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GIVING UP YOUR PERSONAL RIGHTS FOR THE SAKE OF THE GOSPEL

Let me begin with a question: What is more important to you, your personal/spiritual/ministry rights, or the integrity and advancement of the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

Now, don’t be so quick to say, “the integrity and advancement of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”

Why do I say that?

The fact is, over several decades in the ministry I have discovered that there are not as many Christians and church leaders as you might think that walk the walk when it comes to laying aside their legitimate human and spiritual rights for the sake of the Gospel. Yes, many pastors preach it on Sundays, but in actuality, how they live is often quite different.

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HOW TO ENGAGE IN POLITICS WITHOUT LOSING YOUR SOUL

When the political temperature rises so does name-calling, character assassination, and confrontation. Even committed Christ-followers, unfortunately, get caught up in the partisan political whirlwind of the moment and join in the fight. We as Christians should seriously engage in the ongoing debate in the political public square, but in doing so we must demonstrate a citizenship seasoned by God’s wisdom and love.

The title of this article is based on Jesus’ question in Mark 8:36, “What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?” (NIV). Over the years, I have watched many Christians zealously become active in partisan politics and actually “lose their souls.” That is, they lose their public uniquely Christian witness, act contrary to the fruit of the Holy Spirit; and become divisive agents within the church.

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FORERUNNER ESCHATOLOGY: MIKE BICKLE'S END-TIME TEACHING & THE INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PRAYER

Mike Bickle, the one-time charismatic leader of the controversial Kansas City Prophets in the 1980s and 1990s,1 is now positioning himself to become an end-time specialist to thousands of Christian young adults around the world. He preaches an obscure interpretation of the book of Revelation,2 and proclaims, with a conviction of certainty, that the world is now entering an “eschatological revolution” that will lead to Jesus’ second coming within the next fifty years.3

In A.D. 2000, the now 54-year-old Bickle resigned his senior pastorate position at Metro Christian Fellowship to launch Kansas City’s International House of Prayer, identified by the acronym IHOP.4 Today, Bickle is the executive director of the multiple ministries of IHOP, and is the senior pastor of Forerunner Christian Fellowship. IHOP boasts over four hundred full-time staff that identify themselves as “Intercessory Missionaries,” and raise their own financial support.

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