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21/04/2026

GOOD SHEPHERD’S & SAVAGE WOLVES

In the book of Acts, on his way back to Jerusalem, Paul dropped by to see the Ephesian elders. He had a feeling he would never see them again. He probably had a sense his time was coming.
He wanted to give them some final words and admonishments.
He said that he had not failed to declare to them the whole council of God. Not a lop-sided version.
And then straight away, he warns about savage wolves rising up within the ranks of the Elders, not sparing the flock. The wolves rise up from within the Elders, not the general assembly of believers. This fits with how the prophets prophesied against the false prophets, teachers and shepherds of the Old Testament times -it’s a pattern of biblical history.

Savage wolves are going to be among the leadership of the church. They are very common. They do not spare the flock. They abuse the flock financially, spiritually (by preaching a different, false gospel) and even s**xually.

Paul, ‘did not cease’ to warn the Ephesians night and day for 3 years when he was with them.
And this is why I keep writing articles warning about these issues, because I have a heart for the church, a heart for God’s people.

A warning to my brothers and sisters in Christ. We cannot assume that all men or women we call leaders are good people worth following. They may be a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Now I don’t say this to make people paranoid, but we have to face the fact that this is scripturally true, and is still true today. Guard your heart and pray for discernment and courage to speak up.
Paul, Peter, and John being good shepherd’s, found it very necessary to warn the flock about these people in their letters, especially Paul. Now this may seem like negativity, but it has a heavy emphasis in scripture.

Good shepherds will lay down their lives for the flock. They will make decisions based on integrity and truth and not based on maintaining the success of their ministries. God looks at the hidden person of the heart and why we make the decisions we make, He doesn’t look at outcome. Outcome is God’s business.

I would say that savage wolves are formed over time. Their priorities shift from what was once pure, to something corrupted, seeking a worldly form of success in ministry.

Amen.

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17/04/2026

THE JERUSALEM COUNCIL

We can learn a bit from the book of Acts about leadership and decision making in the early church. A few points to note.
In Acts 15, Peter had apparently handed over the leadership of the Jerusalem Church to James, brother of Jesus. We can surmise this by v14-18 when he announces a final decision after consultation with the rest of the Elders of the Jerusalem church, and the Apostles. Peter probably came to a realisation that he couldn’t remain faithful to his initial calling by staying in charge of the Jerusalem church.

So we see that James is the final decision maker, but Peter plays a key role in influencing the final decision. A far cry from the hierarchical nature of new apostolic reformation or catholic type churches that dictate all orders and so called ‘vision’ from the so called top of the food chain. James was likely a pastor or teacher as described in the five gifts listed in Ephesians 4.
So this is the same James who wrote the book of James.

The governing authority in each local church movement is the Elder, not the apostle or prophet. They of course can have their say, but in no way can direct the affairs of a local body. Pauls letters were advisory, they came as scripture and were seen rightly as inspired by God. Paul, being one born out of due time, carried the same authoritative weight as the original 11 apostles.

But people who call themselves apostles or prophets today, have no right to presume or assume the same spiritual advisory weight as the original 12. They do not have closer access to God, nor should they have. Anyone who thinks this is on their way to becoming a false apostle, prophet or teacher.

So there is huge difference between the spiritual authority and weight the 12 apostles carried, and those who may be operating as apostles today. Missionary is the same function as the apostle- they go places and plant churches. Then they move on and do it again. That’s their calling. They have no business assuming themselves at the top of a hierarchical church these days.
Neither does someone need a so-called apostles’ approval or permission to start a church in a certain place. It is God’s call, and permission is not needed from any man.

And when you pray for a town or city, don’t bother about getting a so-called apostle or prophet to ‘tear down principalities’ or other garbage talk like that. They don’t carry any more spiritual weight than anyone else does. Just go and start praying for the people of the city as you feel led.
Also be weary of people who go around calling themselves apostles or prophets. They are more than likely false apostles or prophets, who preach a different gospel.

True apostles or prophets will avoid emphasis on titles. Their gift goes before them ,and they don’t need to promote themselves. Others may give them a title. But still they should avoid it, just like John the Baptist avoided being called ‘elijah’ by the people. He denied it, although Jesus said it was in a sense , true.

29/03/2026

THE SCOURGE OF ANTI-SEMITISM

A lot of conspiracy theory stuff about the Jews somehow controlling the world going around. Israel of course is not perfect but do these people ever stop to consider their own countries or people groups flaws and failures?
Over the millennia the Jews have been persecuted. Not because they have done anything particularly wrong over and above any other people group. Of course, they stuffed up their calling as a people group royally. But this serves as an example of human nature. Any and all people groups that would have been called by God would have made the same mistakes - it’s a human nature problem.

But no matter how much they have stuffed up, they are still distinct from all other nations, and have always, and will always play a key role on earth. The gifts and callings of God are irrevocable. They are still called specifically as a people group.
They have stuck together over the years and are the only culture that has survived millennia of persecution. There are many ancient cultures that have been obliterated due to their disgusting rebellious practices. Look at history.

It amazes me how people get sucked into these conspiracy theories. It is so clear that there is a spiritual force behind all this. Demonise the Jews. What saddens me even more is now you have Christians getting sucked into all of this. Some are even saying that the church has replaced Israel as God’s ‘chosen’ people. Both the church and Israel are Gods chosen people. But we have different callings.

But this demonising of the Jews is really a heart issue. Peel back the layers and you will find pride and jealousy, and a feeling of orphanhood. It’s a symptom of not truly feeling loved by your Father in heaven.

To non-Christians- you are deceived. Wake up. There is no amount of research you can do on the Jews that can justify you or your opinions. In fact, if you do this you will remain under a curse.
Same goes for Christians. Repent of researching all the supposed bad things the Jews, or Israel has done. Think clearly and critically. You are opening yourself up to a curse- mark my words.
All this garbage about Zionism. Stay out of the weeds. The Jews and Israel are not going anywhere.

History shows us over the last 2000 years that in general, the Jews have been a blessing wherever they have lived. This is just a fact that can be easily verified.
You are going to have good, bad, and ugly Jews and Israelis. Just the same as any other people group or country.

I as a believer, do not understand how Christians can be sucked into all this garbage. Please repent.

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14/03/2026

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11/03/2026

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11/03/2026

The doctrine of the Nicolaitans is rife in the Charistmatic church today

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27/02/2026

Lenny and I talk about some serious doctrinal concerns we have for a Discipleship teaching series by APOSTLE ISRAEL ONORIOBE.

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27/02/2026

TRIALS, TRIBULATIONS & TREASURES

James 1:12 ‘Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.’

It talks more about temptations and then we come to James 1:16-17

‘ 16Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. 17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. ‘

So we see from these verses that there is a reward for enduring temptation. You could say that this is the temptation to be un-Christlike in our response to trials.

If we re-wind to the first few verses of James, we have:

‘2My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3knowing that the testing of your faith produces [a]patience. 4But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be [b]perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. 7For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.’

The book of James is my favorite book of the bible because it’s direct and to the point with very little room for misunderstanding, or for taking it out of context as maybe the Apostle Paul’s writings.

So wisdom is key when we face trails. Let’s ask God for wisdom. As the book of proverbs tell us that wisdom is the principal thing.

So as believers, lets encourage ourselves with the promise that there is always some kind of earthly reward that comes after a season of trial. We know James is alluding to earthly rewards as he says ‘comes down from the Father of lights’. Thereby an earthly reward. Although we can certainly assume that there are eternal heavenly rewards as well.

God bless you and yours and may God give you peace.

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20/02/2026

MANY…………WILL BE DECEIVED

Matt 24: 4 And Jesus answered them, “See that no one leads you astray. 5For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and they will lead many astray.

Mark 13: 5Jesus began by telling them, “See to it that no one deceives you. 6Many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and will deceive many.

Luke 21: 8And he said, “See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them.

These three scriptures are the first of a litany of events that Jesus says will accompany the end of this age. In three gospels, this is the very first sign.
The passages of all three gospels go on to talk about war, famine, pestilence, earthquakes, and great signs in heaven. It’ s impossible to be definitive about whether these events described are chronological or just indications of what will happen but in no particular order.

But the very first thing mentioned by Jesus is widespread deception. I used to think that we were not at a point where we have people saying that they are Jesus. There are a few of these nutcases around, but they are not mainstream and have little influence besides with a small group of deluded followers.

I’m now beginning to wonder if this is actually what Jesus meant though. The word ‘Christ’ means ‘The Anointed One’ The other two say , ‘I am He’. So in essence these people are not saying they are Jesus, but that they come in His name, with a special anointing. It could be interpreted as someone who claims to have special status, an anointing above and beyond the anointing given to every and all true believers.

I think we have far more deception in the charismatic church than we do in denominational Christianity. It makes sense, because these churches chase the spiritual gifts & revival- so Satan targets these places as they have the most potential to do damage to his kingdom.
In all three scriptures, Jesus warns ‘see that you are not led astray’. This means he expects us to be vigilant about ALL teachings, no matter how mainstream they seem, and how many people accept them. Even if our own peer group accepts them. He says that ‘many’ will be deceived and be led astray. This is any one’s guess, but I would say well above 50%, maybe even up to 90% of the charismatic church in general has been led astray or deceived. And the root cause is because they follow a popular charismatic personality. Now when I say deceived, I don’t necessarily mean not saved.

Recent revelations about the charismatic church has exposed just how sick and depraved some of these people are.

In all practicality I would be very wary if you are listening to people or ministries’ with the following traits:

*Claim to be apostles or prophets with special insight and discernment that no other Christian has.
*Uses vague words like ‘apostolic alignment’ to manipulate obedience to them with their special powers of revelation and discernment. This is spiritual elitism.

*Declarations that a move of God, or revival cannot happen without them, (or at least someone in their network of spiritual elitists). If you research past revivals, you’ll see that the complete opposite is true. True revivalists avoided any form of elitism, at least in the beginning. But when man introduces their structures and hierarchies, what was once a revival waned away. God will not give His glory to man.

*The insinuation that disobedience to them or challenging their teaching is akin to resisting God or Jesus Himself.

*A heavy emphasis on submission or humility to the point of being out of balance, especially if the leader does not invite challenges and questioning from their followers.

*Over emphasis on ‘spiritual sons’ and ‘spiritual daughters’ language.

*A heavy emphasis on ‘honour’ culture. Normally in reality this means not to publicly questioning or challenging them and their teachings. It’s more about protecting their honour- not the principle itself.

*A large financial differential between a leader’s lifestyle and that of their followers. Rich leader, poor followers.

This is not an exhaustive list, but I think you get the drift of it.

Antidote to all of this:

• Reject the subtle premise in charismatic Christianity that platform = success in God’s eyes. Repent of this mindset.
• Read and interpret the scriptures for yourself. You have an anointing that teaches you. Ask the Holy Spirit to lead you and guide you into all truth. You do not need a so-called apostle or prophet or some leader to interpret them for you. Ultimately, they should help with this, as that is the 5 folds role, but they should never be the final authority in your life for understanding and interpreting the scriptures. That’s the Holy Sprits role.
• Repent of any desire for popularity, accolades, recognition, promotion, influence- as James says these desires are earthly, soulish, downright demonic.
• Understand and know that you are a child of God. You are a son of God. He is your Father and he loves you. He has your back. Ask Jesus to reveal the Father to you. Once you get this revelation you will be utterly unshakeable, un-manipulatable.
• Never accept a teaching just because a few scriptures have been cited. If something troubles you about the teaching and how the scriptures are used, re-search it out. Ask God for clarity.

Lets, go back to the end times stuff again.

When Jesus warns about widespread deception, wars, earthquakes etc. in all three of these gospels (Matthew 25, Luke 21, Mark 13) – he warns NOT to be afraid, because the end is not yet. If you put these warnings together with Luke 21:8 ‘… the time is at hand’.
This implies that the church is going to be fascinated with the end times and people will begin to think and preach that His coming is imminent. They will not give specific dates but will insinuate that it’s a matter of a few years. And Jesus specifically says: BUT THE END IS NOT YET. We are warned not to think and believe like this!

In my opinion, I think it will be decades, if not a hundred years at least until the literal end. I think there will be a worldwide revival which will last a few decades, and then things will go south after that. But of course, we could be raptured up tomorrow and I could be proven wrong. So be it- those are my thoughts.

So all of this wrong believing and thinking can be repented of. We have a merciful loving God. That’s all we need to do. Just repent.

Amen and God Bless!

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01/02/2026

THE BETHEL SAGA CONTINUED

I watched the follow up video that focuses on Bethel’s response to Mike Wingers documentary. Initially Kris Valloton made a complete fool of himself from the pulpit for his first response- demonstrating how leaders can so easily justify themselves and get themselves and thier church off track. Yes -they are flawed, but MUST be held to a higher standard. But then later on the following Sunday, he does a complete about face and I commend him for this- I don’t believe its damage control, I believe he was genuine. He was very frank, open, specific and articulate about what he did wrong- providing context, but offering ZERO excuses.

Bill’s confession was somewhat more vague. I agree with Mike Winger in that he doesn’t think Bill is quite sure of exactly what he’s repenting of yet. Bill in my book has forfeited the right to continue in the Senior leader role at Bethel. Bill vetoed Kris and Dan when it seemed they wanted to move forward with publicly exposing Shawn Bolz. It seems that the three leaders have agreed that Bill no longer has the final say with regards to what to do when these issues of church discipline arise.

But I think all in all, Bethel has done everything that could reasonably be expected of them in this initial phase. The real test will be what changes they make over the next 12 months. This will be the ‘fruits worthy of repentance’.
The cover up culture and all the loopy hogwash around the gifts need to be culled completely.

Some bullet points:

Forget about all the super spiritual stuff like frequencies, the physics of heaven, blah blah blah. The gift of prophecy is simple. If a word or vision comes to you, or bubbles up, speak it out. And then let others judge it. Eventually you’ll get a feel for what came from God, and what was just your imagination.
If you receive a prophecy, it should lead to peace. If it doesn’t- you have every right to reject it.

You don’t have responsibility to bring a prophetic word to pass, and you SHOULD NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER MAKE BIG DECISIONS BECAUSE OF A PROPHECY, NO MATTER HOW ACCURATE. Just shelve the prophecy and keep seeking God and being obedient to scripture. Just make decisions based on peace, even if the decision CONTRADICTS THE PROPHETIC WORD. God is the one who will bring it to pass- NOT YOU. This is not disobedience.

Most of what people call prophecy these days is not really prophecy. He deliberately limits the gift because He doesn’t want people idolising the gift. They must learn to trust God’s leading them Himself. He’s a good God and He has a good plan for all of us.

You can bet you bottom dollar that if some always seems to have a prophetic word, that most of it will be fake, weather the person realises it or not.

So we need to keep prophecy pure. Offer up what comes to you, don’t add to it or interpret it, and present it in a way that makes it challengeable, not absolute. If the word is accurate, it will make room for itself.

So well done Bethel- but there are much changes that are needed.
The young leader in the follow up video thanked Mike Winger for exposing all this. Something I think the senior leaders need to acknowledge publicly from the pulpit. Without Mike Wingers video, this would not have happened.

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01/02/2026

THE SHAWN BOLZ SAGA
So I took the time to watch Mike Wingers 5:50 hour long documentary into Shawn Bolz and other ministers in the charismatic movement. I highly recommend that all Christians who attend charismatic churches watch this video. I myself have been barking about these issues over the last 5 years. DO not stick your head in the sand and ignore this. These are not allegations, opinions, or speculations- they are facts with hard evidence from multiple sources that are proven beyond any reasonable doubt. Shawn Bolz is a psychopathic s***ual deviant, and false to the core.
But what Mike goes on about is the cover up culture in charismatic circles. Bill Johnson and Kris Volloton are entirely complicit in all of this. They knowingly allowed Shawn to Minister knowing full well what was going on. They prioritised their platforms and their influence over the flock- that much is abundantly clear. It is sickening. Bill Johnson the highly respected mild mannered, meek man of God who refuses to say anything against anyone. He or Kris did not do their job and protect the flock. They are effectively hirelings. Not true shepherds. The Apostle Paul, and John PUBLICLY called out troublemakers in the church, and we should too. But they don’t do it because they make money and gain influence off each other’s platforms.
There are many other names mentioned in this video. Names most charismatic Christians would all be familiar with.
I think this a good thing because God is cleaning up His church. He’s cutting out the cancer. He needs a Holy Church so He can actually bring a real revival, not these pretend, fake moves of God.
But why is this allowed to happen. We have a clue in Deuteronomy 13:3. The prophetic unfortunately has become and idol to so may charismatic Christians. They don’t know how to discern or hear from God for themselves, they always rely on the ‘man of God’ or a ‘prophet’.
I read one or two small tracks about the prophetic from Kenneth Hagin, and later down the track attended a short night school by Steve Penny on the prophetic, and later on read one or two books on it.
Most prophecy we hear today is fake. You can learn to prophecy in a small home group or meeting. Make sure everyone understands that a prophecy can be rejected. Never ever try to manufacture a prophecy due to ministry pressure. If you don’t have a word, you don’t have a word. Those most vulnerable to this are people who have been used in prophecy but have not been used for a while- they want to feel special and spiritual so they manufacture something.
I would counsel against attending so called prophetic conferences and schools etc. God Himself will train you in the gift. If you find a connect group or house church leader that encourages this, this is good enough. Make sure you have the humility to handle rejection and correction though. This sorts the men from the boys. Basically, if you want to increase in the spiritual gifts and discernment, pray in tongues as much as you can.
Also, own any prophetic words that don’t come to pass. If anyone I have given a word to was off, let me know and I’ll apologise and own it, and also pray for healing and clarity if needed.
For the most part, charismatic Christians are flaky and lack discernment. That’s just what I’ve observed over the years. Their leaders very often manipulate and control with a very subtle form of spiritual abuse.
If you see something dodgy and concerning, have the courage to speak up about it. Grow a spine. Be respectful but firm about it.
But this is how is works in many cases: A leader has a group of up-and-coming leaders around them. They are ‘spiritual son’s / daughters’. These younger ones want to grow in influence, want a platform. The person who allows this is the leader, so they become ‘yes’- men. Even when they see things are off. Often God allows this for a season for character development purposes. But what truly defines a person is what their priorities become. Do I confront the issue and thereby lose my chance at ministry promotion? Or do I turn a blind eye and pretend all is well, fortifying my chance of being promoted.
This is not always how it works but I can guarantee you very often it is.
God, I think is going to start burning down the institutional church. Its obvious we are in a season of judgment for the house of God. The refiners fire. It is going to continue relentlessly.
Then the real ecclesia can arise, and fulfill her destiny, free from the fakery of the current times. And if it tries to creep in again, God will execute ministers on the platform, much like He did with Ananias and Sapphira.
The best is yet to come!

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