Theology Unplugged: Why I Am/Not Charismatic, Part 3
by C Michael PattonJuly 22nd, 2011
Join C. Michael Patton, Tim Kimberley and Sam Storms as they discuss issues surrounding spiritual gifts
Spiritual Gifts
Join C. Michael Patton, Tim Kimberley and Sam Storms as they discuss issues surrounding spiritual gifts
Join C. Michael Patton, Tim Kimberley and Sam Storms as they discuss issues surrounding spiritual gifts
(Lisa Robinson) It is not long before this this topic comes when engaged in a conversation about continuationism vs. cessationism. Some will insist that we still need miracles today. One of the common misunderstandings that I have observed continuationists have concerning cessationists is the charge that cessationists believe that miracles are no longer needed. While [...]
(by Lisa Robinson) It has been five years since my ‘conversion’ from being a somewhat radical charismatic to embrace a soft-cessationist position…I think. The reason I say put that qualifier on there is because I have had to wrestle through not only some doctrinal dilemmas concerning the cessation of gifts, but also some more pragmatic [...]
(by Lisa Robinson) A while ago, I addressed in A Theology of More a mentality that has a continual quest for greater external manifestations that demonstrates that God is active in the lives of his people, both individually and corporately. The quest is usually part and parcel of alignment with Charismatic/Pentecostal theology and the belief [...]
Download PDF E-Book I used to walk through Christian book stores and choose my books based on whether or not the author was a charismatic. I would pick up a commentary and turn immediately to 1 Cor. 12 (the section on spiritual gifts). If the author believed that the spiritual gifts were for today, I [...]
Have you noticed the rise in psychic “hotlines” and TV shows nowadays? Five years ago, it would have been difficult to find even a psychic commercial on TV. Now, there are several half-hour infomercials, aired almost round the clock. Have you also noticed New Age music cropping up here and there, not to mention the [...]
I am not a charismatic. It is hard for me to describe myself as a traditional cessationist either. I refer to myself as a “de facto” cessationist. What does this mean? Essentially, when it comes to the so-called supernatural sign gifts such as gifts of tongues, prophecy, workers of miracles, etc, I have never seen [...]
Presuppositionalism
A method of Christian apologetics normally employed by Reformed theologians that seeks to give a defense of the Christian faith by offering an offensive method of engagement. Presuppositionalists believe that one must presuppose the Christian worldview and the Scriptures in order to dispel the worldview of the unbeliever. Presuppositionalist criticize “evidentialists” for seeking to give [...] continue reading