A few weeks ago, I was on a radio broadcast in the UK with Adrian Warnock, which I believe I told you about at the time. At that time, I told a story about a “word of knowledge” experience I once had, which caused Adrian to call me a continuationist in denial. I said that …
Cessationism in a Nutshell
Last night I recorded a discussion with Adrian Warnock on cessationism. It will be available this coming Saturday — Premier Christian radio site will stream live on Saturday at 9:30am ET or 2:30pm UK. As I hope the discussion will make clear, I know and understand that responsible continuationists affirm the doctrine of sola Scriptura. …
You Have to Think It Is What You Think It Is
I want to take a minute to follow up on a couple of points that have been raised in response to my Strange Fire post. These are issues that interest me, and they have broad epistemological ramifications. The first issue was raised in the comments to my post, and went this way: “Your story about …
Excesses of the Wahoo Brethren
I need to say something about the Strange Fire conference, and the reactions to it, but because I am not particularly well-informed about that particular controversy, let me content myself with saying a few general things about the topic, which others may inject into the controversy as it suits them. I suspect, although I do …
Eleven Theses on Private Spirits
Before getting into it, my views on the subject of continuing revelation are basically found in the first chapter of the Westminster Confession. “The supreme judge by which all controversies of religion are to be determined, and all decrees of councils, opinions of ancient writers, doctrines of men, and private spirits, are to be examined, …
On Being a Tricksy Dancer
I would just like to take a moment to thank Phil Johnson for the gracious reply. I would also like to offer my apologies for being exasperating, and such a tricksy dancer. I don’t usually mean to be. I have a great deal of agreement with Phil’s premises, and therefore a lot of sympathy with …
Mark Driscoll, Visions, TeamPyro, Cessationism, and Me
As we have reminded you a number of times, we have a conference coming up called The Grace Agenda. More information about that can be gathered here, and of course I recommend it to you. But if you know anything about this conference at all, you probably know that Mark Driscoll is one of the …