Category Archives: The Shift

Get used to different

Posted on May 3, 2020 by Mel Wild

I’m borrowing a great line from the movie , “The Chosen” for the title of this post because it totally fits the time we’re living in. Many leaders have said that Jesus wants a different church on the other end … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Reformation, Rest of God, Sonship, The Shift | Tagged Bob Jones 100-year prophecy, Christianity, Prophetic encouragement, The rest of God, transformation | 6 Comments

Taste and See!

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Mel Wild

We’re currently living in a time when the ubiquitous influence of Christianity that under-girded Western culture for a millennia has become a thing of history. But I would be quick to add, this is not necessarily a bad thing, because … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Identity, Reformation, The Shift, Theology | Tagged Christianity, Intimacy with God, Relationships, Religion and Spirituality, Taste and See, Transactional Christianity | 12 Comments

Shift Happens – the rest of the story!

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Mel Wild

This is rest of a video interview (part two) I did with my blogging friend Daniel Lovett for his Sozo Talk Radio program last May. I’m posting it now because I just realized I had posted part one last May … Continue reading →

Posted in Father Heart of God, Reformation, Sonship, The Shift | Tagged Charismatic, Christianity, Personal testimony, Sonshift, Sozo Talk Radio, transformation | Leave a comment

The reformational nature of the Church

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Mel Wild

Throughout church history, there’s been a reformational element within orthodoxy that seeks to return to the New Testament expression of the church: toward the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, and away from institutional religion. This is because the body … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Reformation, The Shift | Tagged Christianity, Church history, Gospel of the Kingdom, Jesus | 6 Comments

Kierkegaard: Reintroducing Christianity into Western Culture

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Mel Wild

Søren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher in the early to mid-19th century. What’s interesting to me is that he predicted the cultural Christian problem we have even to this day and talked about how to reintroduce genuine Christianity back into … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Reformation, The Shift | Tagged Christendom, Christianity, Culture, Following Jesus, Soren Kierkegaard | 21 Comments

Shift Happens – SOZO Talk Radio interview

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Mel Wild

This is a video interview I did with my blogging friend Daniel Lovett for his Sozo Talk Radio program. We did this on Skype so the video is a bit choppy but the audio is good. Daniel and I talked … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Father Heart of God, Love, Reformation, The Shift | Tagged Charismatic, Christianity, Daniel Lovett, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality, Sonshift, Sozo Talk Radio, transformation | 4 Comments

Sonshift Study – Chapter Nine

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Mel Wild

We’re now ready for chapter nine in our discussion on my book, Sonshift: Everything Changes in the Father’s Embrace. Today, we’ll be looking at “Heaven Shift.” I invite you to respond to some or all of these questions. Also, please give … Continue reading →

Posted in Heaven on earth, Identity, Sonship, The Shift | Tagged Christianity, Citizenship in heaven, Heaven, Mansion in glory, New Testament Temple, Sonshift, Sonshift book study | 6 Comments

Sonshift Study – Chapter Eight

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Mel Wild

This is the ninth installment of our discussion on my book, Sonshift: Everything Changes in the Father’s Embrace. Today, we’ll be looking at chapter eight titled, “Faith Shift.” I invite you to respond to some or all of these questions. Also, please give … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith, Sonship, The Shift | Tagged Christianity, Discipleship, Sonshift, Sonshift book study, transformation | 6 Comments

Jesus Christ: Savior of the world – Part Six

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Mel Wild

“The church understood his [Jesus’] act as a sacrifice to end all sacrifices that exposed the scapegoating mechanism for all the world to see.” (Walter Wink, Engaging The Powers, Kindle loc.1849) This is part six of my Easter series, “Jesus Christ: Savior of … Continue reading →

Posted in Father Heart of God, The Shift, Theology | Tagged atonement, Christianity, Engaging the Powers, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality, René Girard, Restorative justice, Savior of the world, The Cross of Christ, Walter Wink | 13 Comments

Sonshift Study – Chapter Five

Posted on March 27, 2017 by Mel Wild

This is the sixth week of our discussion on my book, Sonshift: Everything Changes in the Father’s Embrace. Today, we’ll be looking at chapter five titled, “Love Shift.” Each Monday, I give a brief overview of a chapter from my book, followed by … Continue reading →