Posts by Mark Casto
Get Off Saul’s Platform: Your Anointing Was Never Meant to Prop Up What God Is Replacing
Samuel’s anointing kept a rejected king on his throne. This week is a word to the prophetic voices of this hour: stop propping up Saul and go find David.
Read MoreSons Without Fathers, Fathers Without Sons
Church plants are starving for fathers and aging churches are dying for lack of sons. In the Kingdom, the new does not replace the old.
Read MoreYou Have Always Been Good: Agreement With God’s Perspective
Kingdom humility isn’t thinking low of yourself. It’s agreeing with how God already sees you.
Read MoreEncounter Is the Doorway, Not the Destination
Encounters are the beginning, not the end. Encounter leads to formation, and formation leads to others.
Read MoreThe Political Spirit Builds Monuments, Not Sons: Lessons From Saul and Uzziah
Saul spent Israel’s sons to build his own monument, and Uzziah’s fame hid the glory of God; Week 4 asks what political spirit in us is keeping people from seeing Jesus.
Read MoreEmpty Seats Were Their Sermon: Why I Won’t Watch the Fort Hood Execution
You don’t have to watch a man die to believe in justice. You already watched one.
Read MoreWe Live in Rome Now
The firing squad is the state’s business. The livestream is ours.
Read MoreThe Presence Doesn’t Leave Overnight: What Eli’s House Teaches Kingdom Leaders About Compromise
Eli’s sons were corrupt, but the Presence left Israel because a father wouldn’t correct what he was benefiting from, and that pattern is alive in the church today.
Read MoreThe Beast Is a Mirror, Not a Prediction: What 666 Meant to the First Readers
666 was a riddle the first readers could solve, and the mark was never technology; the beast is not a prediction you decode but a mirror you check.
Read MoreDiscernment Is Knowing Christ: How to Weigh a Prophetic Word
We have no shortage of people saying “thus says the Lord” — what we lack is the maturity to weigh it. Justin Allen on how to tell whether a word smells like Christ.
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