Jonathan Seiver: The Palace, reviewed by Jon Ruthven
Jonathan Seiver, The Palace: A Prophetic Journey through the Cultures of This Age and the Kingdom of the Age to Come (Charleston, SC: SP, 2015), 146 pages, ISBN... Read more.
William De Arteaga: Agnes Sanford and Her Companions, reviewed by Jon Ruthven
William L. De Arteaga, Agnes Sanford and Her Companions: The Assault on Cessationism and the Coming of the Charismatic Renewal (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2015),... Read more.
What is Salvation?
What does the Bible mean when it talks about salvation? Scholar Jon Ruthven shares some “hasty, preliminary notes” as he works through this important question... Read more.
Jon Ruthven’s Further reflections on Strangers to Fire, a response to John MacArthur
Strangers to Fire represents a phalanx of biblical responses by a variety of authors to the cessationism first developed by the serpent in the Garden: “Did God... Read more.
Del Tarr: The Foolishness of God
Del Tarr, The Foolishness of God: A Linguist Looks at the Mystery of Tongues (Springfield, MO: The Access Group, 2010), xvii +447 pages, ISBN 9780984447008.... Read more.
John MacArthur’s Strange Fire, A Brief Biblical Response by Jon Ruthven
John MacArthur, Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship (Nashville, TN: Nelson Books, 2013), 333 pages, ISBN 9781400206414.... Read more.
Upon This Foundation: Ephesians 2:20 and the Gift of Prophecy, by Jon M. Ruthven
Introduction Cessationists,1 those who argue that certain gifts of the Spirit have ceased, are increasingly using an argument-from-analogy from Paul’s epistle... Read more.
Answering the Cessationists’ Case against Continuing Spiritual Gifts
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,... Read more.
Bible Answers about Continuing Spiritual Gifts for Your Non-Charismatic Friends
George could feel his face growing red and hot. He was embarrassed—utterly stymied and tongue-tied. His excited story about his recent filling with the Spirit... Read more.
The Kingdom and the Power
Gary S. Greig and Kevin N. Springer, eds., The Kingdom and the Power: Are Healing and Spiritual Gifts Used by Jesus and the Early Church Meant for the Church Today?... Read more.