Month: January 2025

The term armorbearer is a Bible word, of course, but some leaders have grossly exaggerated the metaphoric meaning. Most of the problem lies in the fundamental comic book commitment of contemporary churchism to spiritual warfare. A mighty warrior of the caliber needed to walk with a kingdom champion might be asked to care for the […]

Acts 20 records the last words of Paul to the Elders at Ephesus. Acts 20:16-31: Paul, compelled by an urgency to get to Jerusalem by the day of Pentecost, avoided the delay of stopping by Asia. From Miletus, Paul having sent [some person or communication] to Ephesus to call to himself the Ekklesia elders. When […]

Elder “In churches today, elders are spiritual leaders or shepherds of the church. The term can mean different things depending on the denomination and even the congregation.” Run as fast as you can headfirst into a brick wall. Get up and hope you read that stupid statement and weep, laugh, and vomit for several hours. […]

Ignore the Dead End Detours Prophetic websites, leading church-growthism syncretism with apostolic restorationists, and general neo-evangelical urban legends combine with early church myths that ignore Scripture and common sense to produce terrible misconceptions and misrepresentations of the kingdom of God and its Ekklesia. Now, responding to the pandemic instead of the Bible, we have this […]

“We rebuilt the wall in troublesome times,” Nehemiah says. As we step into 2021, awful days will give way to days of awe. How will this occur? Let’s rehearse Gideon’s storyline, the judge in Israel who confronted and defeated the harvest stealing lawlessness with a radical, representative Remnant. Much of what we have given ourselves […]

How involved is your spiritual father? I have heard the rather silly assumption normalized: “If you do not have your spiritual father’s smartphone number, he isn’t your father.” Think about it. I know we have repeated it without analysis because it sounds right, but the statement’s Biblicity and the presuppositions underneath it are suspect. Paul. […]

Definition of Terms Internalization is a process of assimilating and processing from external sources what will become internal. My technical definition: In kingdom leaders, internalization involves the integration of thinking, habits of thinking or attitudes, values and beliefs, opinions and revelation from God, demons, and others, or circumstances powerful enough to require processing into one’s own identity or […]

The Blueprint Room Vision I stood in a construction company’s corporate offices. The room I entered was filled with cabinets with wide drawers standing five feet high. I knew I was there to review blueprints. I was in the company’s blueprint room. The room was dedicated to blueprint storage. The large-drawer cabinets dominated the room, […]

Quitters Let’s get real about the reason most inheritors quit on fathers, and many fathers get bored or disgusted with inheritors. Personally, I have never quit on a son or daughter. Still, I have been relieved of the assignment when some became Esau in spirit. The difference between a prodigal and an Esau is essential […]

Fathering, A Kingdom Norm We begin with the assumption that each of us has access to spiritual fathering in the kingdom. That means fathering, though imperfect, is available because the kingdom has an imminent fathering spirit.Pursuing a fathering leader means submission to discipling process best defined by the words Jesus used: “follow Me.” Follow means […]