Court prophets and the crisis of the prophetic

While this article was published after the text was nearly complete, the following quote resonated when my mom showed it to me with the encouragement that this is what Zeal does:

At its core, the prophetic names the relationship between the living God and the social, political, economic and religious systems human beings build. That relationship never is neutral. It always is evaluative. The prophet stands as a divinely appointed check on human power, a witness that no institution, no nation, no economy, no ideology, no church stands above God’s vision and judgment.

Lewis Brogdon, Court prophets and the crisis of the prophetic, Baptist News Global, 1/16/26

That's what I was aiming for, even without the words to describe it. I pray that this book would do for you what Brogdon says prophecy is supposed to do:

It does not simply confirm the righteousness of one camp over another. It unsettles every camp.