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In Pentecostal churches throughout the U.S., messages in tongues on the decline
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/08/31/in-pentecostal-churches-t_n_3849102.html
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Angels and Demons
Pentecostalism is the world’s fastest growing religious movement. But in much of Africa, it’s fueling witch-hunts and the spread of HIV/AIDS
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“This year’s Easter service at the Tabernacle Church of God in La Follette, Tenn… [was] filled with shouting, dancing, speaking in tongues, serpent handling and fire handling…“
[No word yet, at least that ASND could find, on whether those “serpents” were poisonous or not.]
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Serpent-handling pastor dies from rattlesnake bite
[ASND has not doubt that that “serpent” was poisonous.]
BTW, do you know that “pastor’s” father died about twenty years ago?
“Wolford’s father, also a preacher, died from a rattlesnake bite during a service in 1983.“
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“Hamblin and other handlers say the Bible tells people to obey the law. So he wears a seat belt while driving, obeys the speed limit and files his taxes on time. But he won’t give up serpent handling, which he says is a command from God — even though Tennessee outlawed it in 1947 after five people died of serpent bites at churches in two years… The ban is rarely enforced, unless someone dies in a church. Because most handlers like Hamblin catch their own snakes and keep them for months at a time, they’re also running afoul of other state laws.“
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Some evangelicals are being taught to pray in circles around the things they want.
http://www.challies.com/christian-living/dont-pray-in-circles
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Are We Charismatics Doing Enough to Correct Abuses in Our Midst?
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