For the Love of the Search
There are many church leaders, and churches in general, falling into sin and deception. I started really noticing this in the late 1980′s, when I was in my late teens and early 20′s. Deception and foolishness wasn’t as rampant back then … or maybe it was, and had not yet been brought to light. [Read More]
Sometimes I think that one of the reasons why Jesus chose fishermen to be in His group of disciples was because of their “thick skin”. Jesus knew that He need people who could handle the Truth, even if it was a discomfort to their flesh. [Read More]
When some of us picture a false prophet, we imagine an evil, sinister man (our woman), maliciously rubbing their hands together as they devise a wicked scheme to rob some poor, defenseless widow out of her last few dollars. Others may picture a historical person like Nostradamus, who grew quite popular for a time, but had a terrible track record.
According to Jesus’ own Words in Matthew 7, both of these pictures are very in accurate. [Read More]
In the past half-decade, some of America’s largest evangelical churches have employed worldly gimmicks like slapstick, vaudeville, wrestling exhibitions and even mock striptease to spice up their Sunday meetings. No brand of horseplay, it seems, is too outrageous to be brought into the sanctuary. Burlesque is fast becoming the liturgy of the pragmatic church.” [Read More]
Soon after I left the Elijah List, God sent an old acquaintence acrossed my path to help re-build my foundation in the Word. Daniel Paul Hoskins spoke the Word of God faithfully to me for a number of years, and my life has never been the same. As my mind was renewed to the Solid Truth of the Word of God, I soon realized just how deep the deception ran in those caught up in the Elijah List (and the “prophetic movement”, in general). [Read More]
Recently, a reader wrote to me about mixture in the prophetic movement’s teaching. I think it is of the utmost importance that we consider it. “The reason that it (the prophetic movement’s teaching) is so tricky, is that it is MIXTURE. There is truth in what they say, sometimes a lot of truth, but it is mixed with error and therein lies the problem. If we see a lot of truth, we will often embrace all of it, which is a very bad idea!” [Read More]
As I daily renew my mind in the Word of God, I find myself in a constant state of having to re-define Jesus. I have found that the “present day” Jesus that we hear of in the mainstream church is nothing like the Jesus in the Word of God. [Read More]
What you call “crucifixion”, I call “proposal”. Wow! The following video is an awesome depiction of a dialog between Our Coming King and His Wayward Bride. We need to realize that it is both Jesus’ righteousness AND our righteousness that plays a role in our salvation. All of us have fallen so short of His Standard … thank God for the shed Blood of Jesus. [Watch the Video!]
Although I don’t believe the arts have some “deep prophetic significance”, I do believe that God gives us special talents and ways of communicating His Word to mankind. The following video is a great example. Check it out! [Read More]
Last night, my wife and I were watching an old episode of “Dog – the Bounty Hunter” (hey, don’t laugh …. at least it’s not “American Idol”). Dog and his foul-mouthed wife go out and look for criminals who have neglected to show up for court dates and/or pay for their crimes, in one form or another. [Read More]
