 This is one of the most compelling books I have ever read, and I usually have three or four going at the same time...As an aside, I often had to pick myself off the floor from laughter. "MEGASHIFT" is must reading. A life-changing book. God is catching us all by surprise, doing things around the world without asking anybody's permission! Churches are growing in places and styles we think should be forbidden because it upsets the status quo. The Lord is bypassing some of our most cherished heroes and using housewives, teenagers, ad faceless nobodies to prophetically guide the church. So fasten your seat belt as Jim Rutz takes you on a roller-coaster tour of some of the most exciting and groundbreaking developments on the planet today. If you can remain completely unperturbed and unchanged by what you are about to read, I honestly would like to meet you. Jim Rutz has done it again. His book "The Open Church" was for thousands their first glimpse into what interactive Christianity could look like. Now he pushes the door open further with this clarion call for nothing less than a "new Christianity." While the church around the world is growing at an astounding rate, the church in the West has been experiencing equally rapid decline. The answers lie not in more programs, but in a fresh infusion of the Holy Spirit's power. This is nothing less than another Reformation. Historically, most revival movements have influenced church doctrine, but they have not had much impact on church practice. "MEGASHIFT" issues a call for a completely new paradigm, a new structure. This "new Christianity" is bursting with life, having exploded the brittle old wineskins of traditional Protestantism. Jim tells the story with grace, excitement, and humor. You cannot ignore this book.
The 1,700-year nightmare is over. A megashift of spiritual power in the hands of ordinary people is about to overwhelm the world. Prepare yourself to take part in a total makeover of planet earth! It's a shocker! Rutz's research has found fifty-two countries where God has raised people from the dead, mostly in the last fifteen years. These are not near-death experiences, but bona fide resurrections â by regular people. China already has over 110 million Christians who are taking power roles in the church. Since 2001, Rutz has taught former Hindus across India who now have planted thousands of house churches. The revolution is headed this way. Discover a new world where . . . · Over a billion non-Christians may become highly active Christians in the next dozen years. · A whole new form of Christianity promises to bring a far greater impact than the Protestant Reformation. · Millions of ordinary people are doing miracles. · A vast cleansing storm is roaring toward us from abroad. Megashift is a startling introduction to that surge of grass roots power and love that will lay a whole new basis for civilization. Thousands of committed teams around the globe are producing a neo-culture of responsible freedom. This is the next step up from Protestantism, though the beliefs remain the same. It is a joyful megashift away from pastor-centered, spectator religion toward a more biblical church where God works directly through you âand you are freed from your problems and empowered to do wonders. This book can turn you into a genuine priest with full authority to transform people and start your own network: small, sermon-free, life-changing circles of power where people are allowed to speak and interact and form the deepest friendships of their lives. Your adventure is here. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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However, It is primarily Rutz's method that concerns me (although I was not impressed by author's negative and sarcastic tone either). James Rutz believes that it is the preaching ministry that is getting in the way of what God wants to do. He says, "Forget everything you ever knew about programmed 'church services' with sermons given by hired help to passive audiences. Interactive meetings are far more exciting and helpful." According to Rutz, the age of the pulpit has come to an end. But is this Biblical? For Rutz it need not be. More important to him are signs and wonders and the many 'success' stories that he loves to share.
Perhaps most telling is what he writes in the intro to chapter 5: "The 'veil' in the temple at Jerusalem was perhaps six inches...thick...When the Lord Jesus died, God tore it from top to bottom to signal the end of the separation of the common people from His presence in the Holy of Holies...I could be quite wrong, but to my knowledge there were no further supernatural signs to signal any basic change in the status of believers after that - until October 20, 1996. On that day, God - or some angel with a deadly karate chop - split an equally hefty 'veil' in two, signaling the end of the separation of common Christians from the power center of traditional ministry, where only a pastor normally could stand: the church pulpit." Rutz, of course, is reffering to the events recorded by Tommy Tenney in "The God Chasers".
If you are considering reading this book don't waste your time. (