John MacArthur’s Strange Fire as Parody of Jonathan Edwards’ Theology, by William De ArteagaAre Pentecostals offering Strange Fire? (Panel Discussion)
Introduction
The thesis of John MacArthur’s new book, Strange Fire is that Pentecostalism and the Charismatic Movement, are heretical movements that must be rebuked and eliminated from the church. 1 Everything to do with these movements ...
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Review Essay, Keeping the BalancePhillip Duce and Daniel Strange, eds., Keeping the Balance (Intervarsity Press, 2001), 238 pages, 9780851114828.
Approaching theological and religious studies at university-level can present Christians with some special challenges. Cherished beliefs will probably be called into question and deeply held convictions challenged in an intellectual environment that may prove ambivalent, or even rather hostile, to a biblically orthodox faith. ...
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Frank Macchia on the Gifts of God to the ChurchAre Pentecostals offering Strange Fire? (Panel Discussion)
Pentecostals and Reformed affirming the value of all of the New Testament Gifts
Frank Macchia
In the context of this hoopla over cessationism, it might be interesting to see how the issue of spiritual gifts was dealt with in the first round of international talks between the World Alliance of Reformed ...
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John MacArthur's Strange Fire: Estranged by misinterpretation?Are Pentecostals offering Strange Fire? (Panel Discussion)
John MacArthur's new book, Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship (Thomas Nelson), is due out on November 12, 2013. Here are some images and quotes from the book as part of our conversation, "Are Pentecostals offering Strange Fire?"
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Answering the Cessationists’ Case against Continuing Spiritual Gifts
From the Spring 2000 issue of the Pneuma Review (Vol 3, No 2)
By Jon Ruthven
In the preceding article, we left our friend, George, the novice charismatic whose excited testimony ran into a wall of biblical-sounding arguments from his pastor, a cessationist.1 This article offered a kind of pocket guide of “pro” charismatic arguments ...
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Across the Lines: Charles Parham’s Contribution to the Inter-Racial Character of Early PentecostalismEddie L. Hyatt
As appearing the Pneuma Review Fall 2004
With comments by Pauline Parham, daughter-in-law of Charles Parham, who passed away at the age of 94 on December 22, 2003
He has been called a “rabid racist” and a “white supremacist.” He has been vilified as the progenitor of racial prejudice in the Pentecostal movement. Some believe that ...
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John MacArthur’s Strange Fire, A Brief Biblical Response by Jon RuthvenAre Pentecostals offering Strange Fire? (Panel Discussion)
As we shall see, John MacArthur’s abhorrence of “further revelation” via prophecy and related spiritual gifts derives, not from scripture, but from the frustration of Calvinists under Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) of watching so many of their members ...
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The 95 Theses by Dr. Martin LutherDisputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences Commonly Known as The 95 Theses by Dr. Martin Luther
Out of love and concern for the truth, and with the object of eliciting it, the following heads will be the subject of a public discussion at Wittenberg under the presidency of the reverend father, Martin Luther, Augustinian, Master of Arts and Sacred ...
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St. Symeon the New Theologian, On the Mystical Life: The Ethical DiscoursesSt. Symeon the New Theologian, On the Mystical Life: The Ethical Discourses
Vol. 1 The Church and the Last Things (Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1995)
Vol. 2 On Virtue and Christian Life (Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1996)
Vol. 3 Life, Times and Theology (Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997)
I first heard of Symeon the ...
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