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1. 7 Common Stumbling Blocks That Tempt Leaders Into Sexual Sin

... l leaders from seducing spirits and adultery. Joseph Mattera is an internationally known author, futurist, interpreter of culture and activist/theologian whose mission is to influence leaders who influen ...

Created on 16 August 2017

2. 10 Reasons We Keep Seeing Established Churches Failing

Where I live, dozens of large old church buildings that used to hold thriving congregations strewn along a major avenue in Brooklyn, New York. Some have been torn down and developed, while others are supported ...

Created on 09 August 2017

3. 9 Reasons So Many Young Churches Fizzle Out

The past four decades of working with churches, as well as overseeing a network of churches, have taught me several lessons related to their success and failure. In this article, I will try to pinpoint ...

Created on 02 August 2017

4. 12 Things the Early Church Didn't Need to Change the World for Jesus

The book of Acts grants us a snapshot as to the power and effectiveness of the first-century church that transformed the world. I believe we are still called to extrapolate principles from the early church ...

Created on 28 July 2017

5. 10 Spiritual Seasons Your Local Church Will Likely Experience

Like every individual believer in Christ, there are various seasons every local church experiences, including highs, lows, growth, renewal, decrease and testing. As a local church pastor since 1984 and ...

Created on 24 July 2017

6. 11 Unsettling Signs You're a Functional Atheist

Although the definition of an atheist is one who denies the existence of God, in this article, I use the word to depict those identifying as Christians who live as though there is no God to which they ...

Created on 28 June 2017

7. These 12 Trinitarian Principles Release Purpose and Power

Many years ago, I came to the conclusion that understanding the triune Godhead of Father, Son and Holy Spirit was the key to release government, order and purpose on the earth. This has vast implications ...

Created on 22 June 2017

8. 10 Telltale Signs You Lack a Biblical Worldview

Through the years, I have discovered that the average Christian and a large number of church ministers lack a biblical worldview. By biblical worldview, I am referring to interpreting all of life through ...

Created on 14 June 2017

9. 14 Blatant Signs You've Succumbed to the World's View of Money

There has been much written regarding what the Bible teaches about prosperity, wealth and stewardship. In spite of the vast amount of material on this subject, many believers are still struggling in regard ...

Created on 09 June 2017

10. 25 Hidden Signs You're Allowing the Enemy to Infiltrate Your Work for God

1. You inwardly celebrate when a colleague or fellow minister falls. 2. Your spirit of competition causes you to inwardly celebrate when other organizations or ministries in your field aren't doing as ...

Created on 02 June 2017

11. Why God Is Yanking You Out of Spiritual Retirement

While I applaud the fact that there is a great emphasis in many circles on reaching the next generation, we often forget that God also has a plan to use older seasoned leaders as well. For example, when ...

Created on 31 May 2017

12. Initiate Your Spiritual Maturity With These 10 Keys to Sound Biblical Interpretation

The following are different approaches to biblical preaching: Prophetic, Rhema Word Preaching This kind of preaching is when a pastor waits upon the Lord during the week and (hopefully) God downloads a ...

Created on 26 May 2017

13. What Believers Miss When They Obsess Over Unity

I have been involved in numerous local, city and national initiatives related to the body of Christ. Often, our mantra circles around the phrase: "We need unity in the body of Christ." While that is a ...

Created on 24 May 2017

14. These 12 Teachings Are Poison to the Body of Christ

I have heard it said "balance is the key to life." I agree with that statement, as I have found that any truth taken to the extreme (that ignores other aspects related to its subject) is unbalanced and ...

Created on 18 May 2017

15. What Jesus Would Say to Our Culture's Modernized Gospel

In this politically correct age, when evangelicals are starting to gain more and more cultural traction as they gain more political, economic and academic power it is becoming more tempting for evangelicals ...

Created on 12 May 2017

16. 4 Eye-Opening Reasons Revival Is Not Enough

I have been in countless meetings with church leaders who are impassioned to see a revival in our nation and/or in their churches and communities. One time, after a national prayer leader spoke on the ...

Created on 05 May 2017

17. 21 Clear-Cut Contrasts Between Prophetic Edification and Manipulation

The Bible teaches us that true prophecy edifies the church and also exalts the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 12:3-7, 14:3,4). However, where there are true prophetic gifts, there are also counterfeits and/or ...

Created on 13 April 2017

18. 10 Dangerous Signs of Prophetic Abuse

I have been in the body of Christ now since the late 1970s. I came into the prophetic movement in the early 80s and started moving out prophetically, even participating in prophetic presbytery while doing ...

Created on 05 April 2017

19. 15 Biblical Ways Believers Can Know if They're Operating in God's Special Grace

... lory of God the Father (Rom. 14:10-12; Phil. 2:1-12.). Joseph Mattera is an internationally known author, futurist, interpreter of culture and activist/theologian whose mission is to influence leaders who infl ...

Created on 27 March 2017

20. Digging Deep Into the Special Grace God Has for You

... race to satisfy the finished work of Christ (Col. 1:20). Joseph Mattera is an internationally known author, futurist, interpreter of culture and activist/theologian whose mission is to influence leader ...

Created on 16 March 2017