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There was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe. –Genesis 12:10

Some, however, made fun of them and said, “They have had too much wine.” –Acts 2:13

About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.   –Acts 10:9-10

O, this being full of the Holy Ghost! How much it means. I was riding for sixty miles one summer day and as I looked up in the heavens I had an open vision of Jesus all the way. It takes the Holy Ghost to give this.     –Smith Wigglesworth

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G. B. Scaramelli, A Handbook of Mystical Theology.

Cecil Robeck, The Azusa Street Mission and Revival.

Guy Chevreau, Catch the Fire.

Adolphe Tanquerey, The Spiritual Life.

Andrew Strom, Kundalini Warning.

Smith Wigglesworth, Ever Increasing Faith, chs. 11-18.

Daniel Jennings, The Supernatural Occurrences of John Wesley.

Thomas Boys, The Suppressed Evidence.

Thomas C. Oden, John Wesley’s Scriptural Christianity, ch. 7.

Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle.

Jacobus de Voragine, The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saints, p. 559…

As many as are led by the Spirit of God,
they are the sons of God.
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If you are led by the Spirit, 
you are not under the law.
–Galatians 5:18—

A vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the Gospel unto them.
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Stan Telchin, Messianic Judaism Is Not Christianity.

Thomas C. Oden, John Wesley’s Scriptural Christianity, pgs. 111-112.

William J. Seymour, Azusa Street Sermons.

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called. –1 Timothy 6:20 (KJV)

Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones. –Mark 5:5

“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. ¹⁰ “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. ¹¹ But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.” ¹² The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.   –Job 1:9-12

God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. –2 Timothy 1:7 (KJV)

The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost. –John 14:26 (KJV)

The peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. –Philippians 4:7

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Etzel Cardeña, Varieties of Anomalous Experience, ch. 3: “Hallucinatory Experiences.”

Francis MacNutt, Deliverance from Evil Spirits, ch. 3.

Gabriele Amorth, An Exorcist Tells His Story, “The Point of Departure,” p. 67ff.

John Wimber, Power Healing, ch. 6, Appendix B: “Healing Those in Hospitals.”

The prophet Elisha summoned a man from the company of the prophets and said to him, “Tuck your cloak into your belt, take this flask of olive oil with you and go to Ramoth Gilead. ² When you get there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi. Go to him, get him away from his companions and take him into an inner room. ³ Then take the flask and pour the oil on his head and declare, ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king over Israel.’ Then open the door and run; don’t delay!” ⁴ So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead. ⁵ When he arrived, he found the army officers sitting together. “I have a message for you, commander,” he said. “For which of us?” asked Jehu. “For you, commander,” he replied. ⁶ Jehu got up and went into the house. Then the prophet poured the oil on Jehu’s head and declared, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘I anoint you king over the Lord’s people Israel. ⁷ You are to destroy the house of Ahab your master, and I will avenge the blood of my servants the prophets and the blood of all the Lord’s servants shed by Jezebel. ⁸ The whole house of Ahab will perish. I will cut off from Ahab every last male in Israel—slave or free. ⁹ I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah. ¹⁰ As for Jezebel, dogs will devour her on the plot of ground at Jezreel, and no one will bury her.’” Then he opened the door and ran.

¹¹ When Jehu went out to his fellow officers, one of them asked him, “Is everything all right? Why did this maniac come to you?” “You know the man and the sort of things he says,” Jehu replied. ¹² “That’s not true!” they said. “Tell us.” Jehu said, “Here is what he told me: ‘This is what the Lord says: I anoint you king over Israel.’” ¹³ They quickly took their cloaks and spread them under him on the bare steps. Then they blew the trumpet and shouted, “Jehu is king!” –2 Kings 9:1-13

Other renditions of “this maniac” in reference to the prophet in 2 Kings 9:11 are translated this way: “that madman” (NLT), “this mad fellow” (KJV), “this crazy fellow” (NASB), “this crazy person” (HCSB), and “that crazy prophet” (CEV).

A man with an unclean spirit, ³ who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no one could bind him, not even with chains, ⁴ because he had often been bound with shackles and chains. And the chains had been pulled apart by him, and the shackles broken in pieces; neither could anyone tame him. ⁵ And always, night and day, he was in the mountains and in the tombs, crying out and cutting himself with stones. –Mark 5:1-5

The one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. –1 Corinthians 14:3

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Etzel Cardeña, ed., Varieties of Anomalous Experience, ch. 3: “Hallucinatory Experiences.”

Steve Thompson, You May All Prophesy.

The Star Wars Trilogy. (The Jedi are a Buddhist-Catholic idea of monks and knights).

Charles Spurgeon, Spiritual Warfare in a Believer’s Life, pgs. 54-55.

Do not turn to mediums or seek out spiritists, for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.   –Leviticus 19:31

All these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. –1 Corinthians 12:11 (KJV)

The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit. –John 3:8

We’ll see. We never make commitments. We go and come and come and go. We’re a capricious* crowd!    –Al in Angels in the Outfield clip 1:03-1:13

*Capricious – governed or characterized by caprice: IMPULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE. Caprice: a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action; a sudden usually unpredictable condition, change, or series of changes; a disposition to do things impulsively.

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Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Occult, ch. 7.

Clifford Wilson and John Weldon, Occult Shock and Psychic Forces: A Biblical View.

Stanley Krippner, ed., Debating Psychic Experience, chs. 1, 3.

James Wheatley, ed., Philosophical Dimensions of Parapsychology, ch. 30.

Etzel Cardena, ed., Varieties of Anomalous Experience (Amer. Psy. Assoc.), chs. 3, 7, 12.

Roberts Liardon, ed., John G. Lake: The Complete Collection of His Life Teachings.

David Lewis, Healing: Fiction, Fantasy, or Fact? (survey of a Wimber conference) – 32% dramatic physical healing rate.

Kathryn Kuhlman, Captain LeVrier Believes In Miracles. (doctors affidavits attesting to healings).

The Voice of Healing Magazine. (many occasions of healing affidavits).

To each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given. –1 Corinthians 12:7

Satan…afflicted Job with painful sores…to the crown of his head.   –Job 2:7

Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. –Colossians 2:8 (KJV)

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William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, ch. 3.

Teresa of Avila, Interior Castle, ch. 4.

James Goll and Julia Loren, Shifting Shadows of Supernatural Experiences, ch. 2.

Albert Farges, Mystical Phenomena Compared with Their Human and Diabolical Counterfeits, p. 350ff.

Felicitas Goodman, “Glossolalia and Hallucination in Pentecostal Congregations.”

Eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. –1 Corinthians 14:1

In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. –Acts 2:17

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. –1 John 4:1

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Exodus 20:1-17; Isaiah 8:19-20 (KJV); Numbers 12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12-14; 1 John 4; Luke 22:64 (Jesus is expected to prophesy while blindfolded; closed visions implied); 1 Kings 14:4-5 (Ahijah was a blind prophet; closed visions implied); Acts 13:1-3; Deuteronomy 13:1-3; Jude 1:9; Galatians 5:22-23; Mark 16:15-20.

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G. B. Scaramelli, A Handbook of Mystical Theology.

Thomas Boys, The Suppressed Evidence.

Augustin Poulain, Revelations and Visions.

—. The Graces of Interior Prayer.

Ignatius of Loyola, The Spiritual Exercises, sections 313-336.

James Goll, The Beginner’s Guide to Hearing God.

Jack Deere, The Beginner’s Guide to the Gift of Prophecy.

Oliver Davies, Celtic Spirituality. “The Rule for Monks” by Columbanus.

John Paul Jackson, The Biblical Model of Dream Interpretation.

Ira Milligan, Understanding the Dreams You Dream.

David Wilkerson, The Vision.

Daniel Jennings, The Supernatural Occurrences of John Wesley.

Wayne Grudem, The Gift of Prophecy in the New Testament and Today.

Josh McDowell, Handbook of Today’s Religions. (Apologetics against false religions).

Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults. (Apologetics against false religions).

—. The Kingdom of the Occult. (Apologetics against false religions).

The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion. (John Wesley’s confession of faith).

O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called. –1 Timothy 6:20 (KJV)

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind. –Romans 12:2

See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition…and not according to Christ. –Colossians 2:8

That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question…Jesus replied, “You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.”     –Matthew 22:23, 29

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John Wimber, Power Evangelism, part 5: “Signs and Wonders and Worldviews.”

Charles Kraft, Christianity with Power – an entire book on the supernatural vs naturalist worldview (accepted by Wimber).

Reinhard Bonnke, Living a Life of Fire. (While Wimber helped to expose Westerners to the supernatural worldview, Bonnke lived it out as a Pentecostal healing evangelist in Africa with mass crusades. Coming from a German family who lived through World War II, Bonnke knew what it meant to have a dramatic shift over to the supernatural worldview, after he was baptized in the Holy Spirit and learned about miracle prayers from Rees Howells. Ravenhill considered Bonnke to be a modern day prophet. Wimber refers to him on page 232 of Power Evangelism).

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.   –1 John 4:8-11

If you love Me, you will obey My commandments. –Jesus in John 14:15 (GNT)

The Gospel of Jesus Christ – A Wesleyan approach to soteriology. Presents the order of salvation from Hell, repentance, faith, justification, regeneration, sanctification, conditional security, and Heaven. Also, a response to non-judgmentalism. Extensive bibliography. Intended as preparatory study for evangelistic preaching. 170 pages. Get the paperback here.

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John MacArthur, The Gospel According to Jesus. (Although he’s an eternal security guy, he still believes the Biblical gospel requires obedience to the commandments of Christ). Calvinist.

—. Ashamed of the Gospel. (This is an exposé of the seeker-sensitive movement; and how it censors the message of lordship salvation in many churches).

John Foxe, Foxe’s Book of Martyrs. (English Reformers killed for lordship salvation). Calvinist.

John Gerstner, Jonathan Edwards: A Mini-Theology. (Great Awakening lordship salvation). Calvinist.

Richard Baxter, A Call to the Unconverted. (1600s Puritan lordship salvation.) Arminian.

Joseph Alleine, A Sure Guide to Heaven. (1600s Puritan lordship salvation.) Calvinist.

Kenneth J. Collins, Wesley on Salvation. (John Wesley’s lordship salvation views). Arminian.

Charles Finney, So Great Salvation. (1800s lordship salvation). Arminian.

William G. T. Shedd, Dogmatic Theology Vol. 2. (1800s lordship salvation). Calvinist.

Steve Hill, White Cane Religion. (Lordship salvation sermons from the Brownsville Revival). Arminian.

William J. Seymour, Azusa Street Sermons. (Lordship salvation sermons from the Azusa Street Revival). Arminian.

CBN Responds to Andy Stanley’s Rejection of the Ten Commandments.