Author’s Note:  For this week’s post it was my intention to pass on to you a PDF of some notes I have taken on Daniel Chapter 2.  I’m still working on that project and, of course, it is taking longer than I would have liked.  That goal is motivated by my own search into end-time prophecy, especially considering the question of where Daniel’s “Abomination that brings Desolation” fits in with our current events.  I believe we are very close to the Lord’s return and I’m looking forward to sharing my study with you.  Hopefully, I’ll

A word of prophecy that came to me the end of November, 2016.  It is directed at prophets and prophetically gifted people.

I've been continuing my efforts to finish A Primer on Spiritual Warfare, a blog I wrote while we were attempting to plant a new church, Living Water Fellowship, in Butte, Montana.  There are a couple of new posts there and here's a link to it.  It is an on-going project, so I suggest you follow it to get notifications of when I post.  If you haven't read the beginning of the blog (and are interested in the topic) scroll down to the bottom a

So I finally figured out how Amazon.com's author page works.  It now has a short bio and my picture along with an RSS feed to this blog.  Nothing new that isn't here at JohnTReagan.com, but check it out anyway.  Click on

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am trying to finish up a blog called A Primer on Spiritual Warfare that I wrote a few years ago.  In order to do that I need to share two dreams that punctuated both the beginning and end of the church plant in Butte, but before I can do that it’s necessary that I explain a few things about prophetic dreams.  All this prophetic stuff is weird anyway, and now I’m adding dreams to my list of weirdnesses?  Yes, it is strange, but it is real.  I alread

For those of you interested in the Prophetic Movement and are seeking to understand what God is doing these days with what seems like a bizarre and aberrant ministry, here are some thoughts you might be interested in.

A Prophet Prepared -- Young Joseph had prophetic dreams. He was a prophet in preparation. Find out more.

At first glance Understanding the Prophetic Nature appears to be a book targeted at Pentecostal/Charismatic pastors and prophets. If that were truly the case it would be accurate to call it a "niche book." I don’t consider it to be that limited in its scope, but it was recently pointed out to me that even the book's title forces it into a niche market. There is some truth to that assertion. However, when choosing the title I wasn't unaware that, while it is accurate to the focus and purpose of the book, it could very well cause people to categorize it narrowly.

I led out Chapter 2 of Understanding the Prophetic Nature with a short dramatization of the prophet Micaiah speaking to kings Ahab and Jehoshaphat. I used the phrase "the spirit of prophecy kindled in his soul…" to describe his experience of delivering God's word to these two foolish kings.

Writing Understanding the Prophetic Nature was a big, all-consuming effort and sometimes it was easy to lose sight of the purpose behind that effort. What was my motivation behind this book? Why did I write it? What is its mission? To understand that, you must understand me.