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The Necessity of Reading Experientially Beyond the Psalms
Reading the Bible personally and experientially (by which I mean, relationally) is desirable, provided it is shaped and…
Experiential Reading: The Means to Embracing Scripture
Critiques of charismatic hermeneutics, like critiques of revivals, often come from academicians or seminary-trained ministers criticizing popular charismatic…
Pentecostals and Other Evangelicals: We Need Each Other
Perhaps Pentecostal emphasis on the Spirit could combine with evangelical emphasis on the Word. With enough humility, Pentecostals…
Understanding Spirit Hermeneutics
The experience of the Spirit that empowered the church on the day of Pentecost can and should dynamically…
Worship in the Spirit lecture videos
Recently a friend brought to my attention some posted FaceBook videos of some lectures that I gave at…
What does it mean to be led by the Spirit?—Galatians 5:18
What does it mean to be led by the Spirit? In terms of particulars, that depends somewhat on…
Filled with the Spirit, Worship God in Spiritual Songs—Ephesians 5:18-20
In my times in Africa, I have often noticed women singing while they work. My wife, son and…
“In Christ”: united with Christ, immersed in Christ
I knew biblical passages about our solidarity with Christ—we are “in Christ,” we are the body of Christ,…
Craig’s conversion testimony
This testimony is not meant as empirical evidence that would persuade somebody else. It is simply what happened…
Epistemology and historical arguments—a few thoughts
No one believes only what they can prove historically. For example, most of us can remember experiences from…
Church government, contemporary apostles, etc. (27 minutes)
Interview regarding church government, contemporary apostles, etc.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVqGF5RpyDk&t=5s Spanish subtitles provided. I apologize that my lips and sound…
Cessationism interview (35 minutes)
The interviewers, Luis and José, continue the interview. They asked me about Calvinism, cessationism, and “Strange Fire.” THIS…
False prophets
Lamenting that some people are taken in by false prophets, teachers, etc. Christ’s REAL servants sacrificially serve others…
Spiritual Gifts in 1 Cor 12—14 (part 1)
Some kinds of church bodies accept only particular kinds of gifts, hence amputate certain kinds of members. Some…