JOEL 2 GENERATION

Having just listened to a sobering and helpful response by Stephen Powell to Dr. Michael Brown's new video release. I've included the link here: Stephen Powell Video I have greatly appreciated Stephen Powell's videos who himself was/is a victim of clergy sexual abuse and who had to expose his own mentor, Todd Bentley, as an unrepentant sexual predator.  Powell's critique of the the current state of the Charismatic Church is a fresh of breath air. He speaks/writes AS A CHARISMATIC himself. So, unlike the Cessationist critics, who are by definition anti-Charismatic, Powell is an insider who is contending for a Charismatic Church that deals with sin, and with false doctrines/practices. Beyond that, he is one of the voices that is questioning the very structure of the platformed, celebrity pastor (or prophet, healing evangelist, apostle) structure of churches and/or ministries. I agree with him. I believe God is not simply exposing sin and/or false teachings in the Body of ...

1 Peter 4:17 - For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God PODCAST LINK There is a growing consensus that God is currently judging His Church and Christian ministries. Of course, He has always done so. It was happening in the 1st Century when the Apostle Peter, under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, wrote the Epistle of 1st Peter. And it seems to be happening at an ever-increasing pace today. He's exposing sin and false teachings. He is shedding light onto lifestyles that are hard to imagine belong to followers of the one who said He "has no place to lay his head" (Matt. 8:20). It should be producing the fear of God amongst His people. It should be producing repentance in the ones being exposed. I am not sure it is producing either.  I end this podcast by highlighting something else I believe God is judging - the very structure and nature of Church and ministries. I think many who are applauding the exposures and correction God is bringing are not yet...