Women, prophecy and the church
"A woman with the gift of prophecy has to be very careful," the preacher said. "What she hears from God, she is generally not to speak but to take into her prayer closet."
"A woman with the gift of prophecy has to be very careful," the preacher said. "What she hears from God, she is generally not to speak but to take into her prayer closet."
“She cannot say that!” the woman yelled. Half a world from my home, she forbade me to invite the churched to repent. Then, we watched the Lord break through.
Any number of motives can prompt leaders in our church systems to create an illusion that refuge for the abused exists, where it does not. “They say, ‘All is well, all is well,’ when it is not.” So how can we know?
Since childhood, I’ve treasured what Jesus said in John 8:32. “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” Yet somehow, till now, I have not seen the diamond in its setting, so to speak. I have not seen the import for us all.
God saw my stifled spirit, crying out to honor him. He saw my confused soul, sabotaging the good it tried to do. Patiently, firmly, he taught me to act on my spirit's yes even when my soul was screaming no.
Refusing to listen to different views robs us of the opportunity to learn, to grow, to “sharpen” one another, to love one another. So it’s important and wise to humble ourselves to listen to others. It’s also important and wise to seek discernment from God as we do.
Learning to dance with God means being vulnerable, flexible, brave, as he frees us from the paralysis of the religious and teaches us to move in sync with him.
This book is a call to cultural humility by a woman who writes with a lot of humility. It's a call to us who are white to press in to see that what we count "normal" may not be others' normal at all.
"I would like to share this prayer with you and ask you to pray with me that, as the Bride of Christ, we will continue to learn to 'walk in beauty' with our fellow man and God." - Mark Charles
It's crucial that we humbly receive what the Lord Jesus wants to pour into our lives through others who love him but look and think differently from us.
Mini-post. Quotation about removing oppressive yokes, from We Confess! The Civil War, the South, and the Church.
It’s incredibly hard for good people to admit to grievous sins. It’s rather easier for the ax murderer to confess than for the upstanding citizen to do so. Thankfully, King…