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Holy Spirit Baptism

How Charismatic are YOU? A Spectrum of belief and practice

December 1, 2011

Today, in the tradition of my previous Arminocalvinist Spectrum, Evolution vs Creationism Spectrum and Spectrum of belief on hell and salvation I present a “Charismatic-cessationist spectrum.” For some more background on this issue, and a fairly typical charismatic perspective see my series of posts on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. As usual this may be a bit of a living [...]

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The Holy Spirit as Evidence of our Salvation « Scholarship in the Glory

September 28, 2011

I just had to share this quote with you, do pop by the blog I found it on to read the rest of the article. The writer is speaking about a verse in 1 John which says essentially that the Holy Spirit is directly involved in giving us assurance of salvation. There is some similar [...]

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Interview with Dr. Jack Hayford – Part Three: Baptism with the Holy Spirit

April 1, 2011

In this final part of the interview we discuss Baptism with the Holy Spirit: By now you should hopefully be able to watch the sessions from the recent 300 Leaders conference where Dr. Hayford was the speaker and book into our next event with Terry Virgo.

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More on the Baptism with the Holy Spirit from Terry Virgo

February 18, 2011

Today Terry continues to argue for the Baptism with the Spirit as a distinct experience (though one that can happen on the day of someones conversion). He was asked about people who feel that they have received all that there is of the Spirit at conversion: “I have read so much of Martyn Lloyd-Jones that [...]

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Baptism in the Holy Spirit by Terry Virgo

February 17, 2011

You know how it works. Here are some extracts to whet your appetite, followed by another video of Terry Virgo. This time he is speaking about the importance he places on a clear, distinct experience of baptism with the Holy Spirit: “I remember reading Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones who said that receiving the Spirit is [...]

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Grabbers of the impossible

February 3, 2011

It is interesting to me how many great pioneers of the past believed in the Baptism of the Holy Spirit as something that is needed, subsequent to conversion, to empower the believer for works of service. One example of this is seen in the following quote from C.T. Studd (see also for example, Lloyd-Jones on [...]

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Receiving the Holy Spirit

January 28, 2011

At the recent Mobilise USA event, Tope Koleoso spoke in a seminar about receiving the Holy Spirit. I encourage you to listen to the audio of the session and some notes follow. Other audio is available from the Newfrontiers USA site. 1. The Mandate THE WELL John 4:14 “Receive the Holy Spirit.” John 20:22 “be [...]

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MLJ: Regeneration= unconscious, Baptism with Spirit= conscious

November 8, 2010

The Confluence blog has shared the following Lloyd-Jones quote: “It is clear that the baptism with the Holy Spirit is always something clear and unmistakable, something which can be recognized by the person to whom it happens and by others who look on at this person. This is obviously a most vital and important principle. [...]

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Faith and Feelings Part Four – Spurgeon on Sealing and Faith

September 17, 2010

In today’s quote Spurgeon introduces the vital concept of “sealing” or assurance of our faith and relates it ultimately to the line from our hymn: Note also that this sealing does not necessarily come at once with faith. It grows out of faith, and comes “after that ye believed.” We are not in every case [...]

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Pascal’s experience of God: something many modern Christians miss entirely

June 13, 2010

One fascinating thing that I quote in Raised With Christ is J. I. Packer’s assertion that Puritans were very unlike Christians today in that they liked to talk about their experiences of God. Today I want to share with you the record of a remarkable experience of God had by Pascal. The following quote is [...]

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Holy Spirit Baptism Testimony

December 12, 2009

I received this testimony from someone in an email recently. I asked them if I could share it here anonymously and they graciously agreed. Having grown up as a cessationist, God had other plans for them: I set myself to reading all I could find on the subject, searching the Scriptures, and praying over the [...]

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John Piper on Baptism with the Holy Spirit

February 6, 2009

John Piper shares some interesting perspectives on the fullness of the holy Spirit in a sermon he gave last november. It is intruiging how he endeavours to sidestep the issue of identifying baptism with the Holy Spirit as either conversion or a second blessing. Piper seems keener that we are all open to more infusions [...]

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Is Man Bipartate or Tripartate?

October 2, 2008

One of the interesting controversies of theology is the nature of man. Many assume we are tripartate — body, soul, and spirit. Others argue strongly that Scripture suggests we only have two parts — body and soul/spirit. In today’s quote from Spurgeon, he seems to suggest we have two parts before salvation and three parts [...]

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Pressing In To Know God

September 22, 2008

This quote from Martyn Lloyd-Jones should challenge us in our determination to truly relate to our glorious risen Saviour. Do you know God? Do you know anything of this familiar trafficking with Him, this communion with Him, which is real? I am not talking about just getting on your knees and saying your prayers. I [...]

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TOAM08 – Terry Virgo on Philip (Acts 8)

July 11, 2008

This is the final set of notes I will post. But come back over the next week or two for a series of video interviews, and over this weekend for some notes from other talks Driscoll will be giving around London. As mp3s are posted, we will also be adding download links to the individual [...]

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TOAM08 – Terry Virgo on Stephen (Acts 6-7)

July 9, 2008

One of the great joys of this conference is that it is a gathering of friends. I had a lovely tea at the Grand Hotel on the Brighton seafront with my dear friends, Ian and Megan Jukes, Andrew and Cheryl Cottingham, and Tom Eaton. We had a lot of fun, and the connection was re-established. [...]

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TOAM08 – Mark Driscoll: Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Luke and Acts

July 8, 2008

Terry introduced Mark by mentioning his currently available books, all of which he highly recommended. You can buy these from the Newfrontiers resources page. It was nice to see my pastor, Tope Koleoso, on the stage praying for Mark just before he began preaching. It was interesting that just a couple of weeks ago Tope [...]

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One Reason We Celebrate Mother’s Day

May 11, 2008

For some reason, in the UK we celebrate Mother’s Day in March. Actually, this morning I was surprised to be able to attend a church in the European city I am visiting at the moment. There they celebrated Mother’s Day, as well as Pentecost. The sermon was like a clear trumpet note for the type [...]

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ASK A BLOGGER – How To Seek the Spirit: Surrender to Jesus

March 18, 2008

Yesterday I answered the final question in a series of questions on the Holy Spirit that I have been addressing. My answers to those questions were discussed in the following posts: What is Baptism in the Holy Spirit? How Do I Know If I Am Spirit Baptized? What Are the Results of Spirit Baptism? What [...]

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ASK A BLOGGER – What Will the Baptism of the Holy Spirit Mean To Me?

March 18, 2008

Today we come to the sixth question that my e-mail correspondent asked: What will all this mean for me—will I have to stop being a conservative reformed believer? If not, what do people like me do differently after we receive the baptism of the Spirit in our churches?In answer to your first question, of course [...]

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