When we removed kingdom from ekklesia [church], we set upon a course of redefining Ecclesia in ways that minimize and manipulate the meaning of Jesus’ ministry, teaching, and strategy. It is rather easily discovered that we simply marginalize Him in terms of function while attempting to worship Him in terms of Redemption. In this way, […]
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The Pioneering Spirit, Part 4
Beware the tendency of the enemies of pioneering to glamorize previous pioneers. At the same time, beware the tendency of the enemies of pioneering to demonize previous pioneers. The enemies of pioneering, and the pioneering spirit, marginalize this foundation of leadership in more than one way, in other words. Turning pioneers into super heroes or […]
Crossing Prophetic Protocol Boundaries
Immature Prophetic Function The difference between evil people doing false prophecy and good people breaking prophetic protocols is significant. Good people with good intentions may cross proper prophetic protocol boundaries for many reasons. They may end up in areas of dysfunction that call for correction and discipline even when they are basically good people. Their […]
Spiritual Fire
John said, “I indeed baptize with water because of repentance, but Someone is coming after me who will baptize you with Holy Spirit and fire. His fan is in His hand and He will completely clean His threshing floor; the chaff will be thrown (by the wind of the fan) into a fire that cannot […]
Revival and Awakening: Passion for Purpose
God has eternal purposes, and He is passionate for His purposes. This is the way to understand His love, fire, Glory, power, and Word. Without this backdrop of intention, any one aspect of God and His ways may become a cul-de-sac. When revival arrives, some aspect of His passion for purpose will manifest, and that […]
God Saves Nations
Let me respond to a statement I’ve been hearing lately from some christians. “God saves people, not nations.” Usually, this is part of an effort to discount the idea that God is going to bring revival to America. I don’t hear it from other nations too much, but many Americans seem to like the idea […]
Mature Leadership, Mature Leaders
Many people envision a leaders as someone to do for them what they lack the strength of will and personal leadership to do for themselves, but such a concept of leadership is foreign to the kingdom of God. God is making a kingdom of priests and kings: the kingdom leadership He has provided produces maturity […]
Mature Leaders, Mature Leadership
Many people envision a leaders as someone to do for them what they lack the strength of will and personal leadership to do for themselves, but such a concept of leadership is foreign to the kingdom of God. God is making a kingdom of priests and kings: the kingdom leadership He has provided produces maturity […]
Specific Prayer Ministry in FreedomRooms
Initial interviews are very helpful in FreedomRooms. Among the ministries that release healing, freedom, and inner healing, patterns emerge that are recognizable, that can be given a name or description, thus be assigned a response. In FreedomRooms we like to have the initial interview as a place to start, to gain the perspective of the […]
Discipling Cultures
Culture is collective behavior. As behavior is to the individual, so culture is to the people group. The individual acts based upon values and beliefs. The culture shares values and beliefs in ways that produce common behaviors. While this overly simplistic, it serves as a basis for understanding how to disciple cultures. Note that Jesus […]