tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17160917.post1449560477311113501..comments2024-02-11T23:44:02.371+00:00Comments on Who's that preacher?: Gary Benfoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11371307545924645897noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17160917.post-59582430197841987772010-08-10T09:58:14.813+01:002010-08-10T09:58:14.813+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17160917.post-15453062428658832512009-10-23T09:46:19.780+01:002009-10-23T09:46:19.780+01:00No, Bob - you're wrong on every count. (Forgi...No, Bob - you're wrong on every count. (Forgive a hurried reply; got back from a week away to a plethora of emails, but here we go...) <br />First, I didn't miss out - that was my experience too. Then I read the Bible... <br />Second, you make it clear that your authority for Christian behaviour is your own experience; mine is the Bible. <br />Third, I'd take bets (if I were a gambling man) that you didn't speak in a language you'd never studied at all - that is, earthly language. You'll have 'prayed' in the normal gobbledegook that passes for the Biblical gift of tongues in charismatic circles but IS NOTHING LIKE IT - again, (for the third time) your problem is the Bible. Incidentally, some Mormons, Buddhists and Muslims also 'pray' in this way...<br /><br />THE reason some evangelicals are reluctant to call charismatics 'evangelicals' is just this: whenever we try and reason from the Bible, the charismatic responds 'but my experience...'Gary Benfoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371307545924645897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17160917.post-77291127376780841062009-10-16T23:27:18.505+01:002009-10-16T23:27:18.505+01:00The problem you have is people like me. Innocently...The problem you have is people like me. Innocently praying one day and suddenly my words start coming out in a language I never studied. Incredible sense of the presence of God. Sorry you missed out.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17160917.post-48238362479931795622009-08-13T09:25:49.133+01:002009-08-13T09:25:49.133+01:00"We cessationists believe that in particular ..."<i>We cessationists believe that in particular the gifts of tongues and of prophecy were temporary</i>"<br /><br />The big problem that the continuationists have is that there are 17 or 18 centuries during which it seems very little was happening by way of tongues and prophecy.<br /><br />There are groups and movements here and there - but most of them, on closer examination, don't seem to help the case.<br /><br />One significant movement was that of the so called "French Prophets". There are interesting similarities with the modern charismatic movement.<br /><br />The story is told by Hillel Schwartz in <i>The French Prophets: The History of a Millenarian Group in Eighteenth Century England</i>. It is now out of print, but available through Amazon.<br /><br />You won't always agree with the opinions and analysis of Schwartz, but the history seems to be recounted accurately and fairly. <br /><br />If you've not read it, it might be worth doing so. I think that it has a lot to say about the modern day charismatic movement.Young Mr. Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106889555211376281noreply@blogger.com