October | 2014 | Maverick Christians

Discovery of the Third Wave Movement

By dokimos ⋅ October 30, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

by Theodore Wright. I had become a minister in the Church of God and served as church evangelist then as assistant pastor. My wife and I visited her family in the Philippines while I also had a number of opportunities to preach starting from Manila then moving on to Iloilo. It was after that the […]

The greatest sermon I never preached

By dokimos ⋅ October 25, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

by Theodore Wright. After a few years attending the Church of God, I got married in 1990 and became a minister with that denomination. I was serving as church evangelist during the beginning of this time as well as also pastoring children’s church. My lead pastor knew my belief in “one Spirit baptism for […]

God told me to drink

By dokimos ⋅ October 22, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

by Theodore Wright. That’s right, God told me to drink. Yes, to drink alcohol! I know that may sound kind of shocking to some people but perhaps you would be willing to hear me out on this. It was in 2006 that I was walking down the sidewalk with one of my sons as […]

For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance

By dokimos ⋅ October 21, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

They are? Yes, as the King James Version Bible says. However, understand what this means from the New King James Version Bible… For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. – Romans 11:29 NKJV That means that God doesn’t take them back! And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some […]

On the road up to Washington State

By dokimos ⋅ October 21, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

by Theodore Wright. The Lord had previously told me in New Jersey that I was to go to Chicago and then a small town in Washington State. I was finished with the work the Lord sent me to do in Chicago in August of 1986. It was time to move on to Washington State […]

God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life!

By dokimos ⋅ October 19, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

There is a gospel tract that asks “Have you heard of the four Spiritual laws?” and begins by saying “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.” Yes! It is true! God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life if you are among God’s elect. If you are not […]

Attending both Catholic and Protestant churches

By dokimos ⋅ October 19, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

by Theodore Wright. When I was new believer in Jesus in 1983, I attended a Pentecostal church the first Sunday after I was saved. That evening, an old friend of mine named Liz visited my home. I knew her from the past when she lived 5 hours away when she, her brother and I were […]

The Tipper

By dokimos ⋅ October 2, 2014 ⋅ Post a comment

by Theodore Wright. I had a dream last night that I was walking into rooms with a box in my left hand. People wouldn’t especially notice me, although somebody might say, “O.K., he is carrying a box of Kleenexes”. Little did they know what I was really carrying was The Tipper! What is […]