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Lessons on intercession from Daniel
The more I walk through Daniel the more I see it as a master class on intercession. Years ago I tried to develop a series called “Living in Babylon” based on Daniel. I taught on Daniel, blogged on Daniel, did podcasts on Daniel. And more than ever I am convinced we need his example. American Christians need his example. As…
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A confession: I am a big fat failure
Ezekiel 2:1-7 The biblical calling to a ministry is so different than the “call” Western Christianity calls people to. Ezekiel is called to the prophetic ministry. That has a certain connotation in certain Charismatic/Pentecostal circles, and I would venture to guess that the picture we have in our minds is different than Ezekiel’s call.
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Daniel and the impossible work of intercession
I am still working my through Daniel in my meditations on intercession. My life has had a little more busyness and slight chaos to it, so I haven’t reflected very well or written much. What I am trying to do at this point in my walk through Daniel is not lose hope. Seriously.
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Jesus and the Powers, Part 2
NT Wright and Michael Bird don’t deny the certain benefits of Christendom, but they also dive into the destructive use of power in that time period as well. We have to reach for something more.
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This is the mess… and we need intercessors
Given the lack of confessional ecclesiastical structures in Evangelical churches, there was no way of meaningfully testing prophetic pulpit pronunciations by the laity, so they continued to follow leaders simply because they were leaders. This proved particularly concerning for Jon Ward because of Bethel Church’s approach to politics. “Bethel leaders,” writes Ward, “viewed the world in Manichean terms, as a…
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Juneteenth
It is important to mark this day four years after it was set as a national holiday. It’s important to remember this year because, as whites, we’re back to some semblance of our “normal” and the maneuvering done to attack “CRT” and “woke” have helped re-establish white comfort. So, Juneteenth rolls around and people are like, “How come the mail’s…
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Intercession — don’t lose focus
Daniel 7 is a chapter that keeps unfolding to me every time I walk through it with any amount of attentiveness. It is significant to the time of Jesus because this is what the Jewish people are pondering and anticipating when Jesus arrives. It is also helpful because it keeps me grounded. I get consumed… consumed… with the stuff going…
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The conflicts we DON’T pay attention to
This is from The Dispatch: But with international focus trained on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, comparatively little attention has been paid to what has become the largest displacement and food crisis in the world. Neglect of the conflict has driven international media to continually label Sudan the “forgotten” crisis.
