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The forbidden is not better. The forbidden is not sexy. The forbidden is destructive to individuals and societies that normalize it.

The metaphor of wine and cloth does not ask for us to reject the old or waste the new. It demands that the old change and receive the latest so that both avoid destruction and waste. He also requires that the new change to honor the old because it is immature and ill-fitted.

His words say that all the Bible for all the people all the time in every place expresses “Who God Is” so we recognize Him when we know Him, “How God does stuff” so we recognize His Providence when He gets involved in history, and “What God expects and anticipates” as fulfillment of Law and Prophets.

The kingdom leadership dynamics do not operate as designed and defined in the Bible outside a kingdom context. They are leaders of Ecclesiae, but they are first and foremost eldering kingdom culture leaders.

We are all on active duty or traitors, are we not?

As a person who prophesies, do not prophesy marriage. Just don’t do it. But, I see it. But, I hear it. But, I know it. But, I’m sure of it. Don’t do it. The prophetic process that you follow for directing life decisions is not an “I see it. I hear it. I know it.…

The apostles set order to the entire kingdom culture. They train people to live the lifestyle of kingdom citizens and set those who refuse outside the gates. They provide blueprints for building what the King wants to be built in a region or nation. They have a schematic by which to set the plumb line for all that goes on in the Name of Jesus within that measurable and defined scope of leadership.

The picture Jesus and Paul paint points to a schematic for the whole of the kingdom to move together as a matrix of ministries. It is a spiritual ecosystem built to function as an ekklesia in a spiritual kingdom.

Once you get past the odd rendering of Acts 6 in which the term “deacon” does not appear, you find that the case for deacons as officers or leaders falls apart. The apostles said it was inappropriate to their assigned priorities to “wait tables. This term is certainly relating to the meaning of the word…

When I share the dreams, you usually do not hear anything about the dream. I share the applicable and implementable conclusion of the simple revelation God provides in the dream.