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As a Pentecostal, I’d like to be able to say that cessationism and eternal security are the reasons why Lawson fell into adultery. But how do you explain Mike Bickle’s fall? He was charismatic. However, both of them did believe … Continue reading →

Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. –Acts 17:11 (NIV) Speaking about these things … Continue reading →

When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with fear…Moses said to the people, “Do not be afraid. God has come to test you, so that the fear … Continue reading →

THE WRONG WAY. Ronald Enroth, Churches That Abuse (Zondervan, 1992). THE RIGHT WAY. Thomas Oden, Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry (HarperOne, 1983). This was a standard textbook on pastoral ministry in the conservative Wesleyan churches. Candy Brown, Testing Prayer: Science and Healing (Harvard, 2012). Sets realistic … Continue reading →

They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Bezer, who loved the wages of wickedness. –2 Peter 2:15 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit … Continue reading →