We do a disservice to the term, “apostle,” by overwhelmingly embracing Paul to the point of diminishing any and every other apostle. Even though Luke’s writings provide us the best and most complete picture of “apostle” as a person, all apostles are not like Paul. And, our overwhelming embrace of Paul as the master model […]
Category: General
Identity and Ministry
Identity comes from the Creator, through revelation – He reveals who He created us to be – not through creativity, through imagination – working to reveal what you imagine in yourself through your own imaging as if what you can do or say revealing who you were created to be. Doing miracles, as Jesus does, […]
Apostle as Representative, Part 3
The apostolic foundations combine with prophetic foundations as next steps taken next to extend the chief cornerstone dimensions, width, breadth, and height. The metaphor suggests blueprints written received the needed and necessary “building materials” for construction once Jesus finished His preparation and assignment, rising from the dead and ascending to heaven in authority to restore […]
Apostolic Church as Representative Ecclesia, Part 1
Forerunner Identity and Florida’s Next Step
Forerunner Identity and Florida’s Next Step
Note: I’m adding this insight to the apostolic and prophetic mix of revelation God is providing Florida. It culminates a process I discern occurring for more than a decade and I would locate us in the first year of its fulfillment. I offer it with a sense that it fits into a broader apostolic and prophetic […]
Holy Criticism and Critical Holiness
Criticism is holy. Critical thinking is absolutely necessary to holiness. Holy criticism avoids unholy commonness. Being critical and offering criticism marks the thinking and manner of God, and all His representatives must be equally interested in making clear distinctions the produce separations. Criticism, defined Biblically as “judgment,” means, “separation,” or “distinction,” in its functional application, so […]
Ecclesia as the “ekklesia”
The word Jesus uses to describe what He is building to displace the strategically positioned authorities of Hades has been pressed into a scrapbook collection of possible meanings, and we are left to sort through the scrapbook in order to hear this word with the meaning He gives it when He speaks it. Matthew 16 […]
Accountability
With mature leaders, kingdom leaders should expect consistent, concise, and considered reports. “Consistent” means systematic in timing and sequence; weekly but also accumulative reports that build upon one another; “Concise” means to the points of reference by which “success” is being measured, thus the points of emphasis are not overwhelmed with distractions; “Considered” means the […]
Ananias and Sapphira Accountability
Ananias and Sapphira represent radical accountability in a season of visitation. We observe how serious God is about establishing this kingdom reset when we observe God’s response to their casual prevarication. “You lied to Holy Spirit” becomes the grounds for their deaths. Remember, God did not require Ananias and Sapphira to sell anything. Eject from […]