... of 'simple instructions' in the fifth chapter which is virtually guaranteed to induce the so-called 'Spirit Baptism' experience. If only spiritual growth was really that easy! What such an experience does is to hoodwink immature believers into a state of perpetual spiritual pride. This is why people who have received ... work of the Holy Spirit is to 'testify of Jesus', not to glorify Himself (Jn.15:26; 16:14-15). It is quite clear from reading Don Basham's transcript that people are being 'psyched-up' with a heady cocktail of suggestion and a massively exaggerated sense of expectancy an...

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... information for the writers of Luke and Matthew. Moreover, because neither Jesus nor his original disciples left any writings behind, the Gospel of Mark is the closest document to an original source on Jesus' life that currently exists. The presumed author of the Gospel of Mark, John Mark, was familiar ... 's Gospel is often disconnected, and at times it is difficult to read it as a logically progressing narrative. This Gospel is brief and concise, reading almost like an outline, with little effort made to connect the roughly chronological list of incidents. Mark's Gospel also tends to i...

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