Every year, there is an influx of prophetic words released by those claiming to hear the voice of God and what He is saying for the New year. There are so many words circulating online that it can be difficult, if not impossible, to keep track of them all and to keep those accountable who claim to be prophets. Recently, I took time to listen to several prophetic words for 2023 and to test them against the more sure Word…
It was June 20, 2017. The debut broadcast of a prophetic collaboration initiated by a local professing apostle I personally knew was aired locally and on social media. One of the contributors was yours truly, and the first word I felt led to share was about an alleged vision and conversation I had with God about Ezekiel 47. Earlier that year, I had written a blog post that was picked up by Charisma Magazine and Charisma News about this claimed…
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? 1 John 5:4-5 ESV We are a week past the midterm elections in the United States, and for some, the words of the self-professing prophets were claiming for months and days up to the election, victory. There was talk…
Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. John 17:17 When Jesus prayed what is known as the High Priestly prayer in John 17, He prayed for three distinct things. The first was to be glorified so that He would glorify the Father. The second was for His disciples whom He had chosen as apostles to proclaim His Word, and finally, Jesus prayed for those of us who come to saving faith in Christ through the writings of the…
In the mid second century, a cult monk turned Christian arrived in Phrygia. His arrival did not go unnoticed as he fell into a trance and “began to prophesy under the influence of the Holy Spirit.” Soon after, two women, Maximilla and Priscilla, joined this man in prophesying, claiming to have divine revelation in the midst of ecstatic behavior. This movement did not remain isolated in Phrygia. Rather, it gained momentum and spread into Asia Minor, Africa, and Gaul. This…
Red heifers. Nuclear war. Financial crisis. Midterm elections. A 1990’s action film about a Russian submarine headed for the United States bearing the name of the prophetic words God allegedly spoke to an individual leaving the gym. It was a lot of information to consider while listening to a recent prophetic word for the month of October. You may or may not be familiar with this type of activity, but in the modern prophetic movement, it is not uncommon for…
What would be your first reaction to hearing a teaching centered around a couple of verses in Scripture allegedly showing how Jesus time traveled, and we could access the eternal realm as well with the aid of time traveling angels? No, my blog has not been hacked by a New Age teacher, and I have not binge watched Back to the Future or Quantum Leap. To my dismay, there are actual teachings out there telling professing believers they can time…
Several days ago, I came across a few things piquing interest, agreement, disagreement, sadness, and hope. It all circled back to the recent United States Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey. The first was a social media post from Don Green stating in part, “Christians everywhere should understand that the change in the law did not produce a single change in a human heart. The parents and abortion doctors who practiced abortion last…
So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” Acts 4:18-19 ESV So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever…
The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward. Lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, that the people of Israel may go through the sea on dry ground. And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall…