I am Pentecostal. I believe in tongues, prophesy and healing. I am an ordained minister in the Church of God, and until they kick me out for being too outspoken, I’ll remain a member. I know many Pentecostal pastors who are genuine and sincere men of God, hard workers who make tremendous sacrifices for the…
It is not uncommon to hear preachers make utterances like, “reach out in faith”, “extend your faith in this direction”, “join your faith with mine and let’s believe God for a miracle”. It gives the impression that faith is some kind of extra sensory perception where you need to concentrate really hard. Or that exercising…
I come from a Christian background where specific groups of people were considered to have the “ministry of spiritual warfare”. These people were usually more “spiritual” than the rest of us. During public services, they would often indulge in the craziest practices, e.g. spinning around in circles, dancing on one foot, making funny noises, etc….
The Word of God endures forever. Occasionally movements and organizations come unto the scene and fall just as quickly as they rise. In recent times a movement which has gained prominence is the praise and worship movement. Abraham Maslow once said, “If a man is good with a hammer, to him everything looks like a…
In many churches today, people horde to the altars not to repent of their sins or cry out to God, but to seek the hand of the power evangelist or “anointed” man of God. Their hope is that he would lay hands on them and their problems would all go away – they would be…
Matthew 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matthew 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. Matthew 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible,…
There are people today who claim to be apostles and prophets and actually add these titles to their names. “Apostle so and so will be ministering in this church”. “Prophet so and so said there will be an earthquake.” They claim that the 5 fold ministry has been restored. Does the Bible teach us to…
1 Corinthians 12 4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the…
In this article, I refute the unbiblical teaching of cessationism. I focus on the beliefs of cessationists, and specifically the scriptures they use to justify their beliefs. What is cessationism? Cessationism is the belief that certain gifts of the Holy Spirit – tongues, interpretation of tongues, prophecy, healing and miracles – were only for the…
There are many sincere believers in the body of Christ who believe that certain spiritual gifts of 1 Corinthians 12 are no longer required for the church today. According to them, the “sign gifts” were only for the apostolic age when Christianity was in its infanthood. Now that the faith has already been established, and…