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….
Posts Tagged: New Apostolic Reformation
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…
A Chance Encounter With a Sister in Christ
Away from our normal environs, my wife and I were walking on a Florida beach late in the afternoon when I spotted a younger asian lady sitting alone, reading what could only be a Bible. I resolved on our way back that I would stop and talk with her. When we returned some twenty minutes…
Scoffers & Mockers Then & Now
Back in Ezekiel’s day, he faced much scoffing and mocking when he brought forth the Word of the Lord. Despite being so faithful to God and being a conduit for many messages to the Israelites, their constant scorn of God’s prophetic Word had to weigh on Ezekiel. To reassure him, God spoke extensively about those…
How Preterism Leads to NAR Thinking
Preterism is an eschatological position that believes all or most Bible prophecy was fulfilled by the end of the first century. A couple of years ago some friends from our church spent a week at Bethel Church in Redding, CA, bought a book on partial-preterism from the Bethel bookstore, and recommended I read it since…
NAR’s Last Days Revival
Our church has a seniors’ ministry which I’ve studiously avoided. I certainly qualify in the appropriate age range, but I engage in a bit of denial. When I meet people and they ask me what I do or if I’m retired, I tell them I don’t use the “R” word; I’m too busy. That being…