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This is part 7 and the final episode in our holy spirit series. Are you on a journey with God or have you arrived? Are you still willing to learn and grow and try new things or have you erected boundaries around your current understanding and practice? Today my guest is Kevin Guigou, a full-time minister at Christian Family Fellowship in Tipp City, Ohio. Although he came from a background that stressed rigidity when manifesting the holy spirit, he's come to enjoy a greater freedom as he has continued to grow and learnx. Not only does Guigou encourage us to remain open to God's leading, but he also shares how we shouldn't let fear of doing something wrong stop us from stepping out in faith. —— Links —— Find out more about Kevin Guigou at Christian Family Fellowship's website and YouTube channelCheck out a few of Guigou's audio teachings hereSee the previous podcasts in this series on the holy spiritIf you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here.Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or commentsIntro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

This is part 6 of our holy spirit series. Today we hear a new perspective on the manifestations of the spirit from Carlos Jiménez who stakes out what he calls an "evidentialist" position. He is neither a cessationist nor a continuationist, but someone who retains a certain level of skepticism towards reports of spiritual activity. His concern is to test the spirits to make sure they are biblically valid. —— Links —— See more of Carlos Jimenez at Focus on the Kingdom website and YouTube channelFor the paper referenced in this episode, see "A Brief History of Spiritual Gifts"See the previous podcasts in this series on the holy spiritIf you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here.Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or commentsIntro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

Today we enter into part 5 of our series on the holy spirit. We've seen a couple of perspectives, but my guest today is bringing in a third view to our exploration of this important topic. Growing up with the belief that tongues were the only evidence of salvation, Pastor Victor Gluckin eventually changed his view to accept more diversity in how the spirit shows up in believers' lives. Victor Gluckin attended George Washington University, the University at Albany, and the Atlanta Bible College, studying political science, history, Judaic studies, and theology. He served as the assistant pastor at Living Faith Christian Church in Warwick, RI for thirteen years before becoming the lead pastor there in 2018 (where he continues to serve). He's been an influential mentor and lifelong friend of mine, and I think you'll appreciate his candor and tone even if you see spiritual manifestations differently. —— Links —— Visit Victor Gluckin's church website: Living Faith Christian ChurchSubscribe to Gluckin's church's channel on YouTubeCheck out these other podcast episodes, featuring GluckinSee the previous podcasts in this series on the holy spiritIf you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here.Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or commentsIntro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

This is part 4 of our holy spirit series. Today we continue to hear John Truitt and Greg Deuble discuss speaking in tongues. If you haven't listened to the previous three episodes in this series, it would be good to do that before listening to this one. Also, if you want to get the most out of this bible-heavy discussion, you should read 1 Corinthians 14 prior to listening--and maybe also keep it open while you listen. These two go deep into the chapter to discuss this issue. —— Links —— More about John Truitt’s ministry: Allegiance to the KingMore about Greg Deuble’s ministry: The Bible JesusHere’s Deuble’s article, “Testing, Testing, One, Two…Nine!“If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here.Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or commentsIntro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

This is part 3 of our holy spirit series. Do you know what I don't hear enough of today? Dialogue--honest-hearted, biblically-informed, respectful dialogue. So often we silo ourselves off in echo chambers with our doctrinal comrades, occasionally lobbing malotov cocktails at the other side, never taking the time to understand them, much less ask the question, "Could I be wrong on this?" My goal here in this holy spirit series is to get various perspectives out there. We heard John Truitt a couple episodes back make the case that the gifts of the spirit are available to all Christians today while Greg Deuble explained why he believes tongues have ceased even though the other gifts remain. Today (and next week) the two of them are going to engage--not as sworn enemies, taking cheap shots at the other side, but as brothers who agree on way more than they disagree. —— Links —— More about John Truitt's ministry: Allegiance to the KingMore about Greg Deuble's ministry: The Bible JesusHere's Deuble's article, "Testing, Testing, One, Two...Nine!"If you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here.Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or commentsIntro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

Last week John Truitt explained why he believes the gifts of the spirit are still available for Christians to experience. Today, Greg Deuble pulls on his own biblical research and personal experience to present an opposing case. What's fascinating about Deuble is that he believes in God's miraculous activity in the world today. However, he doesn't believe that speaking in tongues (glossalalia) is genuinely available anymore. Rather, based on his reading of 1 Corinthians 14.21-22, he makes the case that the purpose for tongues ceased the moment Gentiles destroyed Jerusalem, its temple, its people and dispersed them. —— Links —— Check out Deuble's website: TheBibleJesus.comArticles mentioned in this episode: My Experience with Tongues and Testing, Testing, One, Two...NineMore podcasts with Greg DeubleOther podcasts about speaking in tonguesIf you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here.Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or commentsIntro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

Restitutio exists to restore authentic Christianity and live it out today. As a restorationist, it really does matter to me how the earliest Christians practiced their faith. A question I ask myself is if I jumped in a time machine and went back to the late first century and attended a house church meeting, would I fit in? Is what I believe about the bible what they believed? Is how I do Christianity how they did it? Or, to bring in today's topic, would tongues, interpretation, prophecy, or other holy spirit activity be part of the service? Today we are beginning a new series on the manifestations of the spirit. We'll begin with John Truitt, a founder and leader of Alegiance to the King, a ministry with a thriving virtual fellowship and lots of teaching resources. He's also a successful entrepreneur and the CEO of Kalleo Technologies an IT company based out of Paducah, Kentucky. He's going to provide evidence for the view that the gifts of the spirit are available for all Christians today. Then, next week, we'll have Greg Deuble from Australia share an opposing viewpoint. Lastly, we'll listen in as these two discuss the subject more in depth. This should be a rewarding time for all of us, whatever your current views of the spirit are. It will at least help us to understand the other side. And...who knows, you may change your mind on this subject. —— Links —— Check out Truitt's ministry: Allegiance to the KingWatch past meetings of his virtual fellowship on YouTubeYou may also want to hear the interview we did with Sam Storms on this same subjectMore podcasts with John TruittIf you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here.Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or commentsIntro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

As our society increases in polarization and ideological tribalism, it's easy to become thin-skinned, taking offense at the slightest remark. Even certain words can trigger us to explode in outrage and vitriol. What are we to do? Should we cloister ourselves in echo chambers, surrounded by those who already agree with us? Should we listen when criticisms come our way? After all, sometimes they may be right? Should we always avoid emotional pain or can insensitive remarks, ideological attacks, and harsh criticisms ultimately make us stronger? In this sermon, you'll see how God's love is a game changer that anchors your value in his opinion of you while simultaneously freeing you to engage with offensive statements by others in a healthy and productive way. —— Links —— This sermon came from Revive 2020. Listen to other sermons about anger, jealousy, anxiety, and not being good enough by a variety of speakers on this page.You may also enjoy this teaching about Resilience on YouTubeIf you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here.Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or commentsIntro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

Today in our fourth and final part of our series on postmodernism Pastor Jacob Ballard explains four key guidelines for cross-cultural ministry. Always change the language, but never change the messageExchange meta-narrative for personal narrative or community narrativeExchange certainty for humility, clues, hints, and mysteriesExchange absolutist morality for personal accountability and communal action —— Links —— Find out more about Jacob Ballard at the Timberland Bible Church websiteBooks mentioned: They Like Jesus but Not the Church by Dan Kimball and Who's Afraid of Postmodernism by James K. A. SmithCheck out our episode about Gender in Bible TranslationIf you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here.Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or commentsIntro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library

Today, in part three of our series on postmodernism we ask the question, "How is postmodernism affecting our world today?" Pastor Jacob Ballard explains how narrative, experience, community, and subjective truth are key ways that postmodern-minded people go about making sense of reality. Then he shows how movements like Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ+ rights draw strength from these postmodern ways of thinking. —— Links —— Find out more about Jacob Ballard at the Timberland Bible Church websitecheck out episode 358 A Christian Perspective on BLM (Russell Brown) and 292 A Change of Affection (Becket Cook), which was recorded just after Cook lost his job for no longer agreeing with the gay lifestyleIf you’d like to support Restitutio, you can donate here.Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe with questions or commentsIntro music: Good Vibes by MBB Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) Free Download / Stream: Music promoted by Audio Library