-
No One is Common. No One is Unclean.
You’d think the disciples would have gotten the point after how many times Jesus got in trouble for eating with the wrong people, yet Peter was still a bit stunned when God gave him a vision to go eat with a non-Jewish man, which was considered rather taboo in his time. Indeed, Peter called such…
-
The Prophets Call Us to the Poor
There are two major streams of the prophetic in the church today. One form is of a more supernatural perspective, where God speaks to people and they speak out his word. The other form is of a more natural perspective, where the poor are preached about and actions are taken to provide for them. But…
-
The Angelic Plague Trumpets of Egypt?
In this episode we cover the first four angelic trumpets of Revelation 8, which seem to hearken back to the plagues of Egypt. But wait a minute—didn’t we just finish the seven seals and judgment day was about to happen? Why is John suddenly starting us all over again? We address these questions and more…
-
Juneteenth Book Suggestions
Happy Juneteenth! Here’s some books I’ve read the last few years that you can check out as we grow in our anti-racism together. The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by Jemar Tisby Woke Church: An Urgent Call for…
-
The Leaven of Heaven
I preached at Rivertree Community Church here in Jackson, MI yesterday. Together we dove into Jesus’ parable about the Kingdom of Heaven being like leaven. You can check it out here or in the video above. My message starts right at the 36 minute mark.
-
Heal the Sick, Save their Souls
There in the slums of Mozambique, Heidi Baker prayed for every single blind person she ran into, despite the fact that nothing ever happened. But God had promised her that one day she would see people healed, so rather than give up, she continued to pray over and over again. A year passed and no…
-
Fear and Comfort
Acts 9:31 has a weird ring to it. It tells us that the early church walked “in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.” Fear and comfort are not words we usually put together in the same sentence, but there they are. And they’re not even used as antonyms,…
-
Following the Spirit with Faith and Trust
At 17 years old, Ravi was about to commit suicide when God spoke audibly to him and stopped him. Since then, God has woken him up at 4 A.M. every day and given him instructions for ministry. One day God gave him directions to go and preach at a village in India with few specifics…
-
Wimber on a Plane
“What do you want?” the annoyed man seated across the plane aisle asked. Pastor John Wimber, the founder of the Vineyard church movement, had been caught staring at him; for he saw the word “adultery” supernaturally written across the man’s face. Then he sensed the Holy Spirit drop a woman’s name into his mind. “Does…
Jamin Bradley 