Cerulean Sanctum, Chis Daukas, True Grit and Gaddabout have blogged for the charismatic side. Posts from the other side seem rather sparse- I can only find one from David Wayne, and he doesnt really count as most people think he and I are the same person anyway! Meanwhile Rob continues to tirelessly keep us up to date with all the goings on. So really, it would be almost unfair of me to wade in with very much today, so I... Read more
JOLLYBLOGGER has a helpful contribution to our debate on the charismatic view of prophecy. He explains Grudem’s view of NT prophecy and why he doesnt quite believe it. He concludes: “When we call something ‘prophecy’ that is really my own interpretation of some spontaneous impression we are giving a greater weight to that impression/interpretation than it can carry. The same applies when we use phrases like ‘God told me.’ Calling my own spontaneous (and subjective by the way) impressions prophecy... Read more
Tim has a great post where he is being the Tim we all love. He shares his thoughts from his reading of the ESV Old Testament, and shows in detail the weakness of some of the other translations. He concludes: “As I indicated earlier, I was grateful this morning that I have access to such a solid translation of Scripture. While I do not know Hebrew, I still have access to an accurate translation of the author’s original words, complete... Read more
Postscript Posthaste: Fallible Prophecy?: “When I read this post by Adrian Warnock this morning, I just had to respond. Particularly because he has backed himself into such a corner, he’s bound to come out the other side as either a cessationist himself or a very inconsistent charismatic (if he hasn’t achieved that title already).” He then goes on to talk about scripture-forming prophecy and claim that because scripture-forming prophecy was infallible then all prophecy is infallible. Once again I concede... Read more
PyroManiac is a wiley rascal. He is STILL trying to claim that he o so innocently had no thought of cessation in is head when he started his series on modern prophets. But, cessationism is so much part of him that he didnt even need to have the thought in his head for it to come out so clearly to those of us reading his blog! Later on, in his own post the clear truth of his underlying assumptions comes... Read more
Challies Dot Com is complaining about marketing again, but this time its about the new Narnia movie. All I can say is that I wish some marketeer would approach me and our church about sneak previews and other such “evil” things connected to what should turn out to be the film of the year! I am already SO excited about the movie its unreal. Any Narnia marketeers out there, this blog is yours to do with as you choose if... Read more
Phil Johnson is trying to act all coy over on his blog about what he really believes about the charismatics. Well, I thought I’d let him speak for himself from three years ago: “…..I wish I had time even to give you a broad overview of the groups and individuals throughout church history who have claimed to exercise miraculous gifts, that in and of itself would be instructive because for the most part what you discover is they’re all kooks,... Read more
Phil Johnson agreed with me that it is correct to speak of answered prayer outside of a miraculous context: I appreciate the prayers and the well-wishes, and I agree that God’s answer to Adrian’s prayer (by sending rain that eliminated the high pollen counts) was just as much an answer to prayer as a miracle of healing would have been. I also agree that it would have likewise been an answer to prayer if He had called me home. He... Read more
correspondent asked me the following questions and agreed for me to put them to my blog readers: One question for cessationists would concern John 16:13: When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. In micro terms, what does that mean? Pastor Shaun and other cessationists might... Read more
In the ongoing charismatic debate JOLLYBLOGGER: speaks of the reformed doctrine of providence: “I think this speaks to charismatics and cessationists. To the charismatics it blurs the natural/supernatural distinction. In other words its not as if God is absent from the natural and present in the supernatural. God is present in everything. The fact that I just took a breath is an example of direct, divine activity. In other words, I am as dependent on the power of God to... Read more
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