The fathering hearts are turned toward returning sons because the sons do not return with ultimatums in their hearts.

In other words, entering the Roaring Twenties, we should reset our value system to a Biblical point of view about the value of overseers with expertise and experience, both of which are gained by extended exposure to the graphe, rhema, and Logos. We should regain our appreciation and appraisal of the scholar of the written Word.

We must see “fathers” and “inheritors” in the context of God’s Oikos, a lineage of inheritance through which the purposes of God become available in greater opportunity for fullness in each succeeding generation.

The famous phrase from Paul’s discussion of kingdom leadership, “equipping the saints,” ain’t about equipping. At least, not so much. The idea that local church pastors teach people to do stuff so they aren’t doing it all – well, that is so far removed from what Paul discusses that we need to start all over to think about Ephesians 4.

To the specific point of the urban legend about the original church had no building or budgets, led by one apostle, distributed in house churches is not the model for the New Era Reformation.

He wants us to mature into overcomers. He wants us to represent Him as qualified, authentic inheritors. He wants us to respond to the constant, consistent challenges to our wholeness with overcoming authority and power.