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Pause to Pray Nov. 19th, 2021 Wealth & God's Economy The parable of the Talents in Matthew 25 shows us some of God's economy. He created us with the ability to produce wealth and trade with each other to increase wealth. The problem is not to money, the problem is our view of the master. […] The post PAUSE TO PRAY: Wealth & God's Economy appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Pause to Pray Nov. 12th, 2021 Turnaround Tuesday PAUSE TO PRAY: Turnaround Tuesday The enemy is after our children. But God is sending an Elijah spirit to restore broken hearts, relationships and generations. Malachi 4:4–6 [4] “Remember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all […] The post PAUSE TO PRAY: Turnaround Tuesday appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Pause to Pray Nov. 5th, 2021 Break Up Uncultivated Ground Sometimes we must cultivate our soil to sow seeds of righteousness. Breaking up ground that has not been cultivated means submitting to God, knowing He is breaking things apart to grow new life. Hosea 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up […] The post PAUSE TO PRAY: Break Up Uncultivated Ground appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
ONE Church Sermon Sunday Oct. 24th, 2021 Ritual: Mikveh and the Kingdom of God. Ritual is how humans capture the meaning and power of an event or spiritual truth, codify that meaning and pass it along to future generations. There are three major components of ritual: 1) foundational spiritual truth, 2) meaning of the symbolic […] The post Ritual: Mikveh and the Kingdom of God appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Pause to Pray Oct. 22nd, 2021 Born from Above. You must be “Born from above”. Even if we removed all illegitimate rulers from the natural and spiritual realms, humans would still be disconnected from God. We can never purge enough darkness so the light will shine. Foolishness! We must be born of the spirit to […] The post PAUSE TO PRAY: Illegitimate Rulers | PT 16 appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Pause to Pray Oct. 15th, 2021 The Judgement of Pharoah. The false ruler was exposed in the 10th plague, but not dealt with. God does not expose evil unless there is a plan to administer justice. However, often, God's justice does not look and feel like human wisdom. Exodus 14:1–4 Crossing the Red Sea [1] […] The post PAUSE TO PRAY: Illegitimate Rulers | PT15 appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Pause to Pray Oct. 8th, 2021 Plague 10: The Death of the Firstborn The final assault on the gods of Egypt. The complete and total exposure of the illegitimate ruler clinging to power. Now is the day of liberation! The complete and total exposure of the illegitimate rulers through the covenant blood of the lamb. […] The post PAUSE TO PRAY: Illegitimate Rulers | PT14 appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Pause to Pray Oct. 1st, 2021 Plague 9: Darkness that can be felt. The Plague of Darkness. Not it's not just a solar eclipse. It's the darkness you can FEEL. How does displacing false gods and idols release spiritual darkness in the earth? We the church must learn to operate in the natural and spiritual […] The post PAUSE TO PRAY: Illegitimate Rulers | PT13 appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Pause to Pray Sept 10th, 2021 Plague 6: Boils & The God of Justice. Biblical Justice is not social justice. And as slaves who are now sons and daughters, we can not seek justice as the world seeks it. We must appeal to heaven. The post PAUSE TO PRAY: Illegitimate Rulers | PT10 appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Pause to Pray July 16th, 2021 RECORDED LIVE on MillionVoices.org Exodus 1:7-12 – God's people were oppressed because they were mighty in the land. Illegitimate Rulers want to crush the power of the Church to keep us enslaved with everything that is NOT God. But we are submitting to Jesus and lining up for battle! The post PAUSE TO PRAY: Illegitimate Rulers | PT2 appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
STREAMING LIVE – July 12th, 2021 5pm PT | 6pm MT | 7pm CT | 8pm ET God drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. Gen. 3:24 […] The post Genesis: Divorced From The Presence appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Pause to Pray July 9th, 2021 RECORDED LIVE on MillionVoices.org We are at a point in history when humanity realizes we need new forms of government. Across cultures and denominations, nations, and confederations, people are discovering we must reform our systems and re-organize who we have as rulers. We are waking! A remnant is rising. […] The post PAUSE TO PRAY: Illegitimate Rulers – INTRO appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Pause to Pray July 2nd, 2021 RECORDED LIVE on MillionVoices.org All the things we're not supposed to talk about!! Matthew 14:1-12 tells a heartbreaking story of the beheading of John the Baptist. It illustrates the pervasive grip the political spirit has in using sexuality and illicit desire to destroy the truth of God's purposes for […] The post PAUSE TO PRAY: Politics, Sex & Religion appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
RECORDED LIVE – June 28th, 2021 5pm PT | 6pm MT | 7pm CT | 8pm ET Humanity can not live disconnected. Disconnecting from God's presence and the Tree of Life means we reconnect to something else. So…. what happened when Adam & Eve ate from the tree that God said would kill? Was the […] The post Genesis: Death to Right & Wrong PT 2: Rebellion appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
RECODED LIVE – June 21st, 2021 5pm PT | 6pm MT | 7pm CT | 8pm ET Ever wonder why our most prized religious virtue is something God said would kill us? How has knowing right & wrong, good & evil disconnected us from God? Surely God does not think knowledge is bad? But what […] The post Genesis: Death to Right & Wrong PT 1 appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Pause to Pray June 18th, 2021 RECORDED LIVE on MillionVoices.org In Matthew 4:1-11 Jesus was tempted to get 3 promises of his Father using the devil's means. God does not call us to produce outcomes in the kingdom. He calls us to stay connected to life and abide. We can never be led astray in […] The post PAUSE TO PRAY: God's Ends, Devil's Means appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
STREAMING LIVE – June 14th, 2021 5pm PT | 6pm MT | 7pm CT | 8pm ET When God created His image-bearing humanity, we were designed to live intimately connected. Everything in us yearns for it. And yet, the most digitally connected generation in history is growing more and more fragmented. Why? Because the connection […] The post Genesis: Power of a Vulnerable Connection appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
RECORDED LIVE – MAY 31st 2021 3pm PT | 4pm MT | 5pm CT | 6pm ET 1-hour STUDY @ A NEW TIME THIS WEEK Finishing up last week's study, we look at God's Divine Counsel and whether God made us perfect, without the capacity to make a mistake? Is that even a biblical definition […] The post Genesis: Valuable, Vulnerable, Imperfect PT.2 appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
RECORDED LIVE – MAY 24th 2021 5pm PT | 6pm MT | 7pm CT | 8pm ET There are some questions we must ask of the text which will help us understand the home story Genesis is telling. God said we are “good”; does that mean “morally pure and without sin”? What does it mean […] The post Genesis: Valuable, Vulnerable, Imperfect PT.1 appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
RECORDED LIVE – MAY 16th 2021 5pm PT | 6pm MT | 7pm CT | 8pm ET The ancient Hebrews and authors of Genesis were most likely NOT telling a material origin story in Genesis. Their task was something much greater than biology or physics (both of which were not even concepts in the minds […] The post Genesis: In His Image, A Tabernacle of Light appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
STREAMED LIVE MAY 10th 2021 5pm PT | 6pm MT | 7pm CT | 8pm ET The first part in a new biblical series on the book of Genesis. God created the heavens and the earth by separating the “waters”. There He placed a threshold to humanity's encounter with the divine. But is that division […] The post Genesis: An Undivided Kingdom of God appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
STREAMED LIVE MAY 3rd 2021 5pm PT | 6pm MT | 7pm CT | 8pm ET A live discussion of Cain & Abel, an archetypal story found in Genesis 4. Called out by the divine to become more than he already was, Cain was faced with two choices. Grow or murder. Cain chose what many […] The post Origins Of Human Violence appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Monday, Feb. 22nd, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM ET RECORDED LIVE HERE & FACEBOOK Session Three looks at the 10 plagues of Egypt and their connection to 10 different gods in Egypt. God delivered a message to both the Hebrews and the Egyptians in each one. Revealing both his might and His heart for His […] The post Session 3: 10 Plagues for 10 gods appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
REPOSTED WITH PERMISSION FROM MILLIONVOICES.ORG Strategic communicator, Bible teacher, and Million Voices contributor Adam W. Schindler says that supporting Israel “is not a political thing or a theological thing, it’s a biblical thing.” In today’s podcast, Adam shares how his understanding of God’s heart for the people and the land of Israel has grown over […] The post Biblical Support For Israel appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
A Sunday sermon I preached at ONE Church in Fayetteville GA. It’s part of the 5 week series on “Supernatural”. The post Angels, Faith & the Word appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
I attended the Senate Confirmation Hearing of Judge Brett Kavanaugh with a group of 60+ leaders from around the nation. Our singular goal was to converge on DC and pray for the nomination process. Little did I know I would stumble into some evidence of a long-held suspicion and ignite a national story on “paid […] The post Story Behind Kavanaugh “Paid Protesters” appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Every year approaching New Years Day I spend some time asking God what is on his heart for the new year. January 1st, 2018 I heard some things about the mid-term elections and the relentless assaults on the President of the United States by “political mobs”. For many of you who don’t know me personally, […] The post Political Mobs appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
The above video is a few words I shared about the establishment of the nation of Israel. The 70th-anniversary celebration of Israel’s modern statehood took place on May 14th, 2018. It was held at The Coming King Prayer and Sculpture Garden in Kerrville, TX. If you’re in or driving through the Hill Country area, I highly recommend you […] The post Israel’s 70th Anniversary Celebration appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
King David wanted to build a permanent temple to the Lord. But in 1 Chronicles 17 we discover that God had other plans in mind. God would build a house for David, and establish a kingdom that would never end. Was that kingdom ruled by Solomon who built the 1st Temple according to his father’s […] The post David’s Eternal Temple appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Not long ago the Lord began to speak to me about how his people were “miscarrying his promise” in the spheres of influence he had given them. I felt like the Lord was showing me that we are pregnant with the Kingdom of Heaven and full of the life of God waiting to be poured […] The post No Longer Miscarrying His Promise appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
This, our final installment of Un-Trumped, we offer some practical advice on how to live without the experience of trying to “trump” other people, or be “trumped” by them. And no, I’m not talking about the president. We live in a culture that seems to value “winning” over a connected relationship. But I reject the […] The post Un-Trumped: Understanding & Living Un-Trumped (Episode Seven) appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
This week on Un-Trumped I share my personal stories hearing God speak to me about Donald Trump. This is a vulnerable account of my experiences hearing God as I understand him and seeing many of the things I heard come to pass. Below are links to the national words I reference in the podcast. Please […] The post Un-Trumped: Humbling Our Hearts, Speaking Out (Episode Six) appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
This week on Un-Trumped, Q&A from listeners where we get into a conversation about America as a Christian nation, vaccines and much more. We then have a discussion about the vision I had for a future America I hoped Trump would help create. I’ll cut to the punch line, it’s all about African Chickens and […] The post Un-Trumped: Christian Nation, Globalism and African Chickens (Episode Five) appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
This week on Un-Trumped the tables have turned! Doug relinquished e the moderator’s seat and asked me to lead a discussion on why he supported Hillary for President. I was eager to do this as I have not gotten the chance to ask him anything about his leftist viewpoints. Support for Hillary is as equally as […] The post Un-Trumped: Leftist Collectivism & Patriarchal Oppression (Episode Four) appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
What exactly does it mean to be “enthroned on the praises of His people”? How do we hold our convictions while engaging in conversation/relationship with people who think or believe so different? What is our rudder in a culture that wants us to believe a narrative that is fundamentally false? How is the “rebuke” from the Father […] The post Enthroned on Praises not Principles appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Episode Three is a meandering discussion related to Doug's concerns that President Trump is “dog whistling” his white supremacist supporters. An assertion I most resolutely dispute. But more importantly, we try and understand what are some foundational ideas driving the white nationalist movement. We discuss immigration concerns and an encroachment on peaceful expression of shared […] The post Un-Trumped: White Nationalism & Culture War (Episode Three) appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
This week on Un-Trumped we cover some reasons why I thought Hillary was not a good candidate; for a number of reasons. Most notably she would have solidified President Obama's 8 years of radical and fundamental transformation of US culture. I also share some basic steps needed for healing of this nation and why I'm […] The post Un-Trumped: Hillary, Obama's Legacy & National Healing (Episode Two) appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
Un-Trumped: 2 Guys Talking Truth From 2 Sides on Trump is a seven-week series centered around my new friend Doug Pagitt trying to understand how I could support Trump. Both Doug and I are committed to our Christian faith. However, Doug finds it incomprehensible that I support President Trump. Our interactions are about growing in understanding […] The post Un-Trumped (Episode One) appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
The first of a series of videos on Paul Johnson's book “Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky”. This episode looks at the life and ideas of Rousseau and how he influenced western thought. We also look at the puzzling contradiction between his philosophical ideas and the gross double standard of his life. The post Intellectuals: Rousseau (Episode One) appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.
American culture at-large has confused facts with truth, truth with opinion, and opinion with intolerance and bigotry. When facts become bigoted opinions, the truth is squeezed from the center of cultural thought. Much of what people say think and believe has been poisoned by division, short-sighted arrogance and despair. This Hobbesian vision of the world […] The post Redemptive Trilateral Cultures appeared first on Adam W. Schindler.