Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 3

Ephesians 2 – The Church in the Heavenly Places in Christ Chapter Two builds on Chapter One. The position from which we start Chapter 2 is this: Christ Jesus is at the highest heavenly place. above all (1:10), and all of the focus, blessings and power of that position is toward us. We are His fullness,...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 2

Ephesians 1 - Christ in the Heavenly Places “Nowhere is the Spirit of revelation more evident than in this letter. Charles Hodge rightly observes: ‘The epistle reveals itself as the work of the Holy Ghost as clearly as the stars declare their maker to be God[1].’ “ 1. 1:1-3 After some opening remarks...

Ephesians: The Mystery of the Church 1

The letter to the Ephesian believers is a vast treasury of wealth and knowledge containing the riches of the spiritual realm. It instructs us with the influence and power that the Church, the fellowship of believers, has as an inheritance in the heavenly places. And it is a declaration of the...

Changing the Culture Through the Apostolic by Greg Tankersley

Apostolic definably seems to be a subject of consideration and criticism as of late in the Body of Christ. In some Christian circles it is rejected, thought  to have “died out” with the last of the 12 apostles, and in other circles the apostle is the metonym motivational speaker and therefore...

Are Apostles for Today?

In this interview with Bryan Purtle we talk about the work he’s doing in Kansas with Tent of David Fellowship. We discuss the foundational role of apostles in the Church, compared to the title of ‘apostle’ used for other purposes.  Are apostles the CEOs of church networks, ‘at the top of...

Reclaiming Genuine Apostolic Anointing

The Bible tells us there are both true and false apostles. Let’s learn to discern the difference. For many years traditional denominations taught that the ministry of the apostle passed away after the New Testament era. It was assumed that the only people who served in apostolic roles were early...

Joseph of Arimathea’s Sight

“When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of...

Apostolic Essence

The Foundation Stone I deeply treasure the terms apostolic and prophetic. They are dear to me. I desire to know, understand, and operate in the fullness of their meaning, as Jesus intended, when He gave them as gifts to us, His church. Only when these gifts are in their proper place in the church, is there a...

True & False Apostles

The words of the resurrected Jesus to the church in Ephesus ought to hit home just as much in our generation as they did over 19 centuries ago: “…you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; and you...

Prophetic Essence

What is the Prophetic? Who is a prophet? What is prophecy? What is the prophetic? I am not even going to attempt to completely answer all of these questions, if indeed that would be possible. I will, however touch on them in order to derive somewhat of a description for each. I do not call myself a prophet,...