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Dear megachurch pastors, the Bible is not boring

Feb

2013

I received this exciting email a week or so ago from the YouVersion Bible app (which I use and appreciate) with the subject line, See the Bible Come Alive this March: Have you ever tried to picture what Noah’s family experienced during the flood? What it looked like when Samson destroyed the temple? How it felt ...

You should, you can’t, you must, you may never again talk to Perry Noble

Jan

2013

The story of my attempts to meet with Perry Noble is one of changing rules and massive discrepancies between what’s said in public and done in private. Whom I meet and why isn’t normally of much interest to anyone, but this particular story reveals important features of Noble’s character and leadership which should be concerning ...

Differentiating Jesus from the Word

Dec

2009

(We temporarily return to regular PP programing. For newcomers, these are the kinds of statements that have kept PP going much longer than I ever imagined it would.) Perry Noble preached on how to hear from God today. We’ve chronicled problems with Noble’s extra-biblical view of revelation many times on this blog, but today’s statement ...

Real wisdom from Furtick

Nov

2009

A really promising tweet from Furtick tonight. It’s hard to differentiate between a vision & a delusion-both cause you to see things that no one else sees. No sarcasm here; it’s good that he’s recognizing this. Share this:

Muddying the vision problem

Nov

2009

Noble compounds his slippery personal revelation problem with this weekend tweet: Being filled with vision doesn’t always mean that God is inspiring us…but rather that He’s disturbing us! Two quick points. He acknowledges that vision does equal inspiration. Even though he assures us that it doesn’t “always” mean inspiration, the implication is that it is ...

How does God speak to us?

Oct

2009

How does God speak to us and reveal his will? I’ve written about how preachers should talk about God’s revelation, so this will extend that to consider how we think and talk about how God speaks to us as laypeople. Has God stopped speaking to us? Just because God closed the book on his written ...

How good is your caller ID? (Updated)

Oct

2009

Perry Noble advised pastors on how to hear from God last week. One of the KEYS to receive REVELATION is PREPARATION! It’s not that God isn’t wanting to download HUGE vision into us as leaders…but many times we just aren’t ready for it. Now, I might have said that the key to receive revelation was ...

More on Revelation from the Visionary

Oct

2009

Furtick : Prioritize the Presence of God. Your best innovation flows from revelation. You must prioritize the presence of God in your life. More can be accomplished in a nanosecond of prayer, worship, and listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit than a month’s worth of strategy meetings in the flesh. Many leaders have ...

Rick’s Revelation

Sep

2009

Rick Warren tweets: God taught me the 5 Purposes of Church at 24, but few paid attention. Now,in my50s,I ask”What 24yrold should I be listening to? Had God been hiding these purposes until 30 years ago? You mean to tell me the Church wandered around for 1,970 or so years without knowing its purpose, until ...

New Turnstile Church strategy: We avoid God’s Word to keep you from sin

Sep

2009

Almost two weeks ago, I asked Perry Noble supporters to give us examples of Noble’s biblical wisdom. I asked someone to describe the emperor’s advertised grand clothes, not seeing any myself, and all of his supporters on this site (and there are many) decided he was best left in his jeans and tee shirt. Perhaps ...