Mary Ann's Blog: Kingdom Seekers

RELIGIOUS SNAKE BITES Mary Ann Wray RELIGIOUS SNAKE BITES Mary Ann Wray Here is what Jesus had to say to the ‘religious leaders’ of His day. This passage is taken from Matthew 23: 13-39. Notice what He calls and pronounces over these leaders. We still have this kind of leadership in pulpits all over the world. They create confusion, produce hardship and manufacture lies from scriptures taken out of context. As a result, God’s flock is carried away captive and cannot experience the liberty the Holy Spirit brings to live free from bondage, sin, addictions and rejection.   “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to. “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of...

PLEDGED HEADS: REVIVAL OR REFORMATION? By Mary Ann Wray Dr. Michael Brown recently stated the following on his Face Book Page: “One of my all-time favorite quotes, from Joseph Parker, a contemporary of Spurgeon was a quote, which Keith Green found in Leonard Ravenhill's classic book "Why Revival Tarries." This same quote, Dr. Brown stated, led Keith to write his famous song, "I Pledge My Head to Heaven."  Here's the entire quote: "The man whose little sermon is ‘repent’ sets himself against his age, and will for the time being be battered mercilessly by the age whose moral tone he challenges. There is but one end for such a man -- ‘off with his head!’ You had better not try to preach repentance until you have pledged your head to Heaven." What I believe the Holy Spirit showed me today, prior to reading this quote which served as a confirmation, is that the difference between a revivalist and a reformer is the first thund...