Randy Bohlender
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Husband, dad of 10, pastor of The Bridge. Don’t blame them. Tweets are my own.
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If PETA harvested puppies, America would be in an uproar over the injustice.
#PlannedParenthood
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@ibuyrvparks
What level of professionalism does one demand from their lawn care guy? you’re not hiring a lawyer.
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It’s beyond time for
@Ihopkc
to name a third party investigator. Not make vague allusions to consulting third parties. Totally different thing. They should bring in an expert and get out of that expert’s way.
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@patrickmadrid
@JillFilipovic
We have ten. Willing to concede the trophy to Patrick but same question. 4 bio 6 adopted all destined to change the world.
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I’ve had a few ask if it was appropriate for me as a local pastor to comment on the IHOPKC debacle. The greater question is if it would be appropriate to stay silent. Do we really believe in the body of Christ, or was that all rhetoric like the international family of affection?
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There’s NO DOUBT that General Fuller has had people serve with him who feel EXACTLY same way, but - and I mean this with real respect - we are not your soldiers, General. The church yard is not the drill yard, and the altar is not the foxhole.
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When the worship leader pulls out the fourth new song in a row on a Sunday morning....
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Hey
@charismamag
- have you lost your ever-lovin' MIND?!?? If you hide sin and it gets revealed ITS NOT WARFARE. It's consequences. No wonder the world laughs at us. This is repulsive.
Within just a few months, we’ve seen famous pastors and their megachurches in the Dallas, TX area come out with controversy and scandal.
Read here:
@BishopJakes
@PsRobertMorris
@drtonyevans
#megachurch
#spiritualwarfare
#CharismaMag
#charismamedia
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Dear friends at IHOP, leaders, staff members and community members who I love, ask yourself - does this video represent the tone you wish to follow?
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I’m stunned - at the bravery of a victim, the hubris of an offender, the prospect that some will continue to make excuses & a PR man who checks out yet pokes his head up to clarify that saying the crisis is over doesn’t mean a crisis is over. So many innocents treated like junk.
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I’ve stayed largely quiet in recent weeks, in part because my early attempts to point out absurdity were interpreted as personal attacks, & that was not my intention. I’ve leaned back & let others say much of what I felt without needed to add to the digital chaff. 🧵
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Sometimes Satan be getting your brother down and you’ve gotta step in and do a little intercession.
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dear friends in the IHOP KC community - we love you. Our hearts are heavy for you.
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Imagine being so convinced that everything is political that you'd write a scathing criticism of someone denouncing the abuse of a child.
The Truth About Rick Warren-
His outspoken outrage is uncharacteristic for the man who who prefers to avoid hot devisive topics, ever since helping Obama become President. He urges his Pastors to avoid Trump and electoral politics even at the moment their disengagement will cost
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@jdflynn
@WilcoxNMP
Ten kids, six ethnicities. I STILL have people say that. I tell them “Paperwork. Paperwork caused this.”
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Like many, I watched the Advocate’s videos today. I was moved to tears by both the case presented and the tenor of the conversation. It provided room for coming together as brothers that, while difficult, could be navigated in mutual respect. This video is not that, friends.
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@StevieVanZandt
Yes. It wasn't about the rightness or wrongness of the message, it was the bait & switch use of the stage.
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@TuttleSinger
Adopted six children, suppported many moms who chose to parent if adoption wasn’t the right path. Been doing it for years, because it’s right.
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I am mystified with a PR guy so addicted to the spotlight that even after dramatically declaring the crisis over, taking a victory lap, leaving the arena + immediately recording a podcast, he can’t resist returning to make such ridiculous assertions. What’s next? A rap album?
@Rpanozzo88
In my opinion, Tammy’s account is different than the first Jane Doe because Tammy is using her name and reported her story to the police. Additionally, if accurate, there were people who were aware of the inappropriate relationship with Mike while it was happening. ie. her own
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In these times of isolation, I propose binge reading your Bible. You have lost the go-to excuse of busy-ness. Read it slowly. Soak in the Psalms. This time can be a gift if we do this right.
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Never let anyone tell you that you have to choose between Jesus and counseling. That’s asinine. Not all counselors are created equal (I fired one myself), but God uses wise counsel. (5/goodnight)
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If you’ve got a counseling background and are looking to start a private practice, I’d recommend the KC metro area south of 435 because you’re gonna have more work than you can imagine for a good long time.
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Good night, friends. Let’s hope each one of us does better tomorrow.
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Going to bed after another day when we all learned things we never wanted to know - and reflecting on how many good, dear people found themselves under the branches of a tree that was rotten at the top. My heart is heavy for those good people. How does this even happen? (1/)
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In lieu of a formal evening vibe check, I simply allow
@Joel7Richardson
to state the vibe. This situation is so messed up. I’m sorry if that’s hard to hear. But not sorry enough not to say it. It didn’t have to be this way.
1/ Just a couple of quick comments concerning IHOPKC report. Obviously, as we expected, it's total BS. Absolute trash. Based on numerous conversations I have had with very credible witnesses, the report addresses maybe 5% of the things Mike Bickle is (allegedly) guilty of.
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If I don't search for God in the cool of the morning I rarely find Him later in the heat of the day.
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I served at IHOP for over a decade before leaving to pursue other ministry in the city. In that time, I worked with each of the people on those videos. I know them well, and I trust their hearts. Many of you who’ve read this far have had similar experiences with them.
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@BethMooreLPM
The minute she left I checked the list for my name. I wasn't on it, so I went back to eating my banana.
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@BethMooreLPM
I once served on a megachurch staff where a fellow staffmembers 73yr old mother walked through the offices taking notes on what each person did & then presented me with a list of names that she felt could - in her exact words - "Be replaced by high functioning monkeys."
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As a student of people, I’ve often found that those who mock counseling are usually the ones who need it the most and are overcompensating for the traffic in their head. (4/)
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The pattern that Joel is describing here is dead on accurate. I would never be more overjoyed than to be proven wrong on this. You’re right
@Joel7Richardson
- courage begets courage.
(1) Regarding the IHOP scandal, how these type of things tend to unfold is a pattern as old as mankind. The first effort will be to discredit all of the men and women who have come forward as whistleblowers and their advocates.
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It's really easy to criticize the church on twitter. Go pastor somewhere. Learn to love people who make the craziest choices. Live in the fishbowl a while. Then come back to twitter with your sweeping observations.
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@Brisket_Bob
Hey, welcome them. These are people who later become true fans. Resist the temptation to be a gatekeeper.
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I called
@Joel7Richardson
our own Indiana Jones but he insisted he’s the Forest Gump of the Middle East who just wanders into situations. Glad to have him home this weekend. We’ve seen….a lot….in the last 15 yrs and I’m proud to walk with him.
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I’ve watched this several times today. I think I hoped that once it would end differently, but it’s consistently terrible every time. It bothers me for multiple reasons (1/)
Sam Storms on John Wimber and him taking Mike Bickle to counseling.
#ihopkc
#mikebickle
#churchtoo
#cult
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It’s ok to be angry. Whoever told you anger was inherently a sin was wrong. If you don’t let yourself feel what’s inside you it comes out the seams. Feel it.
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These topics are the building blocks of the years to come. "Israel, Islam and The End Times" - a seminar weekend with
@Joel7Richardson
June 14-16 Fri/Sat 7 pm at The Loft, Sunday 10:30 AM at The Culture House.
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Me hoping on twitter to see if things have chilled out a bit.
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Whether or not this script is accurate, as a pastor, I implore you - find your OWN storyline in God. Do not be bullied or swept into a story that promotes another's vision and is hinged on your obedience. God can speak to you independently of any man or movement.
Just hours before Tammy Woods’ interview with the KC Star, Mike Bickle sent her this “script” that he was preparing to use in a video to be made with his wife Diane on January 30th.
🚩 He refuses contact with outside leaders but has no problem running his ideas by one of his
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I’m only commenting tonight because I don’t want my well-intentioned silence to be just as misinterpreted as my early attempts to speak out.
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Know this: YOU can hear from the Lord about direction for your family. YOU are the final decider when it comes to deciding what comes next. The Lord will speak to YOU. And we believe in in you. May the God of all glory be VOCAL in your life - directly, through no other figure.
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In all our pondering of guilt and innocence, blame and regret, I never want to drift from asking myself the same hard questions. I woke up with this verse in my head.
”And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!“
Psalm 139:24 ESV
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This is a good and accurate read. I have known this family for twenty years and the question Samuel raises to other leaders is more than fair. Allen is not a liar.
I know my father
@allenshood
. He is not a perfect man, but he is a good man. I have seen him at his best, and as all children do, I have seen him at his worst. He’s a sinner being saved by grace.
But my father is not a liar. In 28 years of being his son, I have NEVER witnessed
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Kind of afraid to close my eyes to go to sleep because each day is crazier than the one before.
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Also reading about the sons of Eli - and how in the same chapter where the sons of Eli were said to be corrupt, the young boy Samuel ministered to the Lord. What diabolical corruption and tenderness before the Lord under the same roof.
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Absolutely. This is remarkable bravery and she has done it so well.
Jane and I are so proud of Tammy for courageously telling her story. “We are honored to stand with you, and believe your voice will not be silenced, but amplified”
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Politics aside, when someone declares that children are precious and valuable, and their remarks are met with intentionally crossed arms and crazy death stare, it says a lot.
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In 2005, pro abortion protestors yelled at us on the steps of the Supreme Court. “What are you going to do if you win?” So we gave them a taste, adopted six, and started an adoption agency. This is the next frontier.
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This win belongs to the armchair quarterbacks. Also, first person to connect revival to the Chiefs winning the Super Bowl gets blocked.
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My 85yr old mother contracted COVID before Christmas. She is officially out of quaranteen. OX levels are high. She's a little weak and shaky but otherwise doing well. We are so grateful.
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I have not checked the vibe in a few days and I show up to find a hippie declaring war on therapy.
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Your work matters! Paul said "Lead a quiet life, mind your own business and work with your hands."
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Nothing should be global if it's not local. No one should be platformed if they're not in the trenches. Don't teach what hasn't been learned. Bigger isn't better or even good if it's disingenuous. Delete MOVEMENT, replace with ACTION. Let others decide it's worthy of movement.
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Currently in Nashville. If anybody has anything you want me to say to Eric Voltz if I run into him at Starbucks or whatever lemme know.
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It's dawning on me that I have a son getting married in a week.....super excited for Zion and Shayna. :-).
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This was used as an instrument of worship in the charismatic church in the 1970s
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As a believer, a counselor pulled me out of the deep fog of ministry/war some years ago and gave me tools to work with. I’m so glad I didn’t have to justify it to this group of people, or I’d probably still be in the fog. (3/)
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Deon Sanders sounds like the pastor speaking to the board member when they miraculously made budget.
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Shout out to my
#3
, Zion, who just learned that one of his song was just added to the worldwide playlist in H&M stores. Let’s go!
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The pain and shrapnel - or as I call it, the crapnel - is worldwide, but certainly concentrated in Kansas City. Because I love this city and its people, I can’t stay silent. It would be pastoral malpractice.
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I appreciate
@DrMichaelLBrown
’s experience and character. This is a move in the right direction, hopefully unto transparency. Still including a cat, to soften the tone of my tweet.
Please pray! I will be preaching tomorrow morning at IHOPKC (Forerunner Church), and the leadership team will be making an official announcement at the 11:00 AM (CT) service, which will be livestreamed at IHOPKC on YouTube.
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One last tweet. Friends, don’t feed the trolls. If they’re using a pseudonym, have 20 followers, started their account in November and do nothing but cause trouble they are not worth YOUR trouble.
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Heard the latest
@heavenbentpod
today. Tammy Woods spoke of some trying to be a spiritual Switzerland. I don’t understand how you could hear her testimony & not be justifiably angry at perpetrators & enablers alike. A political spirit masquerades as one trying to stay neutral.
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So now they’re “sustaining a vibrant spiritual community of believers” but rejecting the idea of a church body. This is ministerial malpractice. Prayer is powerful but is not the fullness of discipleship, fellowship or communion. (6/9)
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Believers, if you haven't read your Bible today, close this app. There is nothing here that will change your life. Most of it will just make you mad. Goodnight, everyone.
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As a pastor, my first thought was that there were undoubtedly people in that crowd who were seeing counselors, and this told them that they were less than their leaders, because their leaders could laugh at the idea of counseling. (2/)
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Not going to tag the account and somehow promote it in the algorithm, but there is someone out there who rhymes wtih Bike Thumbtack who, even if they made any sense, I would struggle taking seriously because they don't comprehend the basic rules of capitalization.
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@shawngorham
15 years ago, we adopted newborn twin girls. Got home and found out we were pregnant. I have three girls about to start driving. Fortunately, four years ago I bought my wife 3 new 4 Runners. Actually that last part is not true…
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My heart is moved with a the desire for a visitation of the Lord. While I’m grateful for a history in God, what I have experienced cannot be all there is. Surely He is more, far and beyond.
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25 points in the last two minutes. Not unlike a few sermons I’ve heard.
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If you missed any of the weekend seminar with
@Joel7Richardson
we have archived all three sessions here.
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She’s 11. She makes homemade pretzels. And she’ll be in my house for YEARS. ALL I EVER DO IS WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN.
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Earlier today we began to see an email the IHOPKC board had sent to staff and donors. It was a busy piece of work, with a lot of information, but I’ve seen others address a lot of those things so I’m going to limit my remarks to one train of thought. (1/9)
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The situation demands the vibe now be checked twice daily. Morning vibe check: I just blocked someone I agree with because I couldn’t bear their tone anymore. Vibe will be rechecked tonight.
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The body of Christ is bigger, more resilient, less defensive and more accepting than what you may expect. I’m praying that God finds glory across this city - and that the best is yet to come. Know that He is faithful and supersedes the systems build by scarcity-focused men.
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Something my children find incomprehensible is that when I was a child, we would roam the earth without carrying a water bottle with us. We would just trust the Lord that we would find water somewhere. And we never died once.
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My youngest is nine today. Scout has an epic story. We are so grateful to be mom and dad to this wonder of a son.
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We baptized our older twins, Anna and Mercy, this morning!
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@CrownVic2023
This is a brave thing to say. Praying tonight that you are able to move past this in Jesus name.
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This interview by
@ZionConsultTeam
is a must-listen for context and complications regarding the IHOPKC and Mike Bickle situation.
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If I were going to open a secondhand store clothing stocked by items worn by Christian minicelebrities I would call it MAJOR GRIFT.
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I keep logging on here thinking you all might have solved some things but nope.
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FUN FACT: Apparently all the fire alarms in the house are connected so if a man were, say, frying himself some sausages after everyone had gone to bed, and things got a little out of hand, all those alarms would go off.
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Anyone else with a big family ever consider declaring Sock Bankruptcy, throwing out all single socks - yea, all socks - & starting over buying everyone the exact same socks? This'd be unpopular in my house and cost roughly $14,000 but I am tempted. PS I am pairing socks today.
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I’m starting to believe that not everybody on this app tells the truth.
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We’ll have
@Joel7Richardson
with us this morning talking about the current situation in Israel and its place in the timeline of God. Link will go live 10:30 AM -
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My heart breaks for good people who will be further hurt without hope of being cared for but the IHOPKC board isn’t even going to pretend anymore. (9/9)
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