POEMS FOR RADICALS

Chris liked this poem so we thought we would post it!

Can you feel it coming?

Can  you feel it stirring?

Can you feel it shaking everything?

This is the hour---this is the generation.

There's people standing.

There's a voice that's sounding.

There's a banner being raised for righteousness.

This is the hour---this is the generation.

Revolution---we're taking ground.

Revolution---we won't bow down.

Revolution---let the trumpet sound.

Revolution now!

We will fight to the death.

Worthless idols we detest.

Let the army's anthem roar,

Holiness to the Lord.

[written by a graduate from the Brownsville School of Ministry as song lyrics.  In Michael Brown's REVOLUTION, p.11]

GOSPEL REVOLUTION - PART 2

Chris Criminger 

 

Across the land is a a new breeze of the Spirit.  America grew in the spirit of Revolution but God's Holy Spirit is bringing a revolution of radical disciples.  A spiritual revolution with a strong challenge to the church for holiness.  Here are some more excerpts from Michael Brown REVOLUTION:  THE CALL TO HOLY WAR:

 

God's kingdom is a threat to Satan's kingdom.  Holiness is a threat to sin.  Freedom is a threat to bondage . . . The gospel is subversive to idolatry!  It says that 'man-made gods are no gods at all.'  What is an idol?  An idol is anything that takes the place of God in your life--anything that you worship and adore in His stead. It is the thing that absorbs you and dominates you, the thing that has your heart and emotions, the thing that influences your will and guides your life.  It is that to which you give yourself, that which consumes your energy and inspires your dreams, that which really is the center of your life and the object of your adoration (pp.83, 116).

 

There is no message more radical, more revlutionary, more prophetic, more dynamic, more dangerous to hell than the message of HOLINESS TO THE LORD (emphasis his) . . . True conversion does not come by the sword but by the Cross, not by the taking of life but by the laying down of life . . . We live by dying (to self and this world); we receive by giving; we overcome evil with good, defeating hatred with love (pp.173, 237).

 

If we are winning people to a compromised life or compromised church, what are we really winning them to?

 

Gospel Revolution

"THE GOSPEL IS THE ULTIMATE REVOLUTIONARY MESSAGE.
IT SAYS WE ARE GOVERNED BY A HIGHER AUTHORITY,
RULED BY ANOTHER POWER, AT HOME IN A DIFFERENT
WORLD"

---Michael L. Brown



We like to showcase some people who are living out a radical disciple lifestyle. Michael L. Brown was a former drug addict and Jewish rock drummer who is living out Jesus radical manifesto calling all Christians to a holy and spiritual revolution. Dr. Brown is a writer, scholar, and courageous debater for Christ and against false ideologies and idols of our day. He also promotes revivals among God's people and churches and was a strategic leader at the Brownsville School of Ministry.

Listen to Dr. Brown's passionate words:

Rather than making disciples of sinners and teaching them the ways of God, we are being discipled by them, learning their ways, immitating their lifestyles, and conforming to their standards . . . Whose standards have changed more---those of the Church or those of the society? . . . When one compares the Church and the world, there is virtually no difference between the two. We need a revolution! (p.71).

Without radical cultural transformation, without sweeping national revival, without a Jesus-centered moral revolution, without a holy, nation-shaking move of God, it is virtually impossible for us to recover ourselves (p.73).


Here are a few of the issues and areas he deals with in his book:

1. Now is the time for a holy shake-up (where are the radical disciples of Jesus?)

2. Dedication is the fundamental principle; music is the sound of the revolution; and smashing idols is its
passion.

3. Radical disciples of Jesus must expose the gods of this age and speak like Jesus did, subversely and
boldly (and know the difference when to do this).

4. Uncompromising holiness and unswerving allegiance, even to death is the standard and driving force.

5. Take up your cross, put down your sword is the way of this Jesus revolution.

6. The power is to give up one's life to save it and never to turn back but to press in and step out.

7. The great commission is God's battle plan and strategy.


Comments? What do you think of Dr. Brown's proposal? What are some creative things you are doing to live your life for Jesus in an age of compromise and confusion?

C Criminger

Why here, why now

This is a blog by a small group of guys from different backgrounds in the same geographic area who desire to be radical disciples of Jesus Christ. We hope that this blog will be an inspiration to fellow disciples to press on to God the Father. The following post is the first substantial post, written by C. Criminger.