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1. Could You Be Suffering From Post-Traumatic Church Disorder?

In this podcast, Dr. Mike Hutchings and Leif Hetland share their experiences and insight in working with post-traumatic church disorder. "In my experience, over 50% of the people requesting prayer were ...

Created on 10 May 2021

2. How You Must Properly Steward Prophecy

... t made it difficult to recognize the true Messiah when He came. Some missed their day of visitation altogether. Proper interpretation is always important! But we can never expect to understand spiritual m ...

Created on 19 February 2021

3. Spirit-Filled Psychologist: Most Sex Addicts Hold This One Trait in Common

Trauma is common to most sex addicts. It may have been emotional, spiritual, physical or sexual abuse and/or neglect. Trauma comes in many shapes, sizes and forms. It is a very important piece in your ...

Created on 29 August 2019

4. Where the Spirit of Rejection May Be Hiding in Your Life

...  are the motives behind our spiritual elevation, and why do we have an unhealthy need to rise to the top as fast as we can? Jesus came to be a servant and serve humbly. While I do believe in titles an ...

Created on 15 August 2019

5. When Is It Time to Leave a Church?

... ht, he is headed for a train wreck. If you stay in that church, you may crash with him. Spiritual elitism. Healthy leaders love the entire body of Christ. Beware of any church that claims "exclusive" re ...

Created on 30 July 2019

6. These 4 Forms of Neglect Can Inflict Serious Damage on Your Children

...  in any area. Spiritual Neglect: Spiritual neglect is an absence of spiritual information and development. A child who is spiritually neglected often is not encouraged to connect with the concept of God ...

Created on 19 July 2019

7. 7 Warning Signs of a Controlling Pastor

I regularly talk to young leaders through my blog, and many of them feel they are working for a controlling leader. In a previous post, I talked about "3 Results of Controlling Leadership." It is a prevalent ...

Created on 16 May 2019

8. 21 Contrasts Between Prophetic Edification and Manipulation

... te in the believer (Prov. 1:2-4). 8. Prophetic edification is motivated by God's agenda; manipulation is motivated by the prophet's agenda (1 Kings 22, Jer. 23). 9. Prophetic edification is accountable to spir ...

Created on 14 March 2019

9. 10 Tough Questions for Ministers Who Peddle Multilevel Marketing Products to the Church

... k Live of a minister I highly respect and to whom I have enjoyed listening. I have been spiritually fed by his broadcasts many times before. This time I wasn't. Rather than spurring me on to greater thi ...

Created on 20 February 2019

10. Jesus Doesn't Ignore Sexual Abuse—He Confronts It

Catholic leaders will meet for four days this week at the Vatican for an unprecedented summit on sexual abuse. The meeting comes just days after Pope Francis took the surprising step of defrocking Cardinal ...

Created on 19 February 2019

11. 20 Signs of a Toxic Church Culture

The following 20 signs are based on my observations regarding organizational dysfunction associated with a toxic (poisonous) culture in any organization. In this article, the word "culture" refers to the ...

Created on 12 September 2018

12. What to Do When You Have a Toxic, Abusive Leader

... been through, you have become set in your ways to never sit under another leader again. You're determined never to submit to any kind of spiritual authority. Local church leadership—yeah right, you laug ...

Created on 12 September 2018

13. 3 Clear Signs Your Marriage Is Emotionally Abusive

In the northwest corner of Montana, an hour from the Canadian border, is the town of Libby, Montana. It is a small town featuring some of the most majestic landscapes in the nation. In and around the town ...

Created on 29 August 2018

14. 300 Priests Abused More Than 1,000 Children. Now What?

... seeing their families destroyed, their jobs placed in jeopardy and their own emotional and spiritual well-being attacked. The Time to Act Is Now This is not a 'little problem' that will just go away.  ...

Created on 16 August 2018

15. Lisa Bevere Addresses #ChurchToo: We Can't Be Silent About Abuse Against Women

There are things we cannot remain silent about as a church. Whatever is in darkness needs to brought into the light. In this episode of the #ConversationsPodcast, host Lisa Bevere is joined by guest Asha ...

Created on 28 June 2018

16. 7 More Signs Your Pastor is Absolutely Toxic

Is your pastor toxic? If so, you'll experience church hurt in his/her ministry if you haven't already. Borrowing from Thom S. Rainer's list of toxic leadership signs, I'm expounding on seven more characteristics ...

Created on 17 May 2018

17. This Dangerous Movement Is Quickly Infiltrating the Church

There is a very dangerous movement that is quickly emerging throughout many different regions, denominations, fellowships and networks. What is this movement? It's the idea that correction from spiritua ...

Created on 24 April 2018

18. 7 Signs Your Pastor Is Absolutely Toxic

Is your pastor toxic? If so, you'll experience church hurt in his/her ministry if you haven't already. Borrowing from Thom S. Rainer's list of toxic leadership signs, I'm expounding on seven characteristics ...

Created on 19 April 2018

19. Church Hurt: What to Do When Christians Use, Abuse and Accuse You

Church hurt. Heard of it? I've been burned in churches. I've faced spiritual abuse. I've wanted to run away and never step foot in a church again. But that's not the answer. Church hurt can make you a bi ...

Created on 11 April 2018

20. Telltale Marks of an Abusive Church Leader

... rved as a leader in the Brownsville Revival from 1996–2000, and out of this significant spiritual movement he and his leadership team birthed the FIRE School of Ministry, which Dr. Brown serves as pres ...

Created on 03 April 2018