Few words in the church carry more tension than prophecy. For some people it opens something up. For others it tightens something in the chest. Both reactions make sense — because few gifts have been used with more beauty and more damage than this one.

This Sunday in Part 1 of this two-part conversation, we lay the foundation. Why we still believe this gift is for the church today. What New Testament prophecy actually is — and what it isn't. And why most of the time it sounds a lot less dramatic than you might expect.