Tag Archives: continuationism

Dallas Willard: Hearing God

Posted on October 25, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

We all get nervous when people say “God spoke to me.” And sometimes rightfully so. Willard deconstructs both sides of the reaction and gives us a tour-de-force in philosophy as well. While we Evangelicals want to preserve the Bible’s integrity … Continue reading →

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The Gift of Prophecy (Wayne Grudem)

Posted on October 6, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Like all of Wayne Grudem’s books, this one is carefully argued and written with a warm, easy style. The thesis itself is only 228 pages.  The rest of the book is appendices containing responses, specific exegesis, and reprinted articles. Grudem … Continue reading →

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Rebutting the “miracles come in clusters” argument

Posted on October 3, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Some cessationists argue that miracles come in clusters in redemptive history, signalling important events.  And the unspoken conclusion is that they don’t happen today. Even if this were true, the conclusion wouldn’t follow.  But is it true?  The following is … Continue reading →

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Review: Principalities and Powers (Montgomery)

Posted on June 22, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

Montgomery, John Warwick. This is the best mature Evangelical treatment on the subject. Conservative evangelicalism faces a schizophrenia on this topic. On one hand, they know that the demonic and occultic exist because the Bible says so and modern experience … Continue reading →

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Review: Thinking in Tongues

Posted on March 5, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

This is from James KA Smith’s earlier days, before he became NPR’s token Christian thinker.  This book is actually good, which pains me to say.  Smith seems unbalanced in many ways since writing this book.  I think it is Trumpphobia … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on charismata

Posted on January 23, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

From the Facebook Group Reformed Charismatics.  On rejecting cessationism: ***the bible never calls the gifts “sign gifts”. Rather, it calls them “charismata”, or quite literally “grace gifts”. This alone shatters the cessationist position that the gifts were only meant to … Continue reading →

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St. Irenaeus’ Church Spoke in Tongues

Posted on January 21, 2018 by J. B. Aitken

From Eusebius,  As also we hear that many brethren in the Church possess prophetic gifts, and speak, through the Spirit, with all kinds of tongues, and bring to light the secret things of men for their good, and declare the … Continue reading →

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False Assumptions in Cessationism, part 1

Posted on March 20, 2017 by J. B. Aitken

I haven’t done a real blog post in a while, mainly book reviews.  And this post is from a book, but to include it in a formal review will make it unwieldy.  Note, in saying these are false assumptions in … Continue reading →

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Can cessationist pray Eph. 1:17?

Posted on September 19, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Paul writes, “That God would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.” What does “revelation” mean?  The bible lists several types: Natural revelation (creation, logic, science, etc). Special revelation (God’s speaking, theophanic appearances, etc). … Continue reading →

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Strange Fire (Review)

Posted on September 4, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Macarthur, John. Strange Fire. Not surprisingly, there wasn’t a chapter on basic logic in this book. For the review Chapter 1 is simply a string of recycled sermon notes on how silly and evil various brands of charismania are. Okay, but … Continue reading →

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