I want to encourage you to read
this article
Seems that this article is all that is being talked about in the churches. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about it yet but I would love to hear an opinion. I can see how some would think it is leaning toward occult activity and others who think that this revival is real and going to light God's people on fire. Someone told me that "revival will not happen until everyone learns to love one another" We're definitely not their yet.
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cool... it'd be neat to check it out in person.
soccer!
oh ya, take the slash off the end of your link and it'll work.
From an atheist's point of view, if the kid isn't interfering with his own schooling or anyone else's, he should definitely be allowed to continue. Everyone has the right to practise their own religion, and if that means that the kid prays on his own time at school, then that's cool.
As for whether or not he's actually healing people through God, well, I'd imagine it's tough for anyone to say unless they've been there, right?
thanks danny..
Ya, good points terry...I'm still not sure what I think. It does seem rather bizarre - I am not too sure if you can actually measure the "effectiveness" of his healing episodes.
Hard not to be a skeptic when the churches in Sarnia are what I gre up in and I see what went on..
Just praying that God will make a lot wiser and aware...
I feel somewhat skeptical about revivals, in general, although perhaps it's because I have a warped perception of what they actually are. When I hear the word "revival" I picture a bunch of Christians getting all fired up and emotional, then going home and living life til the next big meeting, leaving any converts to more or less fend for themselves. Getting fired up and emotional is all fine and good, but if it doesn't lead to serving humanity in some way, then it's not worth a thing, in my book. When Jesus told us not to hide our lamps under a bowl, he finished it by saying "that others may see your GOOD DEEDS and praise your father in heaven". There's more to letting your little light shine than telling people how good Christianity makes you feel.
I would certainly not go about serving others the way the guy in the article did, but at least he was trying to help people in some way. Hopefully the healings were legit.
Hope you don't mind me coming and ranting on your blog, Amanda.
I did a search on google news (news.google.com) for "Kyle Lubbers" and "Lubbers Sarnia" (without the quotes) and there were no results. "Sarnia healing" (without the quotes) returned 2 unrelated results.
I don't buy it.
Jason (abusing Rachel's account because you don't allow anonymous comments)
I just noticed the link, at the bottom of the article, to the originating article in the Sarnia Observer. Maybe it is legit. Interesting.
Jason
I don't think people have the right to say whether he's legit or not.
Faith
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