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Prophetic Preaching A. W. Tozer

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If Christianity is to receive a rejuvenation, it must be by other means than any now being used. If the Church in the second half of this century is to recover from the injuries she suffered in the first half, there must appear a new type of preacher. The proper, ruler-of-the-synagogue type will never do. Neither will the priestly type of man who carries out his duties, takes his pay and asks no questions, nor the smooth-talking pastoral type who knows how to make the Christian religion acceptable to everyone. All these have been tried and found wanting. Another kind of religious leader must arise among us. He must be of the old prophet type, a man who has seen visions of God and has heard a voice from the Throne. When he comes (and I pray God there will be not one but many), he will stand in flat contradiction to everything our smirking, smooth civilization holds dear. He will contradict, denounce and protest in the name of God and will earn the hatred and opposition of a large segment of Christendom. Such a man is likely to be lean, rugged, blunt-spoken and a little bit angry with the world. He will love Christ and the souls of men to the point of willingness to die for the glory of the One and the salvation of the other. But he will fear nothing that breathes with mortal breath. This is only to say that we need to have the gifts of the Spirit restored again to the Church. And it is my belief that the one gift we need most now is the gift of prophecy.

I am not speaking of the dime a dozen prophets of today, but holy men preaching the Word! Today’s prophets want to tell the future, the future is written in the Bible. Prophetic preaching is of two kinds, foretelling (predictive) or forthtelling (declaring the Word.

  • Proclamation over Prediction: addresses the immediate situation
  • Exposition from God’s prospective
  • Strengthen, encourage and comfort
  • Brings a vibrant and holy church, rooted and grounded in the Word of God

I pray God raise up holy men and women of God to proclaim God’s Word in a world of confusion and deception. Standing for righteousness with a holy boldness. If God says it, I believe it and declare it. Amen Rh

Christian champion joins chorus warning nation is at point of no return

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‘If men and women of faith and conviction don’t come to the rescue of their country, it is doomed’

Famed commentator Conrad Black wrote recently of President Trump’s Mount Rushmore speech on the July 4th weekend, and said those Republicans who now are opposing Trump, and thinking of aligning themselves with “the almost leaderless Democratic Party” will forever give up any political influence if they continue.

And libertarian conservative philosopher Thomas Sowell said that “point of no return” will be approaching for the entire nation should presumption Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden get elected.

“If the election goes to Biden,” he said, “there’s a good chance that the Democrats will then control the two branches of Congress and the White House. And considering the kinds of things that they’re proposing, that could well be the point of no return for this country.”

“What is frightening is how many people in responsible positions are caving into every demand that is made, repeating any kind of nonsense that you’re supposed to repeat,” Sowell said. “I do believe that we may well reach a point of no return. I hope that, of course, will never happen. But there is such a thing as a point of no return. The Roman empire overcame many problems in its long history but eventually it reached a point where it could no longer continue on, and much of that was from within, not just the barbarians attacking from outside.”https://www.wnd.com/2020/08/christian-champion-joins-chorus-warning-nation-point-no-return/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=wnd-newsletter&utm_campaign=dailyam&utm_content=newsletter

Christian champion joins chorus warning nation is at point of no return