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When the blatantly obscene Broadway play, “Oh! Calcutta!” was scheduled to be performed in Jamie Buckingham’s hometown of Melbourne, Florida, controversy swirled within the community because the actors, both men and women, were going to be performing many of the scenes totally nude in front of their live audience. With this as the backdrop, Jamie spoke to his congregation about how we, as Christians, should respond to the world's godlessness. Should we protest with boycotts and marches and angry slogans on placards? Or is there a better way? How can we be a light in this godless ...

Jamie Buckingham wrote: “If we truly believe God is in charge, we might as well relax and enjoy life.” Thus is the theme of this wonderful book taken directly from a message spoken to the James Robison Evangelistic Association Conference in Ft. Worth, Texas, in 1989. Jamie gets personal with fellow pastors as well as with himself saying, “It’s time for Christians to come out of the closet and admit that we are just like everybody else and laugh at ourselves just a little bit.” Jamie’s stories are funny, but they make a point. Like the parables of Jesus, each story is with ...

Moses was in the middle of the desert tending his sheep and goats. Then he saw a strange site: A bush that burned but was not consumed. Moses turned aside from his daily chores and went to see what was happening. And it was then God spoke to him. Had he been too busy or had he not cared, he would have missed this unexpected encounter with the God of the universe in a very unlikely place. Today, God is still speaking to each of us in similarly unlikely places. The point is, He wants to communicate with us, and He will use whatever means available to do so. Be ever watching and ever listening...

Jamie Buckingham shares how the weights in this life, like the weights on a grandfather clock, keep us moving in the right direction. Without them, we may stop seeking God’s guidance, or just stop altogether. Jamie states that when God molds and shapes a person, He will often place weights on them — burdens in their life that they must bear, crosses for them to carry, hardships to endure. It’s amazing how fruitful our most serious disappointments can be if we will simply let God lead us in the process.

Learning to travel light is an important lesson for those of us who’ve been toting a heavy load —material, emotional, and spiritual—through life. As Jamie Buckingham writes, “The older we get, the more we come to that beautiful reality that we don’t need nearly as much as we think we do, and it’s far better to lessen our burdens. In fact, I believe we are foolish if we continue to carry all that garbage that don’t need around with us. It’s an interesting principle: the deeper we get into the kingdom, the simpler our lives ought to become.” The experienced traveler knows to...

What are we to do when things don’t go the way we want, when the rug is pulled out from under us, when something terrible happens? How are we to react? Jamie shares what the prophet Isaiah says we are to do when the winds of adversity blow hard. We are to lengthen the cords to our tents and strengthen our stakes. Like the ancient Bedouins did, we are to make our tents flexible in the harsh environment, otherwise we just might be blown away. How do we lengthen our cords and strengthen our stakes? We lean into God, praise him and trust him. There’s a tendency in stormy circumstances to ...

This is the seventh in a series of volumes that include edited transcripts of individual sermons by Jamie Buckingham, delivered between the dates 1970-1992. A master storyteller, Jamie Buckingham delighted millions around the world both in person and in print. He was recognized as one of the key Christian authors and apostolic leaders from the late 1960s through the early 1990s. As a distinguished Bible teacher with graduate degrees in English Literature and Theology, Jamie was respected among liturgical, evangelical, and Pentecostal Christians. He was considered a close friend and ...

Healing is at the very heart of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The Lord manifested Himself—He made Himself known—through healing. Why healing? Because that is where God’s heart is. God’s heart is toward suffering people. Jesus didn’t countermand medicine. He just went beyond it. This book, taken from a teaching by Jamie Buckingham, explains why the healing power of Jesus is still relevant for our lives today. As Jamie states, those who truly desire to move with God will eventually come to understand that God cares for us and wants to heal us. Jamie also discusses what the Scriptures ...

King Ahaz and King Hezekiah were father and son in the times of ancient Israel. They came after King David and King Solomon, yet, Ahaz, was an evil king and he provoked God to wrath. On the other hand, his son, Hezekiah, did not follow in his father’s footsteps, but instead sought the Lord with all his heart. His first actions as king were to rebuild the temple his father had desecrated and destroy all the idols his father brought into the land. Hezekiah again brought praise and worship of God to the land. And joy replaced the fear and the gloom of the former reign. Using these historic ...

This is the sixth in a series of volumes that include edited transcripts of individual sermons by Jamie Buckingham, delivered between the dates 1970-1992. A master storyteller, Jamie Buckingham delighted millions around the world both in person and in print. He was recognized as one of the key Christian authors and apostolic leaders. As a distinguished Bible teacher with graduate degrees in English Literature and Theology, Jamie was respected among liturgical, evangelical, and Pentecostal Christians. He was considered a close friend and confidant of many key Christians of the late 20th ...

Over the course of four months, Jamie Buckingham taught on the topic of miracles at the Tabernacle Church in Melbourne, Florida. While he focused his teaching on the miracles of Jesus, he also shared numerous personal stories about modern-day miracles from his own life and experiences. In this book, taken from ten separate sermons preached in early 1987, Jamie digs deep into the Scriptures and reveals how God worked miracles through Jesus—and how He still works miracles in our lives today through the power of the Holy Spirit. From calming stormy waters to delivering men from demons to ...

In this book taken from a sermon by Jamie Buckingham, Jamie states there are no prophets or prognosticators for the future. There are only weathervanes for the present. Nobody knows where the wind is blowing. Jesus said you cannot tell where it is going. Nobody knows. The best we can do is to hoist a weathervane and say, “This is the way it’s blowing today.” There are no prophets for the future. There are only weathervanes for the present. Others, on the other hand, have cranked up wind machines and are doing it their own way. I know a lot of people in ministry today who have built ...

Did you know that no matter where you go or what you are doing, your shadow is falling on someone, and that person is being changed? You may not realize it, but when you’re a Christian, God is always working through you to touch the people around you. In ways you may never know, He is using your obedience to build His kingdom. Acts 5:15 tells us, “People brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as they passed by.” Peter couldn’t see it, but while he was walking—face forward, eyes on Jesus—the ...

Our only task as Christians is to hear God and to obey Him. Sometimes all that means is to simply be available to “keep the door open” for His Holy Spirit to do His work. At other times it may mean being willing to do something absurd. God will not ask us to do something for no reason. But we must be willing to obey, even when we don’t know all the reasons. In this book, Jamie Buckingham begins with a story of a man who was completely opposed to God. But through a simple act of obedience, doing something that seemed absurd at the time, the man’s heart was changed. Keeping the door ...

This book is the precursor to Jamie's bestselling book, Risky Living. It is taken directly from three sermons given to the church he pastored, the Tabernacle Church in Melbourne, Florida, during the period he was writing Risky Living and teaching the church about what walking in the Spirit really means. As Jamie explains, we tend to respond to events in our lives based on the past hurts, experiences and traumas that make up our subconscious. Our life is like a deep mountain lake. On the surface all seems tranquil, while beneath the surface is a boiling cauldron of stress and pain and ...

Soon after Jamie Buckingham was diagnosed with inoperable cancer, he went to see his 92-year-old mother who was in a nursing home. He told her, “I am committed to seeking God at every intersection that is ahead of me.” But her reply stunned him. “No, son. You can’t do that,” she said, “because you are walking in a land that has no paths. There are no intersections because where you are going there are no trails. You’re entering a land that has no paths. Instead, you must seek God at every step. Don’t wait for the times of decision, but seek him with every step you take.” ...

This is the Spanish translation of Jamie Buckingham's popular book, Power for Living. Dios te ama. Y si lo dejas, no solo dirigirá tu camino, sino que te dará poder para vivir. De eso se trata este libro: Poder para vivir. Que Dios te dé poder, no solo para vivir, sino para vivir abundantemente. El profeta Isaías lo dijo mejor: "Los que esperan en el Señor renovarán su fuerza. Se elevarán sobre alas como águilas; correrán y no se cansarán, caminarán y no se desmayarán" (Isaías 40:31).

In this teaching by Jamie Buckingham, he challenges those who claim to be a Christian, followers of Christ, to understand exactly what that means. If you are a true Christian, if Jesus is really Lord of your life, then you will readily accept the infilling of His Holy Spirit. If you are committed to Jesus being the Lord of your life then you will desire the Holy Spirit, and He will fill you. Being filled with the Holy Spirit is the gift God has given us. It is through the Holy Spirit we are able to allow Jesus to be our Lord and to obey his commandments. The Holy Spirit is our only source ...

Jamie describes the four basic drives, or motivators, in our lives. They are the drives for security, for recognition, to love and be loved, and the drive for adventure. Then he adds a fifth one, the need to be creative. These are inside us all, and they have been since before we were born. They are neither moral nor immoral. But so much depends on how we use them, how we engage with them. Our life in Christ is largely marked by these drives, and the controls, or delimiters, we place on them.

Jamie shares from his personal experiences how walking with God is a dangerous proposal. It's a risky walk. It could cost you everything. But in the process, it will allow you to lay hold of the secrets to the kingdom of God. Jamie shares several specific things he learned over the years while continuing his own personal risky walk with God.