The Involved God symphonically orchestrates All to the good of those that love Him, people appointed, chosen, ordained, and authorized (by His intention) to produce His purposes. You have created dispositional tendencies that observation and measuring tools can identify. You have spiritual gift tendencies that discernment and development can discover and hone. You have a […]
Dr. Don
Charismata as Spiritual Capacities, not Motivational Gifts
Every person arrives with created destiny and matching dispositional tendencies. These qualities and conditions are immediately challenged by a blighted world controlled by the influence of satan. Charismata are capacities of spirit bestowed upon believers who have active spirits. Having been born of the Spirit, they begin to operate SpiritFirst in the grace flows of […]
The Todd Bentley Affair and Kingdom Accountability
The Kingdom Approach Every believer in the kingdom of God should reach a clear conclusion about this tragic situation because it is much larger in scope than Todd Bentley. Yes, you should be angry, and you should share God’s opinion. We know that Todd is a predatory wolf in sheep’s clothing, using the smell, feel, […]
Rebels and Ultimatums
Recognizing Rebellion The rebel seldom defines their posture as “rebellious.” Few are proud of being rebels. Rebels functions in a delusion warp of personal justification. Rebels offer any authority ultimatums. A spiritual father should avoid the relational death that comes with ultimatums by anticipating them and heading them off before they arrive. Rebuke the rebellion […]
The Logos of God: Regaining An Appropriate Appraisal of Scholarly Elders
The Mindset of God The Logos of God is Jesus as a manifested revelation of God, and the eternal, unchanging mindset of God. The Bible is not the Logos; it is not exhaustive. The Bible is the written or “graphe” communication of Logos God chose to reveal Who He is and How He does stuff. […]
Fathers of Nations
Fathering Lineage God’s point of view for Abraham was more than the origination of nations. He was a father of nations in more than the sense that he had children who became nations. God saw Abraham as an international leader. God says, “How can I deal with Sodom and Gomorrah without first speaking with Abraham, […]
Equipping Ain’t Equipping
What the Five Kingdom Leaders Do The famous phrase from Paul’s discussion of kingdom leadership, “equipping the saints,” ain’t about equipping. At least, not so much. The idea that local church pastors teach people to do stuff so they aren’t doing it all – well, that is so far removed from what Paul discusses that […]
Was the Original Ecclesia a House-church Movement?
A Polemic and Dialogue I read the statement three times: “Read the New Testament, and you will see that every city had one church with many house churches, with one apostle who planted churches leading the entire network.” So, I thought, “I have read the new covenant potion of the Bible for more than fifty […]
Kingdom Therapy for Personal Wholeness
Healing and Wholeness We know that breaches of wholeness constantly and consistently challenge us. These are part of the experience of living in a world without wholeness. The word “shalom” is an excellent way of expressing wholeness, and the meaning of wholeness is akin to “created to be this way.” And the meaning of holy […]
The Test of Prophetic Company
If you are preparing prophets for the office in the various specializations of prophetic personality and production, you will lead them to a prophetic preparation plateau. Prophets will remain at that point until you introduce them to a company. They will either embrace this challenge or rebel like calves at a new gate. They will […]