Yes, I would want to... if I believed it would matter.
If Jan or I would give you our opinion on truth teachers or true prophets we could then wait for the beat down...right?
I have skin in this opinion of mine. A biological brother that was drawn away from his family by a sister-in-law due in part to the leaders of IHOP.
It has been a hard road, he was also a close friend for 45 years. No more. It is sad and hurts deeply.
There is so much evidence in the trail of refuse that has been left behind by IHOP that it is hard to ignore.
If you are sincere about teachers....I have found a few.
I am sorry for your brother and how that must have affected you and your family. May God bring His healing and direction into that situation.
As for you or Jan giving who you consider true prophets, sure I might disagree with you, so what? Personally I am not all that comfortable with any of the well known ones and don’t follow them. There is probably a few I like but cannot honestly think of any right now...maybe a name or two will come to me later and I will post it. It is probably because I don’t follow any of them or what they say. I do know some local ones that I respect and I know quite a few including friends who give prophecy from time to time as I do also. There has been some great prophecy in our church that was directed at our church that was most helpful and I am most thankful for those people’s faithfulness to give those words publicly via the Holy Spirit. Maybe you are in the same mind as me and don’t really follow well known prophetic people, I get that all to well. I think there is lots of false words given to be honest but I don’t want to miss the real stuff out of fear of the false ones.
As for well known teachers, Rolland Baker has a single teaching that has impacted my life in ministry more than any other. John Piper has helped me often, I don’t agree with him on a few things but I respect him greatly and his desire for the truth. Mike Bickle teaching has been helpful. A good friend a Pastor has probably had the biggest overall impact on me, but you would not know him. DeVern Fromke, Roy Hession come to mind, love their teaching and have for many many years. Mostly these days I just read the bible and read very little else (except politics at FR :) .. )