R. Loren Sandford

I cannot remain silent. Call me legalistic for calling out sin. Call me harsh for pointing out the destruction that comes from it. But I’m not proclaiming God’s active judgment or pronouncing any kind of condemnation. I’m talking about the inevitable reaping of what we have sown as a culture, and I grieve for the …

Another School Shooting: America Reaps What It Has Sown Read More »

You may think me extreme or alarmist (and I’m not so thick-skinned that this won’t bother me), but I feel less free as an American today than I did before 2008, and this both frightens and grieves me. What troubles me even more, however, is that I am convinced Americans will once more believe the …

Whose Fault Is It? Read More »

Percolating beneath the surface for a very long time, a significant shift—a new pulse of the Spirit that may never have an identifying name—is now beginning to take shape.    For the last several years, hunger for this new thing has been growing in the hearts of folks I’ve met in my travels. In many …

A New Move of God Is Emerging Read More »

I’ve often said that, whether liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, religious or nonreligious, too many people no longer think. They just feel, and that rather mindlessly. While this has always been the case with human beings to some degree, I see it as an accelerating and destructive trend in our current culture and even—perhaps …

Have We Rendered Ourselves Vulnerable to Deception? Read More »

The verdict in the Zimmerman trial has come down, and the fallout has begun. Where we go from here will have long-term implications for race relations and the unity of the nation. In that light, I must caution non-African-Americans. Try to understand the lens through which many African-American people see the Zimmerman verdict. Their feelings …

The Zimmerman Verdict: A Godly Response Read More »

I am burdened with concern right now for the body of Christ. The days are urgent, and time is limited. We need to be ready, alive and alert to the Spirit. People around us are hurting, the world rushes toward coming catastrophes, and yet I see too many believers who should know better falling into …

Flood of Aberrant Doctrines Endangering True Faith Read More »

We live in a time when most people in our culture don’t think. Instead, they “feel,” and they believe that what they feel is truth. Most of what we see on television (both news and entertainment) and read in magazines, on blogs and in books is crafted to generate an emotional response and, in feeling …

Deliverance From the Idolatry of Emotions Read More »

Recently I attended a large meeting led by two of the most well known leaders in the current renewal movement. Good men! Make no mistake when I say that I respect them both and have nothing derogatory to say about them. I was troubled, however, at something I sensed in the meeting and had a …

Are We Making Superheroes Out Of Modern Prophets? Read More »

During worship at a conference where I recently spoke, I was suddenly impressed by a mental image of two parallel chains set vertically over a golden coin. Rarely am I given revelation by means of vision or mental picture, so I paid attention and began to seek the meaning of what I saw. Clearly, this image …

Prophetic Vision: A Financial Release for God’s Faithful Read More »

Like many of you, I have grown really weary of the brouhaha over the statement made by Dan Cathy of Chick-fil-A in support of the bibical definition of marriage and his opposition to gay marriage. Understandably, you might have thought it was just a skirmish in a wider culture war over what kind of society …

Persecution Driving Fast Toward American Church Read More »

As I write, the news services are filled with reports of the shooting at the Century 16 Theater in Aurora, Colo., a suburb of the Denver metroplex. My heart breaks for those who have been affected by this heinous act. This is my city and it touches me deeply. Already I hear cries for more …

Lawlessness, Cold Love Drives Batman Shootings Read More »

Inevitably, when disasters strike, the charismatic Christian world begins to ask what is the prophetic significance of these events. The fires in Colorado are no exception.

Is there some hidden meaning or message in the conflagration? It is never long after such questions begin to surface that judgments and condemnations posing as prophetic words begin to be heard.

But what  do  the fires really mean? And if this were the hand of God, why would one of those fires so devastate a city in which are located approximately 100 Christian ministries (other than churches) as well as one of the largest churches in the state? ??

In December 2010 I sent out a Prophetic Moments I am now questioning. I prophesied the following: "We, the United States of America, are headed toward an intense crisis at the presidential level, the outcome of which will determine the direction of this country for a number of years to come. I sense this crisis coming at or before the beginning of President Obama’s fourth year in office.

"I am therefore issuing an intense call to prayer because the prayers of God's people, together with the spirit in which we offer them, will shape the aftermath of this crisis for either good or ill. It can be a wonderful and historic turning point for the nation or it can be the beginning of the shattering of our country with depths of division beyond any we have seen since the Civil War."

Because I highly value prophetic accuracy I have been questioning this word. I feel it only right in the interest of integrity to share this questioning with you. Did I hear accurately? I see that the president's health-care law is being challenged in the Supreme Court and that 46 Catholic agencies are suing the administration over the administration's birth control requirement as an unconstitutional violation of freedom of religion.