Over the course of my daily function as a fathering leader with international assignments, I find myself suddenly in emotional energy investments for no apparent reason. I suddenly feel that tightening at the throat and eyes that indicate weeping for many people. I’m not much one to cry because I become a bit dysfunctional if […]
Month: January 2025
Ephesians 4: “Prepare and Position”
Reblogging because so pertinent to now.
What Makes Church Work Properly?
Expanded version of blog post on Kingdom Leadership Dynamics
Equipping the Saints
Refreshing some ideas for this moment.
Prophets Now!
Understanding the change that occurred in the life and ministry of Jesus, as it relates to the function of the prophet, leads to a fresh perspective on what we commonly call, “New Testament prophets.” The turning point comes with Jesus, of course, but the revelation foundation begins with John. What John prepares history to receive […]
Kingdom Centers and Ecclesia
Kingdom Culture and Ecclesia For more than 17 years, we have been fully engaged in establishing kingdom centers in strategic locations internationally. We did not plant a church because we knew that a center functions so differently from modern church-anity that people would continuously gravitate toward the existing model. Ecclesia should be built upon a […]
Prophet: Prophets as Leaders
A prevailing sense of isolation among prophets and seers, produced, by erroneous interpretations and implementations of “intimacy with God”, leaves us with people operating in a vacuum who should be fully engaged in open, leadership level, public dialogue. Prophets as leaders escapes us. Some apostles even assume prophets are mouthpieces with no more responsibility than […]
Prophetic Self-Talk
Internal Prophetic Communication Every believer has a conversation going on inside, talking to and with themselves as the mind carries on internal dialogue. The conversation is often composed of positives and negatives, or comparisons and contrasts, as the mind analyzes thoughts, combines them into concepts, make decisions, reaches conclusions. Believers argue with themselves a way of […]
Kingdom Culture Discussion
Prophet: The Meaning
We begin with the basic root word, phe, and add the prefix, pro, to arrive at the most basic meaning of “speak openly.” The basic meaning of the prophetic is “to speak what is hidden openly.” Prophecy communicates hidden, mysterious, or unknown into the open, known, and understandable. We forth tell or foretell, but we […]