Category Archives: continuationism

Reflections on Neo-Pentecostalism

I watched the first half of the film, “The Finger of God” last night with my friends and my wife at their home. It wasn’t anything new to me to see the sort of material and discussion within it. It’s … Continue reading

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Reflections on 1 Corinthians 13:1-3

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I … Continue reading

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Tongues and Prophesy – Part II

I posted recently on a try at interpreting 1 Corinthians 14:20-25. This was a part of trying to work out how to understand 1 Corinthians 12-14, and the Biblical teaching on the gifts of tongues, prophesy, healing, etc. So, in … Continue reading

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The Nature of the Gift of Prophesy

I have recently struggled with the gift or prophesy in the New Testament. It is not so much that I struggle affirming its use for the church today, I have struggled with the nature of its revelation. I am a … Continue reading

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Tongues and Prophesy in 1 Cor. 14:20-25

I have to say that my understanding of the spiritual gifts is very weak, but bellow is a meditation I’ve been doing today on the nature of the gift of tongues. I’m working through this, so it’s not likely to … Continue reading

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Thoughts on the “filling of the Spirit”

I struggle to understand what people mean when they say “the filling if the Spirit” or “the Holy Spirit is moving here”. I am a continuationist, and firmly believe that the Spirit is presently working in the redeemed of Christ … Continue reading

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