Watching the news media jump from story to story should cause us concern. There can be a fine line between reporting the news, and creating the news. And, if this is true of secular reporters, it can also be true of us end-times reporters.

The bottom line is, we're hungry for news -- especially we believers in end-time prophecy. So, the temptation for ministries like FulfilledProphecy may be to provide the news, even when the news isn't happening. As a result, I sometimes find myself instead choosing silence.

That doesn't mean, of course, that there's nothing of prophetic significance occurring. It only means, as far as I am concerned, I don't feel motivated enough to make my usual report. 

In the meantime, I have plenty to do. Lately, I've been preparing for a coming engagement on the 26th of March. I will be speaking at 10 am Sunday morning, and again 6 pm Sunday evening, at Believers in Grace Fellowship in Marion, Iowa. The pastor is Bill Randles. If you haven't heard any of his Bible study CDs, I recommend them Hear them here. Pastor Bill has some interesting insights -- especially on the book of Revelation. He is also the author of the book, Beware the New Prophets. As of this date,  I know of no better book about this dangerous heresy sweeping the church.

This brings us back to the fine line between reporting news, and creating it. You see, the concept can be applied to teachers. There can also be a fine line between the Spirit of Truth, and the spirit of error. Instead of allowing God to reveal truth to us through study of His written word, we can instead be tempted to create it. In the case of these so-called "new prophets", we can imagine it.

Yes, Pastor Bill's warning is right. Watching some of these modern-day prophets jump from revelation to revelation should cause us concern.

I'd rather be silent.