God Conversations With Tania Harris

(099) The Role of the Prophet – Andre Bronkhorst

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When someone says the word prophet, what do you think of? The label conjures up all sorts of images - a robed figure gazing into a crystal ball or a wild man dressed in camel hair, eating wild insects and raving about the end of the world!  Prophets have always been around - in the biblical tradition and beyond it. Among the Hebrews, prophets played a key role in expressing God’s will for the nation, but something significant happened to their role after Jesus came. There's still prophets in the Church today, but what do they do and how do we know who they are? How are they different from the prophets in Old Covenant or prophets outside the biblical tradition? On this show, we’re talking about the prophet's role in the contemporary church with a globally recognised prophet based out of South Africa: Andre Bronkhorst. You’ll hear about: Andre’s surprising initial encounter with God’s voice as he was contemplating ending his life at age 16. God seemed to say the exact opposite of what Andre felt he deserv