I believe in the importance of biblical preaching and biblical doctrine. When I look around at so many churches, I see so much that is lightweight. So many churches fall into error, despite their keenness on expressing the power of the Holy Spirit, because their desire for the Holy Spirit and his gifts has not…
Many people seem to hold John Piper and John MacArthur in a similarly high level of esteem. However, many people also know that, while MacArthur is a cessationist, believing all the miraculous gifts of the Spirit have ceased, Piper is a continuist, believing that the bible teaches these gifts continue today. MacArthur and his followers…
“The Normal Christian Birth” is a book by David Pawson – a man whose preaching I have respected for a very long time. You can also listen to Pawson's messages on the subject, downloading mp3 sermons for free at www.davidpawson.org. Pawson maintains that we have misunderstood the process of being born again in recent years.…
In Ephesians 4, we read about what some have referred to as the Fivefold Ministry of the Church. And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till…
I have been considering doing a series which would biblically refute John MacArthur's Strange Fire. As has frequently been the case recently, Adrian Warnock has beaten me to it – and done it very well indeed. His series is not yet finished, but this category link will give you a list of all the posts…
The staff at Grace To You have published a blog post entitled Strange Fire: What Now? A quick read of the blog reveals that these people still don't get it. They attempt to respond to what they call “hurt” or “anger” from charismatics, and make a number of exhortations. Let me answer just two. Please…
I have found reviews of the Strange Fire conference by Tim Challies to be helpful, even though he is a cessationist and I am not. In a blog posted today, he highlights the problem that some charismatics have had with the conference, given the confidence with which many of the speakers spoke. He says: I…
If there is a genuine criticism of the charismatic movement from the Strange Fire conference that we pentecostals ought to accept, it is this: we have probably not – with certain honorable exceptions – been vocal enough in criticizing the oddballs and heretics within our midst, of which there are many. I was thinking that…
