01/20/2026
Based on my experience and vantage point, this is no surprise. It’s nothing new.
What is sobering to me is the utter lack of discernment married to leadership that appears to not have a culture of honor, but a culture of coverup…all in the name not judging. But the Bible tells us to judge prophecy, to evaluate character, and to prove all things.
I Corinthians 2:15, 14:26-33
I Thessalonians 5:19-22
I Timothy 3
Yes, prophecy should edify, encourage, and exhort. Does this mean every high-profile pastor can only be an inspirational-speaker-hope-dealer? These smiling prophets that want to just be positive at the expense of teaching the whole council of God are hurting the Church. How long will God’s people put up with it?
Where are the true shepherds and the apostolic leadership that corrects, teaches, and protects the sheep? II Timothy 3:16
Why is the charismatic, revival-culture so enamored with hype and the spectacular? If it glitters, surely it’s gold! What absurdity! We should absolutely be hungry for God, pursue Jesus and the power of the Spirit. But it’s impossible to do this without prayer, being grounded in the Word, and being plugged into a local expression of church. Biblical illiteracy is a plague.
Even if Winger is half wrong, which is very unlikely, the fact that there is no obvious denouncing of such a false prophet or public warnings given by highly visible leaders is a huge problem and a disgrace.
“Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people. Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful. That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor. The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!”
Jeremiah 5:26-28, 31 NET
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