The Urgent Knock: What’s Inside ‘I Have to Tell You Something’
I am incredibly excited to finally share I Have to Tell You Something with you.
When I sat down to write the core message for this book, I knew it had to be direct. The Gospel isn’t just a comforting set of suggestions to make our earthly lives a little smoother; it is a rescue mission. Sometimes, love requires kicking in the door of a burning house and yelling, “Fire! Get out!”
Throughout these pages, we tackle some heavy, profound truths about what it actually means to follow Christ in a world that is fading away. We look at the reality of true repentance. It isn’t just feeling bad about our mistakes—it is the active, daily decision to drop the heavy baggage of our earthly comforts, compromises, and rebellion so we can actually fit through the narrow gate. We cannot hold onto the fading kingdom while trying to step into the eternal one…
Published: April 22, 2026
Imagine standing high above a sleeping city on the cold stone of an ancient wall. The night is quiet, the citizens are resting peacefully, and the heavy gates are barred shut. In the ancient world, this was the solitary post of the watchman. His duty was not to fight the invading army, but simply to keep his eyes open and his trumpet ready. God paints this exact picture for the prophet Ezekiel, stating, “Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel” (Ezekiel 3:17). The watchman’s role was singular and crucial: see the danger coming from afar and sound the alarm. If he blew the trumpet, he saved lives; if he stayed silent, the blood of the city was on his hands. Today, that ancient wall has been replaced by our modern world, but the critical need for spiritual watchmen remains just as urgent.
To be a watchman is to carry a profound and often uncomfortable burden. When you study the prophecies of the end times—the gathering storms described in Matthew, Luke, and the letters to the Thessalonians—you are no longer afforded the luxury of blissful ignorance. Once your eyes are opened to the truth of Scripture and the reality of the coming judgment, a heavy weight settles upon your shoulders. It is the weight of the warning. You realize that the people around you—friends, family, and strangers—are going about their daily lives entirely unaware of the spiritual reality rushing toward them. Like Ezekiel, who was given a message of warning that tasted as sweet as honey in his mouth but brought bitterness to his stomach (Ezekiel 3:3-14), the sweetness of knowing God’s truth is coupled with the bitter realization of what awaits those who refuse to listen.
The message we carry is not a casual piece of advice; it is an urgent declaration of life and death. The Lord made it undeniably clear to Ezekiel that the watchman does not have the option of remaining silent out of fear or awkwardness. God declared, “Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me” (Ezekiel 33:7). When we look at the world today, we see the very signs Jesus spoke of beginning to unfold. We are watching the horizon darken, yet so many in the church and the world are lulled into a spiritual slumber. The urge to shake them awake, to shout, “I have to tell you something!” becomes a fire in the bones. The trumpet blast cannot be a hesitant, uncertain sound; it must be clear, piercing, and impossible to ignore…
Inside these pages, you will discover:
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The Call of the Watchman: Why knowing the truth brings a heavy responsibility to warn those we love.
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The Signs of the Age: How to recognize the “birth pains” of a world in labor.
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The Invisible Kingdom: How to live as a citizen of Heaven while walking on a fading Earth.
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The Great Escape: Why the God of judgment is, above all, the God of the Rescue.
This is more than a book about the end of the world—it is a manual for spiritual survival and a roadmap to the only door that remains open. The trumpet is sounding. The Kingdom is at hand. It’s time to listen.
— Seanjennin
