One of the things I’ve observed is that some of the key people and churches in the Christian Nationalist Movement tend to lean heavily on prophetic words and this feeds into the approach to preaching. Here is an example from Chrisopher Wickland. In fact, this was the first part on the subject I’ve just looked… Continue reading Christian Nationalism and prophecy
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Dreams about war -what they do and don’t mean
Christopher Wickland who identifies as one of the so called “patriot pastors” linked to Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom protest shared this claimed prophecy on Facebook today. I want to respond here for two reasons, first of all because I myself had a dream recently that seemed to touch on the same issue of “war”… Continue reading Dreams about war -what they do and don’t mean
Training and practice for worship leaders and teams
A lot of attention when it comes to both training people as worship leaders and when it comes to preparing and practicing as worship teams goes into making sure that the music is technically on point. That matters of course. The best thing that musicians can do to serve our corporate worship is ensure that… Continue reading Training and practice for worship leaders and teams
What prophecy is not …
I appreciate that readers will come here from a variety of positions. Some of you will be from conservative/non charismatic backgrounds, cessationist even. Don’t of you will be more Pentecostal/Charismatic. Personally I come from what might be best described as a charismatic place. This means I believe in prophecy and it is actively encouraged in… Continue reading What prophecy is not …
Cyrus, Isaiah and prophecy
One of the big debates in Biblical scholarship is the dating of Isaiah. The consensus position tends to be that there were at least 2:and possibly 3 authors. The first author would then be presumed to have written in the 7th century BC and the later authors during or post exile. Often this position is… Continue reading Cyrus, Isaiah and prophecy
Return of the King: video series
If you fancy digging into a book of the Bible through the summer, here is a series of talks on the book of Revelation …and here is the accompanying E-Book.
Jeff the low stakes prophet
I recently saw this video from Lutheran satire. Here are some reflections. First the video may play into a stereotype of Charismatic prophecy, people talking to their experience and with it the status of their ideas, with a “thus says the Lord”. Now, it is fair to say that I have encountered people who either… Continue reading Jeff the low stakes prophet
Thus says the Lord? Sufficiency and a response to Tom Forryan in Evangelicals Now
Tom Forryan describes a visit to a church. “It was the first Sunday of the year and we were visiting a large church in our town. After the service an enthusiastic young man came up and told me, ‘The Lord has shown me you are in full-time Christian ministry.’ (How did the Lord do that?… Continue reading Thus says the Lord? Sufficiency and a response to Tom Forryan in Evangelicals Now
Just start by chopping some wood
Back when I was at theological college, my home church linked me up with a smal, struggling church for a summer placement. One of things we did over the summer was talk about their future. They had some big ideas including moving from the village where they met to the nearby slightly larger town that… Continue reading Just start by chopping some wood
Prophecy and the excluded middle
Sometimes’ a football team’s strategy is to hit the ball long, consistently bouncing it between defenders and strikers so that the midfielders become passive observers. The middle of the pitch is excluded. There are ways in which we can exclude the middle too. There is a tendency I think for churches to think in terms… Continue reading Prophecy and the excluded middle
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