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Church Assessments 1/10/25

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The Covenant Priority

Loving God wholeheartedly is the priority. We do that through having true heart relationship with Him, hearing His voice in prayer, and walking in obedience. In case you need to hear that again, the covenant relationship is about knowing God and walking with Him. If you can’t get that right, then why bother with trying to disciple others?

Evangelism is not the priority. Evangelism is not what saves you. Knowing the Savior and obeying Him is what is priority. Please listen, reading the Bible (which the devil knows better than you do), putting money in an offering plate, faithfully attending church, or loving your neighbor is not the criteria for having a heavenly home for all eternity. Your personal relationship with God is what matters. True discipleship is learned at the feet of Jesus. True discipleship must come from learning to hear God’s voice in prayer and obeying Him specifically.

The priority is not in how many souls you win or in loving others. I’m sorry, but it just is not. If you spend your whole life loving others well but ignore the priority relationship with God, you’re still going to hell. Discipleship is about knowing God. If you want to help others to know God, then you must begin with teaching them the importance of knowing God personally and WHOLEHEARTEDLY. It’s not a secondary priority — it is the first thing. You will spend your whole life with that priority. If God leads you to help a neighbor or to evangelize, then it becomes an act of obedience to your priority relationship. I hope I’m making this clear. Everything else should not be on your radar unless God puts it there. That’s how you choose God first every time.

This story is an example of specific obedience. One day I was driving down the road, and my spiritual vision was directed to a woman sitting at a park. I asked the Lord about the woman. He said for me to take $20 (the last $20 that I had until my next pay day several days later) and to tell her that God specifically asked me to give her the money. So, I did exactly that. I confidently (yet discreetly) approached her with the $20 in my outstretched hand and said “God asked me to give this to you.” She immediately began to cry and said that she was sitting there thinking about running into traffic (to end her life). God knew her need and entrusted me to show up exactly when and where He wanted me to. If I didn’t hear His voice, it would have been nearly impossible to be at the right place at the right time to do His work. But the story doesn’t end there. The next week, I was driving by the same area and saw a homeless man holding a sign asking for money. So, I asked the Lord, “Do you want me to help him?”. The Lord firmly and resolutely answered, “No! Do not go near him! I’m doing something in his life. I do not want you to help him.” The tone of God’s voice made it clear, that the young man was being punished by God. If I had not heard God and decided that it was my Christian duty to help the young man, I would have been working contrary to God’s will. That would not be obedience. It would be the opposite of obedience. Charity is not obedience if it works contrary to God’s plans. Too often, we can assume that we know God’s will when we haven’t bothered to have a conversation with Him. How hard is it to take the time to seek God before walking in a direction? Learning His voice is instrumental to following Him.

Attached are two pages describing the covenant relationship. I hope it helps. I want you to learn to seek God and follow Him. Please know that this post is my specific act of obedience to God. He woke me up at 2:00 am to direct me to type this message to you. He spoke every word of it and authorized me to post it. My priority was in obeying Him whether you take the time to study or not. I’m not responsible for you. I’m responsible to obey God. So just like that $20 that I gave the lady in the park, I’m handing this to you. Maybe God knows that it is exactly what you need. I’ve done my part to obey God. Will you?

(Source: The Rogue Prophet Magazine, “The Top 10 False Teachings In The Churches”, June 2021, pages 12-13)

Church Assessments 1/9/25

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Wide Phylacteries?

“Everything they do is done for people to see: They make their phylacteries wide and the tassels on their garments long; they love the place of honor at banquets and the most important seats in the synagogues;” (Matthew 23:5-6 NIV)

Why did Jesus so openly speak harshly about the religious leaders of that day? Please read the entire discourse in Matthew 23. Surely He knew that they would pursue Him and kill Him for exposing their ugly hearts. But still, He spoke up about the wrong motives of the religious elites. So, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that He would deliver the same type of messages through His prophets. (Well, to be fair, it often does surprise most of them.)

Why do some of the pastors locally claim to hear God’s voice in prayer while they stand in the pulpits of churches steeped in false doctrine? Let’s talk about Dennis Taylor at Park Avenue Baptist Church. He’s big enough to handle this conversation. Dennis claims to hear God’s voice, and I don’t doubt that he does. But, Dennis has two strong false doctrines that he needs to contend with. He needs to ask God about the false teaching surrounding women in leadership at Park Avenue. Why is that false teaching not being dealt with? The other false doctrine that needs to be resolved is their three Gods theology. There are not three Gods. Christianity is Monotheistic, meaning one God. The word trinity is not in the Bible. (See attached pages.) Brad and Barry at the Grove Church have these exact same two false teachings as would be expected since that church is a church plant from Park Avenue Baptist Church.

Please, if you really hear God’s voice in prayer, then you should be able to discern the false teaching in the churches. Being a pastor at one of God’s churches carries a lot of responsibility. If you want to enjoy the seat of honor, then at least be right before God in your teaching. I am certain that Brad needs to apologize to God for some very stupid comments that he has made from the pulpit about women not needing to submit to God directly*. In case you’re wondering, God told me to write these exact words so know that these men and their false doctrines have not escaped God’s radar. He’s very well aware of every word and every motive.

*Brad @ the Grove Church said that women have it easy because they only have to submit to their husbands, but the men have to submit to God. (Brad said this in a recorded Father’s Day sermon a few years ago. It makes me want to vomit.)

Dennis, Brad, and Barry, God asked me to help you learn about your false doctrines so you can clear up those mistakes before God has to take further action. Please seek God and study the Scriptures with Him present. If you want me to come alongside you and teach you to hear His voice more clearly, I am willing to do that even though I don’t forgive you for the mockery that you have made about women in leadership. You would need to repent of your mistakes before the same audience that you have spewed your garbage theology to before I could forgive you. God may feel the same way. Ask Him!

To the readers of these daily articles, I sincerely hope that you will ask God about everything written. I always say “don’t believe me … ask God yourself!” It is your own responsibility to be right with God. I’m confident that I have done exactly His will in relaying these messages.

Source: The Rogue Prophet Magazine, “The Covenant Voice of God”, August 2024, pages 12-15, The God of the Covenant.

Church Assessment 1/7/25

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Hidden Motives!

Prayer cannot be disguised to fool God. Fasting doesn’t add to the level of deceit. Either you are seeking God or you’re not. So, Crossroads Community Church, you have been delivered a message about the areas that God wants you to seek Him. Stop pretending that God isn’t allowed to send prophets.

This is a list of what God has asked you to seek Him about:

1) The Lost Sanctuary: Your need to livestream everything is ruining the intimacy of the church family. Evidently, you didn’t get the message earlier because you are planning to livestream the discipleship Bible studies making it impossible for students to ask questions without being recorded. Big mistake. But don’t believe me … ask God yourself. (God knows if you’re asking Him about this, and to date, you have not.)

2) Clearly defined staff roles: It doesn’t seem that you have made any progress in this area. God says that the pastor has difficulty delegating authority partly because he doesn’t trust others to carry God’s anointing and partly because he doesn’t like to share the recognition when a job is done well. Right now, the only two clearly defined roles are as senior pastor, and youth pastor. No women’s minister, no worship leader, no men’s minister, no facilities’ manager, no sound/visual leaders, just bookkeeping roles as far as I can see. If an anointed Christian came to your church, they wouldn’t know where to plug in at because there are no clearly defined roles. Again, don’t believe me … ask God yourself. You still haven’t bothered to seek God on this subject. Quit telling God your plans, and start asking Him for His. (*Leadership roles from website attached.)

3) Fasting/Prayer: It seems that you have set yourselves up as mini-gods hoping to convince God that your ways are better than His own plans. Perhaps God wants you to make changes in your church before He can entrust you with the 21 souls that you are demanding that He send you. It seems that you are not ready. But don’t believe me … ask God yourself.

4) Women’s Ministry: For whatever reason, the church seems determined that they don’t want a designated functioning women’s ministry. Well, that’s the very thing that God is going to hold out for. He’s not going to send His daughters to your church if you won’t provide a vital set apart women’s ministry for them. So, do all your religious practices, find all the workarounds you can think of, but in the end God can be much more stubborn than you can. But don’t believe me … ask God yourself. (Note: the women’s minister can NOT be a man.)

*Screenshot of the Crossroads Community Church staff from the website attached.

Church Assessments 1/5/25

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Fasting From Negligence!

Crossroads Community Church starts a 21-day fast today. Their goal is for God to position 21 souls in their sphere of influence. In an earlier post, I promised to help them in their efforts to be able to hear God. As a deliverance minister, I would not advise anyone to fast from healthy foods. We have an enemy that would love to gain access when we are weak.

Fasting does not force God or make anyone a better Christian. So I often roll my eyes when I see that a church is doing a corporate fast. But that’s where they are so let’s see if I can save them some trouble by prompting them in a few areas:

There is no Biblical command to fast from food. In the temptation of Jesus in the desert (Matthew 4:1) we can see that the Spirit was ready to be tempted by the devil when the body had fasted for 40 days. Note: Jesus is the Holy Spirit who was in a human-born, flesh-and-blood frame. We are flesh and spirit. When our flesh is weak, we had better hope to have a strong spirit being protected and led by the Spirit of God.

In deliverance ministry, I often see Christians aimlessly doing spiritual battle because they don’t understand the covenant relationship with God. If we are in unbroken covenant relationship with God, (meaning that we have kept our oath of allegiance to God or had a sincere forgiveness conversation with Him if we have sinned against God’s heart), then God will guard our minds from enemy influence. In other words, if we are right with God, the enemy cannot speak to us because God is present. If we are loyal to God, He is loyal to protect us. If we are not in unbroken covenant with God, then God is not obligated to be our protector.

So for those choosing to fast for 21 days, please be sure that you are in right relationship with God, for every day. Here are two questions that you can ask of God, every morning to be sure that you are in covenant with Him. (1) “Lord, will you please bind the enemy in every way around me?” Listen for His answer. If He answers something like this “I am with you. I will not leave you.” then He is telling you that He is guarding you from enemy access. If you don’t knowingly hear an answer then repeat this question after resolving the next one. (2) “God, is there anything that I need to ask forgiveness for?” Listen for His answer. Lean in to discern exactly what He is saying. If you think that His answer might be your own thoughts then you need to listen carefully to the words being used.* (Example below.) Once you have discerned areas that need discussion with God, apologize and be sure to let Him reveal to you how you could have done things differently; and how you will do them better next time. If you don’t bother to learn from your mistakes, you will likely repeat them. Take the time with God to resolve this so that moving forward you understand the error. If you have had a successful forgiveness conversation with God, then you are in a restored covenant relationship. You will know it because you will feel the burden lifted and you should continue to hear God’s voice in prayer. Remember seek God, not advise God.

*Example of God speaking to you versus your own thoughts. Many years ago when I was first learning to discern God’s voice, I was sitting at my computer playing Solitaire. My mind was focused on winning, of course. But, I heard a silent voice speak to me that was not my own spirit voice or thoughts. The question He asked me was “Who are you competing against?” Suddenly, I was having a conversation and not with myself because my internal conversation would have been subtly different. I might have asked myself “Who am I competing against?” Do you see that the direction of the first question was not coming from within, but outside of myself? (Please if you want to lock me up for explaining spiritual matters, it wouldn’t be the first time. I’m trying to help you, so don’t mock me.) God, will address you with words like “child”, “beloved”, or call you by your name. Listen carefully to the words that He uses in prayer. I encourage you to have a journal to write everything down at least until you recognize God’s voice from a stranger’s voice.

Ok, so I hope that helped. I’m always willing to respond to sincere questions about deliverance. I don’t want to see the enemy having his way with you. I’d rather see you walking obediently with God.

You can privately email me at the contact portion of this website.

Church Assessments 1/3/25

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Women in Ministry (Part 3 of 7)

This series of church assessments began right where God wanted it to with reviewing a local church, Crossroads Community Church of God. When I first attended the church at the beginning of November last year (two months ago), I had hoped that God was finally bringing me to a church home …

I have missed having a church family. But what God was wanting was for me to evaluate it from a perspective of would I invite others there. I am mature in my faith walk. I have grown to know when there is false doctrine or impure intent. But not everyone has had the benefit of God’s specific direction, shared spiritual experiences and years of study on doctrinal issues as I have. Yes, some can spot a used car salesman better than others just by their tone and insincere gestures, but not many understand how clever manipulators can twist the Scriptures with subtle nuances to fool many. The moment that I’m no longer simply a guest at a church and considering making it my home, it’s going to get a deeper dive of inspection into every aspect, especially if I’m going to invite others into that home church. God wanted me invested.

However, when I asked the church for information via email (in writing so that I was not vague), I was ignored. That makes everything suspect. If you cannot confirm your doctrinal stance, then maybe it’s not clear for a reason. I honestly, at this point, don’t know what the reason is. I don’t have clarity because I can’t get answers or feedback. Unless I see changes to the website or other social media avenues, I’m going to wonder why the coverup.

So, I’m clearly stating. Crossroads Community Church of God, please make your doctrinal stance clear on women in leadership and women in ministry. I can’t be the only one who cares. You have only about 30 regular (adult) attenders at your church and half of them are in the band, working sound and visual, or up on the platform in some way.

Can you not see that your church is dying because you don’t have a strong women’s ministry? If you have good doctrine, you should be standing firm on it. Please also make it clear who is overseeing women’s ministry. Is there a contact person? Is there a regular meeting to invite ladies to? Is there anything at all for a woman to grow in the Kingdom? If not, please just say so. And darling, if you were putting as much energy into this area of your church as you are for community events like chili cookoffs, money-changing marketplaces, and exercise boot camps, you wouldn’t be provoking God to bring a message from me. Just sayin … I’m getting tired of it. He’s not letting me sleep because this is His push to open your eyes. So wake up! I can’t honestly see myself being friendly about this much longer. You may think, well it’s only been two months. So I ask how long do you need? Do you need me to write out your doctrinal stance and post it on your website or Facebook page? Do you not know what it is?

If you can’t be bothered to email me some form of response (TammieEdwards@therogueprophet.com), or post something on your public social media on this matter, then I’m going to assume that you have some big secret to hide. God knows that you have read every single one of these posts. You’re not fooling God.

For Kingdom ladies, here are two study pages that you can discuss with God. I hope more than anything that you will find shelter with Him. (Source: The Rogue Prophet Magazine, “Spiritual Crimes Against Women in Ministry”, August 2023)

Church Assessments, 12/28/24

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Crossroads Community Church of God

God doesn’t need any person’s permission to be God. I hope you heard that loud and clear. Read it again. God DOES NOT need your permission to be God. Certainly, you’re not the one that God wakes up at 3:00 am to discuss these church assessments with so you might not understand how important they are to God. But I do. God chose me as His prophet. God anoints me as His prophet. God constantly humbles me as His prophet. God holds me in place and refuses to let me choose anything other than His will. There are promised wrath constantly held over me if I refuse Him. Maybe that’s not the God that you know, but you also don’t know God very well. I hear His voice every day. I must seek Him for every decision. The life of a prophet is very confined and isolated. But hey, if you think you want this role, please tell God that you give Him permission to use you to deliver this message. But until then, this is where He chooses to deliver His messages about the churches. Jonah spent three days in the belly of a whale and put the entire ship of people in danger because he refused God’s request to deliver a message. I don’t want that.

All of that is said to remind the readers that none of this is meant to harm a specific pastor. I’ve already clearly stated that the pastor at Crossroads Community Church has a heart for God. There are other pastors in the assessments ahead that will hear a strong word of rebuke from God. I will not refuse God’s message. You can shoot the messenger all you want but God has no problem removing pastors from pulpits without notice or consent. Recently, there was a local pastor who God had me deliver messages to for two years. I sent mailed letters. I sent emails. I sent private messages on Facebook. I created and printed newsletters and doctrinal magazines and sent them to the pastor all at my own expense. All of the messages were to alert the pastor to false doctrines in the church. I invested a lot of time and energy. When God had enough of it, though, the pastor was quickly removed from the pulpit and replaced. God is not messing around with this. Please people get on board with this move of God. I’m not ever at any time asking you to believe me solely. I’m asking you to seek God on these subjects. Quit being lazy and non-committal and get in the game. Choose God! Seek God! Want God’s will! That’s all that I’m asking of you. Get your head out of your android and seek God!

Oh, and by the way, God is watching every word that is posted on social media. He sees if you imply that He needs your permission to use me in this way. You will just bring His wrath on you if you try to dissuade me from bringing His message. But I already know that some of you are more stupid than useful. Sorry, that’s just the facts. Don’t provoke God. It’s easier for me to deliver a tame message from Him than to feel the full weight of His displeasure and wrath in the words. God knows that I don’t like to watch when He disciplines you. I never could stand to see my siblings get the belt growing up. Still don’t like it!

Monday’s post will be about Women’s Ministry and doctrines surrounding women in leadership roles. Please be ready to study something more important than video games and celebrity gossip.