Author Archives: Tree of Life Church

Rehoboam although related to the wisest man alive at the time decided to reject the advice of his father’s generation and exclusively listened to his peers. The problem was his peers were too rough and hard, and Rehoboam needed to be tempered by the voice of wisdom. It concerns me to see so many ofContinue reading “Your Peers Are Not Good Enough”

We have been spending a lot of time in this series looking at the difference between reigning as a king and ruling as a politician, and we found out that we are called to be kings not politicians, that we are supposed to rule through our birth right and not through the will of theContinue reading “Kings and Priests 08: Reclaiming Your Authority”

10. The people who need to be there the most will not be there. Their excuses will be the most bizarre and pitiful. 9. If the budget is met, about 20% of people in the room will be those who met it. They will be the ones who put in more than the average costContinue reading “Ten Laws of Christian Conferences”

When our then Prime Minister Gordon Brown was overheard calling a member of the public asking him questions a “bigoted woman”, he apologized. His apology contained these words: Sometimes you say things that you don’t mean to say, sometimes you say things by mistake and sometimes when you say things you want to correct itContinue reading “Kings and Politicians 07: Things Politicians Always Do”

The idea that we need to rule like politicians and statesmen, and this whole concept that a ministry needs to move from a warrior stage to a politician stage often uses the history of David and Solomon as an illustration, or a prophetic example, of what they are trying to say. The idea goes somethingContinue reading “Kings and Politicians 06: David and Solomon (and Moses and Joshua!)”

Andrew Wommack wrote a whole book on the need to keep the balance of grace and faith. He is absolutely correct, grace is God’s part, faith is our only appropriate response to grace. Ephesians 2.8-9 says we are saved by grace through faith. No-one is saved by grace alone. No-one is saved through faith alone.Continue reading “The Balance of Grace and Unbelief!”

One of the things you must get used to when you are reigning as a king is being called names by the fruitless politicians who cannot deal with your authority. I thought I would provide a handy dictionary to help you translate what people mean when they call you names: You are offending me –Continue reading “Kings or Politicians 05: A Handy Dictionary”

One of the concerns of a democratic system is often called the “tyranny of the majority”. It is the idea that the majority, because everyone has one vote, can easily outvote a minority, and impose their rule and their ways on a minority. Healthy democracies have checks and balances to ensure this does not occur,Continue reading “Kings and Politicians 04: The Tyranny of the Majority”

When you realize that as a Christian you are a king, not a politician, how you handle conflict changes. Politicians have to listen to everylone’s criticism, everyone’s concerns, because they need the applause of the audience. Kings do not. This surprises and frustrates many people when you start living like a king. They are annoyedContinue reading “Kings or Politicians 03: Handling Conflict”

This is our second post about the difference between royalty and politicians. As Christians we are called to be royalty, to reign in life as kings. Revelation 1.6 describes Christians as “kings and priests”, not as politicians and priests. Last post we looked at the difference in the source of authority between politicians and kings,Continue reading “Kings or Politicians 02: Longevity”