Archive for 'Spiritual Gifts'
J.P. Moreland Shakes Up Conference Talking About ‘Bibliolatry"
Talbot Seminary professor J.P. Moreland shook up the recent Evangelical Theological Society conference in San Diego by telling attendees that evangelicals were ‘over-committed’ to the Bible and disregarded other ‘extra-Biblical’ forms of guidance from God. During his address, Dr. Moreland pointed out that evangelical scholars and the movement, as a whole, many times reject:
“…guidance, [...]
Posted: November 25th, 2007 under News Commentary, Spiritual Gifts.
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50% of Southern Baptist Pastors Believe in Tongues?
A surprising study shows that half of the Southern Baptist senior pastors actually believe in the gift of tongues. On the downside the study also shows that recent Southern Baptist seminary graduates are (55%) far more cessationist in their views.
The study also found that 66% of non-SBC Protestant senior pastors believe in the gift [...]
Posted: June 2nd, 2007 under News Commentary, Spiritual Gifts.
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Comparing Islam and Christianity -The Holy Spirit and Spiritual Gifts
Islam and Christianity have very different views about the Holy Spirit and Spiritual gifts.
1. The Holy Spirit: Read my article comparing the views and different identity of the Holy Spirit within the two religions -posted on my Apologetica blog.
2. Spiritual Gifts According to Islam:
There are no spiritual gifts in Islam. All signs [...]
Posted: March 25th, 2007 under Holy Spirit, Islam, Spiritual Gifts.
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“My Conversation with God”: An Anonymous Testimony That made My Day
I just finished reading an incredible article that I received from Christianity Today. It actual made my day and my night also! It is an anonymous testimony from a professor of theology which is obviously not Pentecostal or Charismatic. In fact he says:
I’m a middle-aged professor of theology at a well-known Christian university. [...]
Posted: March 2nd, 2007 under Announcement, Praise Report, Spiritual Gifts, Testimony.
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Interesting Research on Speaking in Tongues
The University of Pennsylvania has been conducting tests viewing brain images of people while they were speaking in tongues. I found reference to this in the January copy of Charima Magazine (pg. 15). A complete article on this research can be read at Newswise with this link, including the following important quotes:
Posted: January 20th, 2007 under News Commentary, Spiritual Gifts.
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