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The atmosphere in traditional churches needs to liven up as more and more faithful, disenchanted with boring homilies being delivered by priests, are defecting to charismatic movements, a retired bishop in the Philippines said<\/a> at a Catholic charismatic congress. Several million people in the traditionally Catholic Philippines have joined movements such as El Shaddai and the Iglesia Ni Cristo.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in \u201cThe Hunt for a Good Sermon<\/a>\u201d in the Wall Street Journal,<\/em> John Wilson points out that good preaching isn\u2019t necessarily the way to draw people in. If you preach the FULL GOSPEL, you might just experience what Jesus did\u2026 people might well reject the message and walk away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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