What The Prophets Say with Emma Stark

In this episode of What the Prophets Say, Emma Stark is joined by Jonah Wilson and Matt Johnson for a hilarious, honest, and weighty end-of-year conversation that turns sharply into a prophetic call: the Church has a leadership problem, and it’s rooted in a lack of journeying with people.
Together they unpack what it means to follow Jesus and lead others at the same time. From Peter’s messy, Spirit-led learning curve to modern leaders who raise people up too quickly without real parenting and accountability, this episode challenges listeners to move from past-to-present thinking into present-to-future leadership.
You’ll hear why:
Leadership requires releasing others, not gathering crowds
“bigger buildings” can be the wrong dream
Some endings must be expedited to step into new mantles
Healthy ministry needs boundaries (“good fences make good neighbours”)
Every leader needs wells, not constant drains
We all need people beside us, and someone to pull up
If you’ve been faithful in the pew, the Bible study, or the background, consider this your push: it’s time to lead something, journey with someone, and build a company of leaders for what’s ahead.
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In this end-of-year episode of What the Prophets Say, Emma Stark is joined by Louise Reid and Karyn Stewart for a lively, provocative, and deeply prophetic conversation about curiosity, courage, sharpening, and the call to get out of the boat.
As 2025 draws to a close, the trio reflects on what must be carried forward, and what must be left behind. They unpack the necessity of relationships that challenge us, conversations that sharpen rather than soothe, and the danger of comfort masquerading as faithfulness.
This episode explores:
Why provocation can be a gift from God
How curiosity keeps us spiritually alive
Why comfort and fear are equally limiting
Peter’s leap out of the boat - and why sinking wasn’t failure
The power of being rescued by Jesus after the leap
How betrayal, failure, and discomfort become catalysts for growth
Why God deliberately frustrates the status quo
The call to adventurous faith as we step into 2026
This is a conversation for leaders, pioneers, and believers who sense that the season ahead requires more bravery, more curiosity, and more dependence on God than ever before.

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In this reflective, vulnerable, prophetically charged episode, Emma Stark sits down with Taylor and Ali McFarlane to unpack their greatest spiritual and emotional learns of 2025. After a turbulent year marked by unanswered prayers, unexpected challenges, breakthroughs, stretching moments, and divine interruptions, the trio shares the raw process of walking with God through a season where nothing looked predictable, and everything required surrender.

Join Emma Stark, prophet Matt Johnson, and first-time guest prophet Taylor McFarlane for a breathtakingly honest conversation about childhood trauma, father wounds, trust issues, prodigal seasons, healing, and discovering the tenderness of Father God.
Taylor and Matt open their personal stories with unprecedented transparency—sexual abuse, childhood chaos, foster care, murder, abandonment, trauma in adulthood, and the long road to trusting God as Father. Their stories are devastating, redemptive, and full of miraculous turnaround.
This episode is a prophetic lifeline for anyone navigating trauma, deconstruction, prodigal seasons, spiritual distrust, or the long slow healing of the heart.

In this powerful and deeply practical episode of What the Prophets Say, Emma Stark is joined again by Amanda Atkinson and Karen Stewart for a raw, insightful conversation about how God purifies the heart, not just through criticism, but through praise, flattery, and fame.
Beginning with Proverbs 27:21, “The crucible is for silver, the furnace for gold, and a person is tested by the praise they receive,” the trio unpack how today’s younger generation is facing a very different test than the generations before them. While older generations were shaped by rejection and scarcity, today’s emerging voices are being shaped— and sometimes warped— by instant validation, likes, comments, and premature promotion.
Emma, Karen, and Amanda dive into:
How praise and affirmation can expose hidden impurities
Why social media “success” is spiritually dangerous
How to build relationships where correction can actually land
The difference between true celebration and flattery
Why unconscious incompetence is the hidden epidemic of our day
The necessity of real communion and trustworthy friends
How God uses community to refine, humble, and heal us
This episode will challenge your assumptions, strengthen your discernment, and help you develop a purified, humble, teachable heart—no matter your age or calling.