by Bill Smart | Nov 15, 2023 | Blog
You’re probably familiar with the idea of taking a spiritual gifts test, discovering which gifts are yours, and then finding ways to serve others using those gifts. In Spiritual Gifts Reimagined (SGR) I call this the Mechanical View of spiritual gifts. It’s all about... 
by Bill Smart | Oct 17, 2023 | Blog
Which would you prefer to talk about? If you were sitting down with your closest Christian friend, would you be more drawn to talk about the spiritual gifts of each of you, or your spiritual growth? What is your preference and why, and which is more important? As you... 
by Bill Smart | Aug 17, 2023 | Blog
Eugene Peterson, the insightful pastor and spiritual guide, wrote: “A favorite theme of C. S. Lewis was that ‘heaven will show much more variety than hell.’ All our mistakes turn out to have a sameness about them. There is nothing quite as unoriginal as sin. But …... 
by Bill Smart | Jul 16, 2023 | Blog
Christians’ lack of interest in spiritual gifts in the last couple decades raises this question. It’s an interesting question because, if you’re a Bible-believing Christian, you probably think that the teachings of the Bible are important. But if you look at how... 
by Bill Smart | Jun 16, 2023 | Blog
The Journey View of spiritual gifts moves beyond the dominant 20th century emphasis that gifts are new abilities added to Christians at salvation. One result of that view has been that spiritual gifts are of little or no relevance for unbelievers, being instead a...