Joel

Shepherds Conference – My Response to the Cessationist Challenge

March 9, 2007

Over on the Pulpit blog, Nathan Busenitz — who has graciously commented over here — has asked us charismatics to add any further killer arguments to his list of the top 10 charismatic objections to cessationism. I am not sure if he will have time in his seminar itself to address those that I offer [...]

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CHARISMATIC DEBATE – Finishing Off Dan Phillips

September 20, 2006

SUMMARY A friendly debate continues in this post with me first explaining why I hope I’m not your typical charismatic. I then explain why I believe Ephesians 4 demonstrates that these kinds of conversations are vitally important before engaging with a meandering list of issues. You can blame me for the disorganisation in this post [...]

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CHARISMATIC DEBATE – Responding to Dan’s Objections

September 10, 2006

Last week I began my response to Dan Phillips by focusing on the importance of authentic relational Christianity. I had hoped that cessationists would have rallied to say something like, “Adrian, you are right about this bit — keep your tongues and prophecy to yourself, but we are as much in favour of a real [...]

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MLJ Monday Sealed with the Spirit #2

March 26, 2006

Sealing with the Spirit, Part 2‘In whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise.’  (Ephesians 1:13)              *              *              *               *Last week, in the first MLJ Monday, Lloyd-Jones, in his exposition of Ephesians 1:13, defined in careful detail what the term ‘seal’ embodies and how we can understand this term.  In this week’s quotes, [...]

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Blogging the gifts – more on the Holy Spirit

February 22, 2006

I am afraid my interlude must continue a little longer, as one of my readers of my last post in this series on the Holy Spirit and Gifts pointed out that I had made no scriptural case for believing in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit as a distinct experience from conversion. I thought I [...]

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Are we living in the days after the last days?

December 16, 2005

Mark L makes some great points out of Peters use of Joel. I think that these passages are indeed fatal to any real cessationist view. For Joel is clear that “all flesh” will receive the Holy Spirit and prophecy in the last days. Peter is clear that he is living in the good of that [...]

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