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, […]
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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. […]
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 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, […]
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 […]
Providential Pathway: Identity, Christ, and Process
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 […]
A BOOK OF ACTS KINGDOM CAPITALIZATION
Holy Spirit moved my imagine about financial integrity and the Bible’s presuppositions about giving. After much research – haven’t stopped that – I felt that I heard some things from the Bible with application and implementation for the Roaring Twenties. Among them, I saw in the Spirit a kingdom-wide movement to capitalize the greatest harvest […]
Modern Metaphoric Messes
Biblical metaphors are as common as verses. Similes and metaphors are literary tools used to communicate spiritual reality by comparing some aspects of spiritual things with natural things. The metaphor and allegory usage of Jesus fills the red letter part of the Bible. Jesus is continually saying, “The kingdom of Heaven is like.” We understand […]
Financial Support of Kingdom Leaders
Growing up, I remembered the time Jerry Falwell preached that the local church was the storehouse for all tithe only to have John R. Rice take him to task for that message. Jerry backed down real fast because he had no Bible basis for making this claim. This discussion has been on-going for generations, and […]
A Fathering Story: Do What I Do
Our entire group was in jeopardy, and God began to speak to me about the situation during the night. I was working myself out mentally with internal discussions. We heard that the virus was found in the city, and the city was closing down. We were to leave the next morning to cross the border, […]