Sam Storms

Sam Storms is well known as a reformed charismatic who advocates a very similar brand of Christianity to John Piper and others before him. Sam and I have also filmed a series of three interviews on his devotional book, my book, and being a reformed charismatic pastor. Prior to that we also conducted an email interview

Sam Storms On Pastoring As A Reformed Charismatic

February 11, 2010

In the following inteview, Sam and I speak about what it is like for him to pastor as a reformed charismatic. It is a very interesting exchange, and one I very much enjoyed filming:

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INTERVIEW – Sam Storms Turns The Tables On Me

February 10, 2010

Today I continue my interview with Sam Storms. I allowed him to turn the tables on me and interview me about the resurrection. He makes a great interviewer, I think:

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INTERVIEW – Sam Storms on His Books About 2 Corinthians

February 9, 2010

One highlight of my time in Minneapolis was finally meeting Sam Storms. I really enjoyed filming a series of interview clips which will be shared on the blog over the next three days. This first section of our time is about his set of two new books on the much neglected epistle of 2 Corinthians. [...]

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Pastors Conference Day Two

February 3, 2010

A full day of further incredibly helpful and much needed pummeling about joy would be a good way to sum up today.  Worship continued to be meaningful and full of the presence of the Spirit.  The talks continue to be posted on the Desiring God site so you can read full notes, watch, and listen to [...]

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Pastors Conference Day One

February 2, 2010

Yesterday was an amazing day.  The relational warmth of the people here and their passion for Jesus is infectious.  It was exceptional to meet Sam Storms, who I interviewed via email back in 2006, and whose ministry I have watched from afar. Look out for a video interview with him in the not-too-distant future here. [...]

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Ten Things That Please God In Worship

May 12, 2009

Sam Storms writes on worship in More Precious Than Gold, 50 Daily Meditations on the Psalms (Crossway Books: Wheaton, IL 2009), 180-184. Sam reports how a man once approached him and told him, undoubtedly sincerely, that he was uncomfortable with the way Sam worshiped. Sam’s reply? “I’m certainly open to correction, and I’m sorry you [...]

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2008 Top Posts Numbers 19 and 20

August 24, 2008

The 20th most read post on my blog at the moment is my interview with Sam Storms. In 19th place is another interview, this time with Josh Harris.

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Pick Your Christian Conferences Now

July 24, 2008

UPDATEYou can watch the Newday promo video right here:The summer is officially here, or at least it is in England, although with our odd weather, we can’t guarantee what we will experience over the next few weeks! But it is a good time to think ahead to next year and think about what events you [...]

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4th Most Read Post – Sam Storms, John Piper, and John Bunyan Versus Wayne Grudem, Al Mohler, and Mark Dever

February 13, 2008

No. 4 on the list of most-read posts on this blog appeared on August 21, 2007, and was one in a series of posts that catalogued a major debate about baptism and church membership which took place online between such theological heavyweights as John Piper, Sam Storms, Wayne Grudem, Lig Duncan, and Mark Dever. The [...]

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Help for our Prayerlessness – by Sam Storms

January 24, 2008

Part of the reason for my blog holiday has been, hopefully, to fit more time for prayer into my schedule which, even without blogging, remains tightly packed. As usual, I have not found that as easy as I would like—although I am praying more than I normally do. What is it about prayer that we [...]

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17th Most Read Post – Interview with Dr. Sam Storms

January 19, 2008

No. 17 on the list of the most-read posts on this blog appeared on April 12, 2006, and was my interview with Dr. Sam Storms. Sam is a well-known Calvinistic charismatic speaker. He writes popular books which express a very similar theology to that of John Piper in an accessible way. His latest book, Signs [...]

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BOOK – Sam Storms Interprets Edwards’ Classic on the Spirit

December 4, 2007

My buddy, Jesse, has recently completed a nine-part series of posts on Signs of the Spirit, in which Sam Storms interprets Jonathan Edwards’ classic work on experiential Christianity, The Religious Affections. Here are the links: 1. True spirituality is a hunger for God 2. Public gathering, prayer, preaching, and singing 3. You’re not a Christian [...]

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Lig Duncan On the Great Baptism, Church Membership, and Lord’s Supper Debate

August 21, 2007

Lig Duncan has responded resoundingly to both sides of the debate about whether he should be allowed to join a Baptist church. He argues that these differences are important and demonstrate a passion for truth that is critical. Here is just some of what he says: “. . . let me say that this significant [...]

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Sam Storms Feels Mark Dever is Confusing on the Lord’s Supper

August 21, 2007

In the comments section of Sam Storms’ contribution to the baptism debate is a comment that is too good to leave there. Here is what the commentator said: Adrian, I think Sam might be misunderstanding Mark’s position. He keeps referring to the idea that Mark would deny a [paedobaptist] (visiting his church, maybe even speaking [...]

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Wayne Grudem Says Sam Storms is Right About the Lord’s Supper

August 21, 2007

In light of Sam Storms’ contribution to the great baptism debate yesterday, Wayne Grudem has sent me an e-mail which includes an extract from his Systematic Theology which, unlike his perspective on baptism and church membership, has not changed recently. The rest of this article was written by Wayne Grudem and is published with permission: [...]

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Sam Storms, John Piper, and John Bunyan vs. Wayne Grudem, Al Mohler, and Mark Dever

August 20, 2007

UPDATEIn January 2008, the following post was identified as the 4th all-time most popular post with readers of this blog. The 5th most-read post was “Steve Chalke and the Lost Message of Jesus.” The 4th most widely-read post was one in a series of posts that catalogued a major debate about baptism and church membership, [...]

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Sam Storms Reviews Pierced For Our Transgressions

June 7, 2007

Sam Storms has written a two part review of PFOT. This is the must-read book of the year. It is not a light read, but it is on such a vital subject that every thinking Christian needs to get a copy. The review is in two parts. I will quote from the first, but the [...]

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Sam Storms Responds to Jimmy Draper on The Bible and Tongues

April 18, 2007

Sam Storms launched his blog only yesterday. On day two, he launches a broadside against Jimmy Draper’s latest article about tongues. Sam Storms quite rightly believes that tongues were NEVER meant to be evangelistic . . . . This could get interesting in the comment section. I am keeping out of it this time! Sam [...]

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Tongues in the Blogosphere – Dr. Sam Storms Comments

July 28, 2006

As a further response to the ongoing discussion between Dan Phillips and myself, I received the following article from Sam Storms via email. This will be appearing on his site, Enjoying God Ministries, in a week or so. In the meantime, he has given me permission to post it here. In recent days two bloggers [...]

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Interview with Dr. Sam Storms

April 12, 2006

UPDATE In January 2008, the following post was identified as the 17th all-time most popular post with readers of this blog. The 18th most-read post was Dr. Kim Riddlebarger’s response to John MacArthur’s assertion that non-dispensational Calvinists are not “really reformed.” Sam Storms is well-known as a Calvinistic charismatic speaker. He writes popular books which [...]

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