Shane Idleman

Shane Idleman

CP Guest Contributor

Shane Idleman is the founder and lead pastor of Westside Christian Fellowship in Lancaster, California, just North of Los Angeles. Shane's sermons, articles, books, and radio program can all be found at shaneidleman.com or wcfav.org. He is the author of Feasting & Fasting, If My People, Desperate for More of God, and Help! I'm Addicted. Follow him on Facebook at: facebook.com/confusedchurch. You can also follow Pastor Shane on the new free speech platform Parler https://parler.com/profile/ShaneIdleman/posts. 

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  • What extinguishes the presence of the Lord?

    What extinguishes the presence of the Lord?

    Take time now to examine your life and repent of any destructive attitudes that have crept into your mind and heart. Repentance always brings hope. What sin is so great it can’t be forgiven? What stronghold is so deep it can’t be destroyed? What failure is so final it can’t be overcome? He is faithful to refill, restore, and renew if we refocus on Him.  

  • The battle for courage — A hill to die on

    The battle for courage — A hill to die on

    If you’re knocked down, get back up and fight again. It’s not the fall that leads to defeat, it’s staying down that does. Finish strong — courage is a hill to die on.

  • American Christianity needs a reality check and a backbone

    American Christianity needs a reality check and a backbone

    Who thinks for you? God’s Word or social media? God’s Word or liberal authors? The Holy Spirit or the Hollywood Spirit? Are you so “woke” that you’re asleep to the things of God? Cowardliness remains silent and leaves the battle for our children. That’s a price I’m not willing to pay. Are you?

  • What's it going to take to break us?

    What's it going to take to break us?

    The old saints used to pray and fast until God heard their cry. They understood that desperate times call for desperate measures. Today, we get impatient if church services go long and we’re late for lunch. Costco carts are full, but prayer closets are empty. 

  • How does fasting, prayer work in spiritual warfare?

    How does fasting, prayer work in spiritual warfare?

    Do you need a breakthrough, direction, or peace? Is all hell breaking loose in your life? Are there great obstacles ahead? Then it’s time to prepare for battle through prayer and fasting. 

  • America at the crossroads — these are the times that try men’s souls

    America at the crossroads — these are the times that try men’s souls

    Many Christians are busier than ever, but have little time for God. Full stomachs, but empty hearts

  • Do you really want God to rend the Heavens?

    Do you really want God to rend the Heavens?

    Could a lack of prayer and fasting be one of the hindrances to a spiritual awakening? Jesus said that when He is taken away, His disciples would fast. Notice He said, “when you fast,” not “if you fast” (Matthew 9:15; see also 6:16).

  • My response to Mackenzie Morgan calling out Hillsong, Bethel and Elevation

    My response to Mackenzie Morgan calling out Hillsong, Bethel and Elevation

    Could it be that the very thing we need (and that Hillsong, Bethel, and Elevation need) is the very thing we are running from, which is a revival and a powerful move of God’s Spirit via brokenness, humility, and repentance?

  • Would you have been embarrassed in the upper room?

    Would you have been embarrassed in the upper room?

    Why would we fear encountering God in powerful and profound ways? To be stoic and stiff is fine for a graveyard but not for a dynamic worship service. I wonder if these types of people would be embarrassed if they were in the upper room when the Holy Spirit came upon the disciples on that historic day in Acts 2?

  • It’s possible to be Bible taught, but not Spirit-led

    It’s possible to be Bible taught, but not Spirit-led

    It’s possible to be “Bible taught,” but not “Spirit-led”—straight as a gun barrel theologically, but just as empty.

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