A Biblical Guide for Discerning Prophetic Ministries “Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:20–21We will never stand in this ministry and say, “Thus saith the Lord” over next week’s headlines. That is not our calling. The calling we do have is older and quieter: point people to the Book that…
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You saw the dreads. You saw the ink.A lot of people wrote the ending before the man ever opened his mouth. Brian “Head” Welch had the stage, the money, the name, and the addiction. He has said it himself: fame did not fill him. The drugs did not fill him. He still called the inside…
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A picture can make you think of the Cross. Only He can finish the work. Creation is not thin. It is older than your questions and stranger than most sermons. Oaks hold on. Scarlet comes from small lives people once crushed for holy cloth. A hillside takes the weather and does not explain itself. If…
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How you get to the altar can change. What a thin yes costs does not. A word for anyone who grew up in a quiet, unhappy house and is being asked to marry before they have healed — and for a church that knows how to decorate a wedding better than it knows how to…
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You do not have to make the sound. A gift of the Spirit cannot be practised into existence, and it must not be required for belonging. When a church, a porch, or a workplace circle treats tongues as the handshake, a new believer will be tempted to produce what he has not been given. That…
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Christianity is not a flag you hoist so a civilization can survive. It is a Person you kneel to so a sinner can live. A meme has been moving through Facebook this week. Enough of you have sent it that it needs an answer from the church, not another share. I am not going to…
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Children are not a prize for adults. They are a heritage from the Lord. “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.” (Psalm 127:3) When we speak about adoption, we are speaking about one of the most solemn trusts a society can give: the care of a child…
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Coming clean is not a group-chat performance. It is a year of weight, a named sin, and a name you finally change. A message for the one still carrying last year’s words, and the one who saved the number under the wrong name. The clip is five minutes of a woman in a work chair,…
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A child’s gift is not a parent’s god. A message for the parent still living in the stands You already know why you opened this. Not because you needed another lecture on parenting. Because something in the house has gone tight, and you have been calling the tightness by softer names. Support. Pride. Investment. He…
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The mark of a true Christian is not the box you checked. It is a heart He has changed. A message for the one who has done all the things and still does not know Him You already know the question. You have asked it about other people. You may be afraid to ask it…
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