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Here’s all the posts. Over 20 years of writing about prophecy, the church, the Spirit, and the Scriptures that hold it all together. Some posts are short. Some go deep. All of it is honest. Start anywhere. Enjoy.

 

Prophets, Prejudice, and the Cliff

The uncomfortable path of truth when grace breaks expectations.My friend Mark, a much-loved worship leader, has a compelling grip on conscious and unconscious bias. Talking with him in a distant

Right Words – Wrong Gift?

Prophesy or words of knowledge? Photo by - J. A. Hanton I might be a little pedantic here - but stay with me, there’s a familiar moment in many Spirit-filled

Passing on the baton

Miracles, signs and wonders?Have you ever dropped the baton? Were you going too fast, staggered, slipped, dropped? Usain Bolt never dropped the baton. Not once in a major competition. When

Sandwiches, keys, phone – and Cross…

Before you leave home ... By the side of a pool in Croatia I mused about Luke 9:23, and what follows next flowed from that! I’m a bit of a

Batman can't raise the dead.

But Jesus can. And does.I like Superman. When it comes to those Marvel superpowers, if you had a superpower, what would it be, and more importantly, what ‘righteous’ thing would

Seeking personal profile?

Don't. “And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give you your

Devoted

The defining word for the early Church. And us? Seeing the young fledgling Church in action in the book of Acts leaves you amazed; the pace of the story makes

God has a plan

but it doesn't always make sense.There’s a story in Genesis that feels a lot like waiting on a cold winter’s morning in a bitter wind. You see your breath, try

Time for a corona discharge

Get ready, connect, engage.I love the raw drama of the book of Acts. It's our benchmark, our context; it's a gauntlet thrown down, and hand in hand with it, Corinthians.

Rising Lion, Weeping Earth

A call to pray for peace "Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up,and as a lion it lifts itself;it does not lie down until it has devoured the

In Christ?

Looking at the bigger picture - from a distance. You've probably never heard of them, but have you ever stood on the Bolehills in Sheffield on a clear night? You

Tongues?

When you expected dreams, visions and prophecy ... It’s Pentecost Sunday this week! Pentecost didn’t begin in Acts 2. It wasn’t a sudden gust of divine spontaneity, as if God