“Shouldn’t the prophetic office serve as a watchdog of the Church and the State?” asks Gary Van. Prophets point out injustice and speak uncomfortable truth to those in authority regardless of their political party or church affiliation, he rightly says. Their function in society is not bound solely by the parameters of religion, he explains. Their authority to rebuke and bring correction historically extends into every social dimension where justice is lacking and mercy is needed.

Van writes: “Where is there a clear prophetic voice rising from the American societal landscape today? Where is the group or individual who dares to expose the injustice committed in our name by our government regardless of who is in power? Why do the preachers of the left and right only rebuke those leaders of the opposite party and never their own? Where is the prophet who is bold enough to confront the harlotry of the Church as she runs recklessly into the seductive arms of corrupt and conscienceless political suitors? Keep Reading »

Are you using all the weapons in your spiritual arsenal? Many are adept at wielding the sword of the Spirit and pleading the blood of Jesus against principalities and powers. Others do spiritual warfare through walking in obedience and love. Still others dispatch ministering angels, worship or prophesy against the enemy, declaring his ultimate doom.

But Scripture teaches of another weapon that Spirit-filled believers can include in our artillery as we press in to do damage to enemy forces in the hostile clash between the kingdom of darkness and the Kingdom of Light: praying in tongues. Keep Reading »