John Burton
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No, Not All Sin Is The Same—Here’s Proof
Note: This is Part 2 in a 2-part series. Click here to read Part 1. Different Types of Sin I believe most would agree that different types of sin result in a variety of natural repercussions. If we gossip, the result will not be as severe as if we were to murder someone. It makes …
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Beware: 3 Ways the Church Has Fallen to This Great Deception
A deeper, weightier revelation of God’s love is coming—and it will look much different than we realize. Are you ready for a deep, heavy, absolutely overwhelming revelation of God’s love? I’m sitting in a powerful session with Barbara Yoder, Cindy Williams and a ministry team from Catch the Fire (Toronto) at Shekinah Church in Ann …
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Should the Church Get ‘Scary’?
Many congregations are working hard to attract the wrong crowd on Sunday—and the result is an Ichabod church. I’ve met countless pastors and others who say they are focused on revival, but who are misguided on exactly what it is. Their focus is on attracting people to the church, on people getting “saved” and on …
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7 Guaranteed Ways to End Boring, Predictable Church Services
An Azusa Street report: .. .disgraceful intermingling of the races … they cry and make howling noises all day and into the night. They run, jump, shake all over, shout to the top of their voice, spin around in circles, fall out on the sawdust blanketed floor jerking, kicking and rolling all over it. Some …
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5 More Reasons People Abandon the Local Church for House Churches
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 in a 2-part series. Read Part 1 here. 6.The power of God isn’t there. I’ll admit that I’ve been to some small group meetings that are electric! The Holy Spirit was blowing through that living room or office space like a wind and a fire. When you gather people …
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5 Reasons People Leave Local Churches for House Churches
Editor’s note: This is Part 1 in a two-part series. House church advocates want pastors to know exactly why they left the institutional church. Most presume my book Covens in the Church addresses witchcraft, curses and attacks against the church. They are correct, but they misunderstand just what type of witchcraft I’m dealing with until …
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It’s Time to Start Scaring Visitors Away From the Church
Many are working hard to attract the wrong crowd on Sunday—and the result is an Ichabod church. We soon won’t be able to define going to church the way we do now. God is coming to reform, to crush structures of old for what is to be introduced very soon. Our call isn’t to stand …
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10 Things to Consider Before You Judge Jesse Duplantis for Believing for a $54M Jet
Jesse Duplantis is believing for a new airplane. The way we respond will determine our financial future. As an introduction, I need to make it clear that I personally wasn’t raised in the Word of Faith movement. This isn’t a knee-jerk reaction from a Word of Faith member, as I am not one. That being …
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It’s Time for the ‘Freaky Stuff’ to Return to the Church
This is part two in a two-part series. For part 1, click here. Spiritual Authority Definition of Authority: the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience; a person or organization having power or control in a particular, typically political or administrative, sphere. Check out this breakdown of a powerful passage of …
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We Need the Freaky Stuff! Just How Spirit-Filled Is Your Church?
This is part one in a two-part series. My 4-year-old daughter, Eva, just said something as I’m sitting here writing this article at a Starbucks in Branson, Missouri. While scanning through cartoons to watch on Netflix on her tablet, she zeroed in on one. “I want to watch this one. But I don’t. It’s freaky …
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Would Jesus Say #MeToo?
The #metoo proponents need a fresh understanding of what love and forgiveness really look like. “Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’ And they divided His clothes by casting lots” (Luke 23:34). I’m a holiness preacher. I am feverish in my pursuit of revival that will be marked by purity in the church …
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Why Hyper-Spiritual People Often Fall Short of God’s Call for Their Lives
The hyper-spiritual too often wait for God to do what he’s not going to do. At first glance, those who know me might raise an eyebrow at the title of this article. Many might consider me to be hyper-spiritual myself. Most wouldn’t use the term in a derogatory manner, but they would argue that my …
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Misguided Compassion: The Downfall of Half-Filled Lamp Churches
Beware of the natural familiarity of Ichabod churches (where the glory has departed): “She named the child Ichabod, saying, ‘The glory is departed from Israel,’ because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband. She said, ‘The glory is departed from Israel, for the ark of God is taken'” …
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Tone of the Groan: A Necessary Massive Intercession Movement
The condition in our nation is so weighty that we must awaken “groaning intercessors” who contend together for revival in the church. Throughout Scripture, we see groans preceding a great deliverance—and this deep groan of the Spirit must erupt in our churches and in our cities now. The days of quiet, sedate church services built …
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The Crucial Difference Between Spiritual Abuse and Spiritual Trials
Everywhere I turn, I hear someone angrily calling out controlling pastors, and it has to stop. I often hear people use the term “spiritual abuse” when sharing about challenges in their church. It seems to lend a clearly valid reason to leave a church, right? Not necessarily. I do understand that there are some horrible, …
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