Prophetic Integrity: Aligning Our Words with God's Word

Written by R.T. Kendall and Dr. Michael L. Brown

Narrated by Tommy Cresswell

What happens when prophets are wrong?

In 2020, many Christians claiming to be prophets said God told them that Donald Trump would be re-elected as president. Over thirty years before that, one the famous Kansas City Prophets, Paul Cain, prophesied that there would be a revival in London in 1990, which never came to pass. These examples make us wonder:

• What happens when prophets get it wrong?
• Are there consequences for misleading God's people?
• What would a genuine prophet look like today?
• And how can you tell a false prophet from a genuine one?

 

In recent years, misjudgments among Charismatic Christians claiming to speak for God as well as moral failures within Evangelicalism have resulted in a crisis of belief. In Prophetic Integrity, bestselling author and speaker, R.T. Kendall gives a warning to those speaking in God's name and offers a way forward in trusting God despite the failures of the church.

To unpack this difficult topic, Kendall, a self-described "Reformed charismatic," relates accounts of visions and supernatural experiences and shares stories and thoughts about Christian leaders that he knew personally, such as Paul Cain and Ravi Zacharias. He gives examples of good and bad prophecies and teaches a biblical and theologically-sound understanding of prophetic gifting and use.

Prophetic Integrity is a book for those who believe that God still speaks today but have serious questions about those within the church that identify as prophets. It's a call for honesty, vulnerability, and repentance; and it speaks to Christians of many different traditions, including Charismatic and Evangelical.

Discerning Christians of many different traditions can and must take both God's word and the gift of prophecy seriously and recognize how humans can abuse such gifts or use them to advance God's Kingdom.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: May 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9780310134435

R.T. Kendall

Dr. R. T. Kendall, a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Oxford University (DPhil), is a protégé of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones. He was the senior minister of the historic Westminster Chapel in London for 25 years. The author of numerous books, he conducts conferences all over the world and writes a bi-monthly column for Ministry Today.

Reviews for Prophetic Integrity

[Koto Qalo · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Highly specific to America’s church environment, though I was expecting a wider scope. Relative to the time it is written and would have been interested in finding more biblical references to the times. Over emphasis on the prophetic movement during Trump’s campaign of a second term.

[Gregory Peek · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

R.T. Kendall does not hold back as he gives a much needed critique of the modern prophetic movement! I found his insights relevant and thought provoking. He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit is saying.