Category: General

The metaphor of shepherd, sheep, and wolf is misunderstood for three reasons: The metaphor is exaggerated to walk on all fours and forced to mean the same thing every time the metaphor is used. The metaphor is superimposed upon an overlay that says anything “false” has to do with doctrine. The metaphor is force-fed into […]

Jesus Reset David’s Kingdom Jesus reset the kingdom when He ascended. David had reset the kingdom in his role as king, priest, and prophet, and Jesus arrived to make David’s kingdom eternal. Thus, Jesus did not start a new kingdom but reset the kingdom from David’s reset. Jesus sits upon the throne of David, carries […]

Leaders Live and Lead “Today” By God’s Revelation of Tomorrow Jesus says, “Live today without anxiety about tomorrow because each day has its problem-solving opportunities.” Matthew 6:34 Do you live in the past or future at the expense of the present? Prophetic people accurately anticipate what’s coming next so they can prepare today. Often, the […]

Every subculture operates with its own nomenclature. Nomenclature is a system or set of terms or symbols special to a particular discipline or art, but subcultures produce their own collection. Listen to prophets who bring their own nomenclature into their communication. I do, but I avoid the creation of a subculture like a plague. I […]

Subcultures mar, distort, and limit the full expression and desired, ultimate condition of God’s kingdom on Earth. Thus, while we can, with certainty, say God isn’t destroying the cultures of nations He founds, desires, and redeems, we can also say that cultures in restoration suffer from subcultural divisions foreign to God’s intended outcome. That is, […]

The Spirit of Fear Paul reveals the spirit of fear to us in his letter to Timothy. It is the spirit of cowardice. While phobos is the common Greek word for fear and a deadly foe, the spirit of cowardice contrasts with power, love, and a healthy mind. For God has not furnished or bestowed […]

Fathering occurs in the mundane of life as much as the formalize, standing behind the podium corporate father preaching and teaching mode. One: Deal with trends in the corporate publicly even though individuals feel targeted by fundamental principles. You will not be able to separate solid Truth from the immediate application if you teach people […]

Learn by Living and Doing I will mention the word “applied” initially without referring directly to the qualifier during our discussion. Know this, however: that this word is a key that unlocks everything I will say about apostolic academia. Applied means we put apostolic academia to practical use instead of being theoretical in our vision-casting […]

Barn Door Closed After Horse Ran All the Way to China With the sudden compulsion to fix what was obviously broken for many years now falling upon voices silent before but suddenly thunderous with opinion comes the continuing error of prophetic tests. Grumbling about things under our breath, we murmured more than did what leaders […]

Spiritual fathers lead Esau quitters to the door and say, “You have no portion here.” Thus, Esau is the Biblical model of narcissism. Self-aware of Narcissistic? A narcissist is self-aware to a fault. However, contrary to contemporary humanism, a person can be self-aware without being a narcissist. At the same time, a narcissist produces a […]