| Filled with the Spirit of God vs. Illumined by the Word of God Contributor(s): Gravely, Allan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1452814384 ISBN-13: 9781452814384 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $15.84 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Pneumatology |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6" W x 9" (1.38 lbs) 472 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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| Publisher Description: There is a war going on for the soul of the evangelical church at the present time.The Strange Fire Conference sponsored by John MacArthur (October 2013) and subsequent book threw down the gauntlet against charismata as understood by Charismatics and Pentecostals. Charismatic leaders like R.T. Kendall, Michael Brown, and Peter Wagner, as well as others like John Piper have been scrambling to answer. Should Christians be cessationists or continuationists in regard to spiritual gifts or some place in between? An important related question is "What is the filling with or baptism in the Holy Spirit and is it for today"? Is the baptism in the Holy Spirit in the present day a myth or at best a historical phenomenon, "a temporary grace," which occurred only in the first century AD and then ceased to be a reality in the church? Or is the evangelical doctrine of illumination of the soul by the word of God all that is needed for believers' transformation today? Could it yet be a somehow meaningful though misinterpreted experience, which should have a different label, as R. C. Sproul, J. I. Packer, and others believe? Should believers seek a filling or baptism with the Spirit in any way analogous to the New Testament? The author believes the last is the case and has given a strong argument from Scripture, history, and Christian experience to support his view that, in spite of the confusion, yes, Virginia, there is a baptism in the Spirit distinct from regeneration, and it is "for you, and your children, and to all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself" (Acts 2:39). |