In July, 2010 Bill Johnson, the pastor of Bethel Church in Redding, California began a series of messages on the Transformed Mind. I’ve no idea (nor maybe does he!) if this series is even over yet, but here are the teachings that I think are part of this series (he sometimes interrupts his series to teach on something else). If I find more, I’ll add them here.
At any rate, this is powerful stuff! One of the things that I like about it is that it is not the transformed/renewed mind message that I’ve heard so much, which is basically:
Meditate on scripture so you won’t think bad thoughts!
While there’s truth to that, it’s not terribly motivating for the long-haul and frankly, it doesn’t make for a stirring message! 😉
Bill’s approach, while wide-ranging and deep, seems to focus more on what he terms “pillar truths.” These are truths that once they’re in place, allow us to properly “triangulate” our way through the rest of the truths (or lies) that come our way so that we maintain a perspective that is godly…things like (not an exhaustive list):
- the love of the Father
- our complete righteousness in Jesus
- the completed work of the Cross
- living under an open heaven
- the Church/Body of Christ brokering heaven’s reality on the earth
Living with minds firmly established in pillar truths allows us to aggressively filter the other perspectives that we’re continually assaulted with and allows us to walk in a different reality that is not just for us but is projected around us.
OK, as the French would say, ” enough blah, blah! “, here are the messages:
Transformed Series – Really Saved – mp3 – 20.5Mb
Transformed Series – From Glory to Glory – mp3 – 23Mb
Transformed Series – Gate of Heaven – mp3 – 23Mb
Transformed Series – The Real Jesus – mp3 – 23Mb
Transformed Series – The Power of a Seed – mp3 – 21Mb
Here’s the last one in the series…a powerful message about being the Bride. Very interesting to hear the same things from Bill Johnson that I’ve heard from Mike Bickle and IHOP for years, but from a different perspective. Very good.
Transformed Series – Being a Bride – mp3 – 17Mb
And finally (I think) an added bonus. This is a talk Bill recently gave to the students of the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry. It’s not specifically in the series nor only about the transformed mind, but it does cover that and is very complementary. Excellent stuff.
BSSM Bill Johnson November 2010 – mp3 – 38.4Mb