Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Experiencing the Spirit (Part 1) 18 Jul 2017 The relationship between the Spirit and the Word is a significant issue for the Christian life. It has long been a subject of discussion among theologians and pastors. I plan,…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Understanding the Spirit (Part 4) 11 Jul 2017 The work of the Holy Spirit covers a broad array of activities within the pages of Scripture. Both within the Charismatic movement and without, Christians have tended to reduce the…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Understanding the Spirit (Part 3) 27 Jun 201727 Jun 2017 When we talk about the "works of the Spirit" the church often struggles with an imbalance. On the one hand are those who seem to limit the work of the…
Holy Spirit… The Spiritual Gifts: Understanding the Spirit (Part 2) 20 Jun 2017 Dissecting the specific nature of the spiritual gifts today requires us to know something specific about the giver of such gifts. In order to think rightly about the spiritual gifts…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Understanding the Spirit (Part 1) 13 Jun 2017 Before we get too deep into the subject of the Spiritual Gifts it is worthwhile to take time reflecting on the one who gives such gifts. Understanding the gifts of…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Understanding the Views (Part 5) 6 Jun 2017 Theological viewpoints, like so many things in life, run along a spectrum. Inevitably what happens is that our lack of nuance tends towards extremes and over-corrections. On the one end…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Understanding the Views (Part 4) 31 May 2017 Third Wave Charismatic theology believes in the continuance of the Spiritual gifts, but it has some distinct nuances from Pentecostalism. As we move along the spectrum of views starting with…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Understanding the Views (Part 3) 23 May 201723 May 2017 Since all theologizing is a human conceptualization of the divine it will always be somewhat incomplete. This isn't to say that we can't know true things about God, but it…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Understanding the Views (Part 2) 16 May 201716 May 2017 Every theological system has flaws in it. Systems of theology are man-made efforts to understand, organize, and explain the divine. As such they will always be prone to incompleteness or…
Spiritual Gifts The Spiritual Gifts: Understanding the Views (Part 1) 9 May 2017 Understanding the valid options before us is an important starting place in any venture. That is certainly true as we wrestle with important theological concepts and practices. With regard to…
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