Are there prophets today? Who are they? What message do they bring from God? Why don’t we hear from them or recognize their prophetic mantle? I was speaking to a retired pastor recently who told me that back in the days of Hal Lindsay and The Late Great Planet Earth, he was all in. He…
Posts Categorized: Bible Prophecy
Herd Mentality Prevents Herd Immunity
Herd mentality. This could also be called mob mentality. In the Bible, mobs are referred to as rabble or riff-raff. They’re always stirring up trouble and inciting violence or discontent. We see them in various places. Numbers 11:4 The riff-raff that were in their midst had a strong desire; and the Israelites turned back and…
Nineveh’s Repentance & America’s…What?
In the book of Jonah, we learn that God called the prophet to preach repentance to the city of Nineveh. Famously, Jonah resisted that call and ran as far as he could in the opposite direction. God demanded obedience and convinced Jonah through his adventure with the whale to go do what he’d been told….
Prophecy Update: Rapture Snapback Theory
“Houston, we have a problem.” A potentially serious issue with the Apollo 13 spacecraft back in 1970 caused one of the NASA astronauts to supposedly utter this phrase. In reality, it was stated in the past tense as “Houston, we’ve had a problem here.” Regardless, it’s famously misquoted and is quite useful to this present…
The False Prophets of NAR
In the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR), the primary presumption is that God has designated the leaders in this movement as modern-day apostles and prophets. They lean on Ephesians 4:11-13 for their Scriptural basis: And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds [pastors] and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of…
Prophecy Update: What’s Next?
Two major events happened recently which appear to have significant prophetic implications. In this essay, I want to suggest the possible ramifications flowing from these events. Of course the caveat applies that the author has no special revelations from God, only the speculative imagination that comes from being a fiction author. Event Number One is…