The western Church has an unhealthy force in her midst, warns prophetic pastor Loren Sandford. It is a consuming focus on "self" and it is eroding ministry and blocking revival. Sandford speaks to the growing undercurrent of hunger for what is truly authentic. He explains the critical need for sacrifice and challenges the church to return to the cleansing power of Jesus' blood. Readers who long for a return to true faith and genuine prophecy will find their spirits refreshed by this message and see new power and life in ministry. Anyone with a heart for prophecy, intercession, and revival will answer this call to recover biblical focus and rediscover biblical levels of Holy Spirit manifestation.

From the Author

ENDORSEMENTS:
“This timely book will enable you to keep the scriptural mandate to ‘despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good’ (1 Thessalonians 5:20–21). This is a much-needed work.” —JOHN ARNOTT, senior pastor, Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship

“Loren Sandford pleads passionately for the Church to experience God’s love so that the kingdom of self is displaced with a culture of honor, purity and love. The results? A fatherless generation will be drawn home to the Father’s house.”—JACK FROST, author, Experiencing Father’s Embrace; co-founder, Shiloh Place Ministries

“This is the first time I have read a book that is speaking correctives into the prophetic movement, as well as into other areas of popular Christian culture. It has the benefit of being written by a highly prophetically gifted leader. The book is forthright in its message and may offend some people. If it is read in the light of the spirit intended, however, it will bring desperately needed correctives into today’s Church and into the wonderfully God-wrought ministering gift of prophecy. Loren has been a friend of mine since 1995. At that time he prophesied life, future and hope over me during a very difficult period of my life. I recommend Purifying the Prophetic to all who move in prophetic ministry already, to all who want to move in prophetic gifting in the future, and to all those who are about to give up on prophetic ministry because of the problems associated with it.” —FRED WRIGHT, international coordinator, Partners in Harvest

"Loren Sandford's book, Purifying the Prophetic, is an 'in your face', gut checking, heart wrenching, reality based review of current prophetic paradigms which need serious adjusting. It would serve the reader to be warned before reading that this book could cause your blood pressure to rise." - JOHN PAUL JACKSON, founder Streams Ministries International

"One of the characteristics of a prophet is seeing things in black and white. Loren demonstrates this well as one who has little tolerance for hypocrisy and one who is willing to point it out. Growing up in his parents’ home, he had many opportunities to see ministers up close, many of them prophetic (or claiming to be), many of them high-profile. This book represents years of distilling the root causes behind the hypocrisy, the false faces, the need to be important, etc. He points out the problems, yes, but he also points the way so that each one of us may examine ourselves and submit to God's purifying process.” —CHESTER KYLSTRA, cofounder, Proclaiming His Word Ministries

From the Author

People often tell me this book is the best book they ever loved - and hated. It begins with a confrontation of imbalances and errors in the prophetic movement, pointing out how our pervasive culture of self has invaded and twisted prophetic ministry. It continues with an examination and confrontation of the ways in which the culture of self has infected nearly every ministry of the church and even altered the expression of our doctrines. It is time for us to understand the meaning of Paul's determination to, "know nothing among you but Christ, and Him crucified." The cross and the blood really work. The treasures hidden there are the secrets to real life and freedom. Self-focus can only destroy. "He who seeks to save his life will lose it, but he who loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will find it." ENDORSEMENTS: “This timely book will enable you to keep the scriptural mandate to ‘despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good’ (1 Thessalonians 5:20–21). This is a much-needed work.” —JOHN ARNOTT, senior pastor, Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship “Loren Sandford pleads passionately for the Church to experience God’s love so that the kingdom of self is displaced with a culture of honor, purity and love. The results? A fatherless generation will be drawn home to the Father’s house.”—JACK FROST, author, Experiencing Father’s Embrace; co-founder, Shiloh Place Ministries “This is the first time I have read a book that is speaking correctives into the prophetic movement, as well as into other areas of popular Christian culture. It has the benefit of being written by a highly prophetically gifted leader. The book is forthright in its message and may offend some people. If it is read in the light of the spirit intended, however, it will bring desperately needed correctives into today’s Church and into the wonderfully God-wrought ministering gift of prophecy. Loren has been a friend of mine since 1995. At that time he prophesied life, future and hope over me during a very difficult period of my life. I recommend Purifying the Prophetic to all who move in prophetic ministry already, to all who want to move in prophetic gifting in the future, and to all those who are about to give up on prophetic ministry because of the problems associated with it.” —FRED WRIGHT, international coordinator, Partners in Harvest "Loren Sandford's book, Purifying the Prophetic, is an 'in your face', gut checking, heart wrenching, reality based review of current prophetic paradigms which need serious adjusting. It would serve the reader to be warned before reading that this book could cause your blood pressure to rise." - JOHN PAUL JACKSON, founder Streams Ministries International "One of the characteristics of a prophet is seeing things in black and white. Loren demonstrates this well as one who has little tolerance for hypocrisy and one who is willing to point it out. Growing up in his parents’ home, he had many opportunities to see ministers up close, many of them prophetic (or claiming to be), many of them high-profile. This book represents years of distilling the root causes behind the hypocrisy, the false faces, the need to be important, etc. He points out the problems, yes, but he also points the way so that each one of us may examine ourselves and submit to God's purifying process.” —CHESTER KYLSTRA, cofounder, Proclaiming His Word Ministries

About the Author

R. Loren Sandford (M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary) is senior pastor of New Song Fellowship in Denver, Colorado. He speaks internationally and is a past director of Elijah House, an international ministry of counseling founded by his parents, John and Paula Sandford. An author who has released ten CDs of original music, Loren and his wife, Beth, have three grown children and six grandchildren and live in Thornton, Colorado.