Fall 2013 Spirit

Counterfeit Tongues in John MacArthur’s Strange Fire

Pneuma Review Editor November 25, 2013

Are Pentecostals offering Strange Fire? (Panel Discussion)

Why are W. A. Criswell and John MacArthur wrong when they claim that all tongues today are counterfeit?

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Tongues: Dead Formalism or Sanctifying Sign of the Spirit?
Rick Wadholm June 21, 2014
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I just re-read the following poignant warning from the late Dr. Donald Bloesch: â€œPentecostalism can become a new formalism, that words of prophecy and speaking in tongues can simply be outward acts that assure us of acceptance by our peers and be completely bereft of the sanctifying presence of the Spirit of Godâ€ (The…

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Spirit Winter 2011

Kenneth Berding: What Are Spiritual Gifts?
Robert Huckleberry February 20, 2011

Â Kenneth Berding, What Are Spiritual Gifts? Rethinking The Conventional View (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2006), 368 pages, ISBN 9780825421242. After reading and re-reading this book (4 times now), I would like to thank Dr. Berding for putting together this in-depth single volume reference of the traditional spiritual gifts. There are 129 pages of appendices and…

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Spirit Winter 2005

The Healing Promise, A Charismatic Response
Graham Old January 30, 2005

In this review essay from the Winter 2005 issue, Pastor Graham Old reviews the book The Healing Promise by cessationist Richard Mayhue. Richard Mayhue, The Healing Promise: Is it always God’s will to heal? (Christian Focus Publications, 2001), 228 pages. Richard Mayhue states that his purpose in writing this book is to “develop a…

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Spirit Winter 2021

Prophetic Reformation
Loren Sandford February 16, 2021

In this guest article, Pastor R. Loren Sandford calls for a reformation of the prophetic movement after the many failed prophecies of 2020 including predictions about COVID-19 and the re-election of President Trump. Never in my life have I felt such a sense of disarray in the body of Christ, and most especially around prophetic…

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Fall 2013 Spirit

Miracles: Keener’s Reflections
Craig Keener December 9, 2013

Craig S. Keener discusses his book, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Part of the Seedbed series from Asbury Theological Seminary. Craig Keener Craig S. Keener, Ph.D. (Duke University), is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is author of many books, including…

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The Holy Spirit and the Chinese Church: Interview with Dennis Balcombe
Dennis Balcombe December 15, 2012
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Veteran missionary, Dennis Balcombe, talks to PneumaReview.com about the Acts of the Holy Spirit in modern-day China. Pneuma Review: Please tell our readers how you were called to China. Dennis Balcombe: I was brought up in a traditional Methodist church that only preached the â€œSocial Gospel.â€ At 16 years old, a friend invited me to…

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