Prophecy
36 conversations where the hosts get into prophecy.
36 conversations
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Ask the Pastor: why did the temple guards need Judas to kiss Jesus?
- Why did the temple guards need Judas to identify Jesus with a kiss?
Boova (speaker-2, handed the Ask the Pastor at seg-00011) asks why, if Jesus was a public figure with priests plotting at Caiaphas's house, anyone needed Judas to point him out.
From No. 533 · You Can Buy Me Phalanges
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Is Job literal or a parable? Prophecy discussion
- Is the book of Job a literal story or a parable?
- What is prophecy, and can it be infectious or physical?
The hosts dig into the hard question of whether the book of Job is a true story or a parable-style teaching, noting it may be the oldest written book of the Bible.
From No. 504 · Saul, Naturally
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Sidebar: spiritual gifts you would not want
- Is there a spiritual gift you would not want to have?
- What is the difference between preaching and teaching?
The second sidebar: which spiritual gifts would you refuse? Tongues and prophecy top the list, with Ezekiel's watchman ('his blood is on you') terrifying one host; Boova says he…
From No. 494 · 500-ish
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Critiquing Tony Evans's prophecy sermon on Russia, oil, and Israel
- Why would all of them have a problem with Israel?
- Where does predictive prophecy preaching miss the target the most?
The hosts read and critique a report of pastor Tony Evans walking his congregation through a prophetic calendar based on Matthew 24:3, predicting conflict between Russia and Middle Eastern nations over oil.
From No. 461 · Acid, Stupidity and Russia
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Don't take macro action based on micro analysis
- Am I taking macro action based on micro analysis?
A host introduces his principle — 'don't take macro action based upon micro analysis,' or 'don't take broad action based upon narrow analysis' — and the room tests it across examples.
From No. 450 · Good News of Narrow Focus
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Do pastors have to preach prophecy and the end times?
- Must pastors teach Bible prophecy and the end times?
The hosts react to a prophecy-conference article in which Jack Hibbs urges pastors not to skip Bible prophecy.
From No. 448 · November 8 2021
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Don't be a prophet in the comments
- Is it false prophecy to predict the end of the world without claiming God told you?
Sparked by a Christian Post commenter who offered 'my prophecy about millennials - but don't stone me if I'm wrong,' the hosts argue that claiming to speak for God while hedging is just false prophecy with a disclaimer.
From No. 263 · Hell, Closed Hands, and Prophecy
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Does God care about the small stuff?
- Does God intervene in the granular, day-to-day details of life, or does he let things spin?
Framing Dan's welder example, a host asks the broader question: is God involved on a granular, day-to-day level, or does he let things spin?
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Prophetic words, personal revival, and the power of prayer
- Have you ever had a prophet speak into your life?
Asked whether a prophet has ever spoken into his life, Boova describes being called out on things he was hearing from God but not acting on.
From No. 529 · Enter The McCormick
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Proclamations as prophecy: the neon-sign dream and the glory test
Ben proposes treating every 'the Spirit told me' claim as prophecy: true or false, and untestable claims ('the Spirit told me mauve') shouldn't be made.
From No. 597 · Maybe A Word From God
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Peter's broad invitation, Elijah, and New Testament precedent
Mike argues that if God told you exactly what he was doing, "you'd race him to get there" — withholding information is part of the design — and calls the Holy Spirit conversation…
From No. 593 · Do You Hear What I Hear
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Isaiah 29 and hyperbolic prophetic language
Ben reads Isaiah 29 aloud - woe to Jerusalem, Ariel, siege ramps and towers, nations like a dream of the night - then asks how to read prophetic language: is the poetic,…
From No. 577 · The Spirit, the Goldfish and the Way
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Ask the Pastor: why Ezekiel eats the scroll
Cody McCormick's complaint-line question: why does Ezekiel snack on scrolls in Ezekiel 3? Ben reads Ezekiel 2–3 at length.
From No. 568 · Like Jesus
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Ask the Pastor: Micaiah's sarcasm and the lying spirit
Ben takes up Boova's 1 Kings 22 question: Micaiah's first answer was sarcasm — Ahab hears what he wants and misses it.
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Revelation misconceptions, part 1: audience, prophecy, and genre
The hosts list the first three of five misconceptions about Revelation. First: readers assume the book is about them, when it was a pastoral letter of hope to churches in Asia Minor.
From No. 405 · Reading Revelation Wrong
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Band origin story
- How did the band form and get started?
Ryan (addressed by name, speaker-5) tells how God started the band: a trip to the International House of Prayer (IHOP) in Kansas City, meeting a replacement keyboard player at…
From No. 26 · Syndrome of Fire In Studio
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Don't put God in a box: prophecy, 'God led me,' and being happy
The hosts agree not to limit what God could do, but insist any claim must be biblically consistent, noting modern 'prophecy' usually just adds private revelations to Scripture and that they never need a prophet since the Bible is in print.
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Holy Spirit street preacher videos: 'Am I afraid of the Holy Spirit?'
- Am I afraid of the Holy Spirit?
Mike describes viral videos of a former drug-mover turned street preacher who speaks startlingly specific words of knowledge — a couple's depression and 'suicidal spirit' traced…
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Are there prophets today?
- Are there prophets today?
Responding to a panelist who avoids preachers denying prophecy, the hosts distinguish modern-day 'blood moon' prophets from a biblical prophetic role: not someone adding a chapter…
From No. 451 · Mississippi Don’t Push
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N. T. Wright's name and the gifts as byproduct
A comedy bit spins off N. T. Wright's podcast: his name is not Wright at all, it is Tom Wright, and Nathaniel is dispatched to Google it.
From No. 441 · Right Thing, Wrong Way
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Five last-days predictions from the Old Testament
- What are the last-days passages pastors rarely preach on?
- What is your worship of Molech?
The hosts work through an article of 'last day's passages that pastors rarely preach on': prophecy touches every person alive, with key New Testament passages named (Matthew 24, 1 Thessalonians, Revelation).
From No. 532 · Murph and the End
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Quarrelsome scriptures: passages that lose you every time
The room works through Mike's question about scripture they thought they understood and then lost again.
From No. 537 · The Bible Confuseth
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Jeff Kinley's 'super sign' of the end times
- Is Israel's 1948 rebirth God's 'super sign' of the end times?
A host reads a Christian Post article about author Jeff Kinley, who calls Israel's rebirth as a nation God's 'super sign' of the end times.
From No. 409 · Super Sign of the End Times
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Steve lays out the May 21, 2011 date calculation
- How did Harold Camping arrive at May 21, 2011 as the date of Judgment Day?
Asked to condense the case for May 21 into a few minutes, Steve presents Harold Camping's biblical numerology: the Bible speaks in figures and similitudes; Genesis 7:4 gives Noah…
From No. 54 · May 2 2011