Nov 8, 2013 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
When you do what you’re called to do—whether that’s preach, pray, prophesy or tackle some other God-given assignment—it’s bound to make the enemy angry. But many times it also makes religious people angry. And when the spirit of religion...
Nov 1, 2013 | Culture & Society
Fewer Pentecostals are speaking tongues. Fewer Baptists are getting baptized. Wait, what? Yes, you read that correctly. But what are we to make of the decline of baptisms in water and in the Spirit? I’ll get to that in a minute. A couple of months ago, I wrote a...
Nov 1, 2013 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
“I have no right to gossip or slander you all in any way. And I refute and deny any claims that I have. I have purposely kept silent and will not curse you in any way with my words.” Jane got an email from Gary with those claims the day after a mutual...
Oct 24, 2013 | Culture & Society
Is the church dying? Apparently, that depends on whom you ask. Indeed, the life or death of the church of Jesus Christ that was founded more than 2,000 years ago on the Day of Pentecost is a topic of debate in some evangelical circles. Ed Stetzer, the president of...
Oct 24, 2013 | Culture & Society
For all the debate about whether women can be pastors or teach men—or even speak in church—there’s a bigger issue at hand this week as news of a female Baptist pastor getting married to a female quasi-Catholic bishop drives headlines across the...
Oct 24, 2013 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
Have you ever been so frustrated with your kids that you raised your voice in frustration? Have you ever yelled and screamed because you were just plain worn out after a hard day of work and fed up with the kids not submitting to your God-given authority? Parenting...
Oct 18, 2013 | Culture & Society
In between a sip or two of beer, a group of men delved deeper into the Bible at a bar off Route 67 in Oxford, Conn. last week, the Associated Press reports. The story goes on to paint a picture of men digging deeper for a better understanding of themselves and a...
Oct 18, 2013 | Prophetic Insight
“We must now have the courage to take the final step and call homophobia and heterosexism what they are. They are sin. Homophobia is a sin. Heterosexism is a sin. Shaming people for who they love is a sin. Only when all our churches say that clearly and boldly...
Oct 18, 2013 | Spiritual Growth
Whether in the world of work or the work of the ministry, everybody likes to feel appreciated for a job well done. But some strive, scratch and claw for promotion. There’s nothing fundamentally wrong about hoping God notices your faithfulness, increases your...
Oct 11, 2013 | Culture & Society
As the mother of a teenaged daughter, news that nearly 10 percent of adolescents report perpetrating some form of sexual violence in their lifetime disturbs me. The sexual violence list includes coercive sex, forced sexual contact—and even rape. Can we blame the...
Oct 11, 2013 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
“Shall I go up?” David, a mighty warrior for God, asked Jehovah this critical question before running to the battle line—and we would be wise to do the same. Although we war from a place of victory, rushing into spiritual warfare outside of...
Oct 4, 2013 | Jennifer LeClaire Exclusives
A few months ago, former Charisma editor J. Lee Grady penned a powerful column headlined “Why I Don’t Use the F-Word.” Of course, he was talking about the F-bomb, the nasty four-letter word that’s worked its way into mainstream conversation...
Oct 4, 2013 | Culture & Society, Jennifer LeClaire Exclusives
A few months ago, former Charisma editor J. Lee Grady penned a powerful column headlined “Why I Don’t Use the F-Word.” Of course, he was talking about the F-bomb, the nasty four-letter word that’s worked its way into mainstream conversation...
Oct 4, 2013 | Prophetic Insight
In his weekly Prophetic Perspective on Current Events broadcast, Rick Joyner predicted the destruction of America’s republic—maybe even during President Obama’s second term. Joyner prefaced the Internet broadcast entitled “Has Democracy...
Oct 4, 2013 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
Either the devil isn’t fleeing or one demon is lined up right after the other to take the last one’s place—at least that’s the thought that crosses my mind in seasons of heavy spiritual warfare. I’m resisting the devil all right, but it...
Sep 27, 2013 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
“Meet local Christian swingers who believe that an open and honest relationship with each other will keep any marriage fresh and exciting.” No, it’s not a late, sick-and-twisted April Fool’s joke—it’s a marketing line on a new...
Sep 27, 2013 | Culture & Society
About two years ago, a casting producer working with a major television studio contacted me about starring in a new reality TV series about women of faith. The producers wanted to follow me around at work, at church and at home. I prayed about it and decided it...
Sep 27, 2013 | Prophetic Insight
The anointing at the altar was strong. Words of wisdom were flowing. People were getting healed. We were seeing a genuine outpouring. The Holy Spirit’s manifest presence was undeniable. God was using Mark (not his real name) to set the captives free. But Mark...
Sep 19, 2013 | Spiritual Growth
Jesus knew who would betray Him, but we don’t always see betrayals coming. Sometimes it's a blindside—but then again, shouldn’t we expect it? After all, Jesus said that in the end times many “will be offended, will betray one another, and...
Sep 19, 2013 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
Praying in tongues is getting a lot of attention in secular media these days. The New York Times recently published an article called “Why We Talk in Tongues,” and the Associated Press is reporting “Messages in Tongues Down Among Pentecostals.”...
Sep 19, 2013 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
From praying in tongues to Christian persecution to faith healing, mainstream media mockers are lifting their voices ever more loudly against Jesus and His church these days. At the same time, the Hollywood Reporter is noting that sexual infidelity is “fall...
Sep 13, 2013 | Culture & Society
About a month ago, I asked a pointed question: “Why Do So Many ‘Born-Again, Spirit-Filled’ Women Show Off Cleavage in Church?” It set off a firestorm of debate but sparked a number of other stories and sermons on the issue. I got emails from...
Sep 13, 2013 | Culture & Society
Just as the chatter about Miley Cyrus’ soft-porn twerking at MTV’s Video Music Awards died down, the former child star has left jaws hanging near the ground once again by stripping naked, straddling a wrecking ball and suggestively licking a sledgehammer...
Sep 12, 2013 | Jennifer LeClaire Exclusives, Prophetic, Prophetic Words
Beyond Ahab and the eunuchs, Jezebel had at least 850 false prophetic puppets to manhandle. These 850 prophets came from two different camps in Israel—they were the prophets of Baal and the prophets of Asherah, sometimes called the prophets of Jezebel. Queen...
Sep 12, 2013 | Jennifer LeClaire Exclusives, Prophetic Words
Beyond Ahab and the eunuchs, Jezebel had at least 850 false prophetic puppets to manhandle. These 850 prophets came from two different camps in Israel—they were the prophets of Baal and the prophets of Asherah, sometimes called the prophets of Jezebel. Queen...
Sep 6, 2013 | Jennifer LeClaire Exclusives
You know King Ahab and you know the 850 false prophets that ate at Jezebel’s table, but are you familiar with Jezebel’s eunuchs? The cast of the Jezebel spirit’s demonic puppet show includes eunuchs, but who are these spiritual servants, how do you...
Sep 6, 2013 | Jennifer LeClaire Exclusives, Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
You know King Ahab and you know the 850 false prophets that ate at Jezebel’s table, but are you familiar with Jezebel’s eunuchs? The cast of the Jezebel spirit’s demonic puppet show includes eunuchs, but who are these spiritual servants, how do you...
Sep 6, 2013 | Culture & Society
There’s a lot of talk today about the “triumphant return” of Jon Stewart to The Daily Show’s anchor desk after a summer hiatus. Stewart had been off in the Middle East directing and producing a movie. During that time, he missed out on poking...
Aug 30, 2013 | Culture & Society
When unbelievers cry foul, you know you’ve crossed the line. Miley Cyrus took raunchy to a whole new level at the MTV Video Music Awards Sunday—and the talk of her stripping down to flesh-colored rubber underwear, ultra-obscene twerking and other erotic...
Aug 29, 2013 | Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
We talk a lot about Jezebel, but this wicked principality relies on Ahabs to maximize its authority and propagate its immorality and idolatry. King Ahab isn’t who many spiritual warriors have made him out to be. There’s no lack of checklists online that...
Aug 23, 2013 | Holy Spirit
I’ll admit it. The first time I saw people praying in tongues, it completely freaked me out. It actually scared me! It was 1993. I was interning at a Christian television station. Before going live on the air, the producers, cameramen, on-air talent and others...
Aug 23, 2013 | Spiritual Growth
“Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert” (Is. 43:19). That rhema word from Scripture nearly four years ago kicked off a season of change in my life...
