The Center of the Universe

Who, Me?  One Person Plus God Equals a Majority.

Center of the Universe - A Look at Life from the Lighter Side are slices of real-life experiences from a pastor to his congregation that mix real concern with real humor.  From tales about fly-fishing and to an uncontrollable hunting dog to a revival in Africa and healing the homeless, this compilation of 93 stories brings a smiles as well as profound insight.  With a very casual style and voice, author and pastor Bill Johnson shares with you as a personal friend, committed to revealing valuable lessons he learned on the lighter side of life.  For Instance:

"You've probably not wondered what reward the vegetable world will have in Heaven, but I have.  If 'the first will be last and the last will be first' applies to them too, I expect the mustard greens will become like good chocolate in Heaven.  After all, being at the bottom of the totem pole of the vegetable world, you have nowhere to go but up.  I also hear that lima beans have the inside track on being Heaven's raspberries."

The enjoyable stories illustrate truths that will help you in your everyday spiritual journey through life - and keep you smiling along the way. 

A few chapter titles are as follows:  Good or Best, Braces and Baseball, My New Dog, Paper for Fire, The Day the Freezer Died, and Releasing Your Children to God, and much, much more!

Author Bio:
Bill and Brenda (Beni) Johnson are the Senior Pastors of Bethel Church. Bill is a fifth generation pastor with a rich heritage in the things of the Spirit. Together they serve a growing number of churches that have partnered for revival. This apostolic network has crossed denominational lines in building relationships that enable church leaders to walk in both purity and power.

The present move of God has brought Bill into a deeper understanding of the phrase, "on earth as it is in heaven." Heaven is the model for our life and ministry. Jesus lived with this principle by only doing what He saw His Father doing. Learning to recognize the Holy Spirit's presence, and how to follow His lead will enable us to do the works of Christ, destroying the works of the devil. Healing and deliverance must become the common expression of this gospel of power once again.

Bill and the Bethel Church family have taken on this theme for life and ministry. Healings, ranging from cancer to broken bones, to learning disorders and emotional healing, happen with regularity. This is the children's bread. And these works of God are not limited to revival meetings. The church is learning how to take this anointing to the schools, workplace, and neighborhoods with similar results. Bill teaches that we owe the world an encounter with God, and that a Gospel without power is not the Gospel that Jesus preached.