Search results

Dave L: "The points are meaningless. Tongues ceased as Paul said. Now you demonstrate your misunderstanding of 1 Corinthians 13:10-12. I challenge you to find a single modern academic commentary on 1 Corinthians that agrees with you! In his magisterial commentary on 1 Corinthians Hans...

Dave, I take by your deafening silence that you are incapable of appending the relevant texts to my list of 7 biblical points about tongues. To me, that means that you don't have a clue what you're talking about and you can't even articulate the Pentecostal's detailed justification for their...

We patiently wait for Dave to copy (1)-(7) in my list of key points with appended chapters and verse to show that he at least grasps how Pentecostals defend their position. Meanwhilr, let's dispose of his quoted claim. Dave of course is referring to the 2 outpourings in Acts 2 and 10. His...

ARE YOU A BLESSING MACHINE? My friend Lloyd shared his friend's remarkable and instructive testimony with me. This man was an avowed unbeliever. One day, as he was strolling through a very crowded mall, he inadvertently bumped into a middle-aged lady. She braced herself for the impact by...

Nonsense! I didn't think you knew how Pentecostals defend their position. So you are reduced to groundless pontifications. I repeat my challenge: provide the texts they cite to demonstrate that you know what you're talking about. I didn't think you could; that's why I provided that outline...

These 7 statements are biblical sound. If a skeptic wants to dispute them, I want to him to first establish his awareness of the texts that establish each claim. If he can't, then he hasn't done his homework and is not worth debating. If he can, I will start a separate thread that defends...

Sometimes people aren't healed because the right faith-filled person did not pray for the answer to the need in question. This thread will explore several relevant testimonies and then reflect on (a) the biblical basis for this reality and (b) what this means for the church's ministry of prayer...

(1) NDE researchers like Dr. Raymond Moody are now writing books about shared NDEs, which are generally far more evidential than most conventional NDEs because the doctors, nurses, and family members witnessing the apparent deaths actually experience key elements of the NDEs, including the OBE...

Let me begin with this disclaimer: I am an evangelical Christian for whom Christ's atoning death and resurrection are the anchor of my faith. But at their best, the verifications inherent in ADCs (=After-Death Contacts) and NDEs (near-death experiences) replicate by their seemingly "physical...

Helen: "I believe and have found that praying can so often just be by rote. That's why I think small group prayer meetings are so much more effective than prayer chains. Prayer chains with a long list of needs tend to lead to a laundry list mentality in which the main concern is to routinely...

Your post reminds me of a favorite quote from French mathematician/ philosopher, Blaise Pascal's Pensees: "All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone...The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing." The life of prayer is meant to be a 2-way...

But this is what I really think: everywhere I go, I go, too--and that spoils everything! Seriously, this brings me to the early church's understanding of the gift of prophecy. It is neither prediction nor just inspired forthtelling, but the Spirit's exercise of jurisdiction of the conditions...

I always practice what I post. But God has given me grace to be humble about this, because I don't think I'm half as good as I really am!

The NT teaches many subtle principles of effective prayer, In my experience, the most important principle is this: the more time you are willing to devote to seeking God's face, the more effective your prayer life will be. That principle is one reason why praying in the Spirit is so powerful...

First, there is not a shred of evidence that the Montanists spoke in tongues. I challenge you to find it. 2nd, the label "Montanist" stems from Catholic critics. These Spirit-filled believers referred to themselves as the "New Prophecy." 3rd, you are slandering Montanists through the...

1. THE GOSPEL OF MARK: THE MEMOIR'S OF HIS DAD'S EYWITNESS TESTIMONY There is good reason to embrace the tradition that Mark contains Peter's memoirs. But I recently realized that there are good grounds for taking this one step further and claiming that this Gospel represents the memoirs of...

Dave will apparently say practically anything to divert attention away from the topic of prevailing prayer, a discipline of which he is apparently oblivious. In a separate thread on speaking in tongues I plan to make constructive use of Dave as my apologetic whipping boy!:rolleyes:

And I'm saying that no experience available to us can provide a more electrifying and life-changing encounter with God than the gift of tongues as I experienced it as a 16-year-old. It happened in a darkened amphitheater and one lady who witnessed my outpouring said she was staring at me...

Dave L: "How do you build yourself up in faith if faith comes from hearing the word, and you do not understand what you are saying? This thread deals with praying in the Spirit (in English) and does not focus on speaking in tongues. You are actually inquiring about the purpose and benefits of...

Helen, I'm a Swede who grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba. My great grandparents moved to Saskatchewan to receive free farms. During the Great Depression, my Dad (age 14) had to move to Winnipeg because his parents could no longer afford to feed him! Somehow he survived and met Mom. But life had...