Strange Fire: The History of the Modern Charismatic Movement
The Strange Fire Conference
Various Authors
Strange Fire, part of Grace to You’s Truth Matters conference series for 2013, evaluates the doctrines, claims, and practices of the modern charismatic movement, and affirms the true Person and ministry of the Holy Spirit. Contains 19 messages.
Strange Fire Conference: MacArthur’s Appeal to His Continuationist Friends
Tim Challies
MacArthur responds to seven accusations brought against the conference, follows with eight appeals to his continuationist friends, and concludes by highlighting the need to stand firm in guarding divine revelation against false doctrine.
Another Look at the Charismatic Movement: Strange Fire Six Years Later
Phil Johnson
A well-written followup to the Strange Fire Conference
Cessationism versus Continuationism
Various Authors
Were the miraculous “Sign Gifts” cease after the Apostolic Age with the death of the Apostle John? Did the “Ministry Gifts” of Apostleship and Prophet cease as well? Or do these sign gifts and ministry gifts still continue in the Church today? These are serious questions to consider — and answer!
Puritans, Strange Fire, Cessationism, and the Westminster Confession
Kevin DeYoung, PhD
Without trying to sort through everything (or really anything) that has been said at the Strange Fire Conference–let alone sifting through what has been said and done in response–I thought it might be helpful to take a step back and give some historical perspective on the question of cessationism.
Calvin and the Spiritual Gifts
Paul Elbert
With the onset of world interest in Christocentric pentecostalism and its outgrowth, charismatic theology, together with the impact of the renewal movement … it seems appropriate to attempt a specific examination of Calvin’s undertsanding of the spiritual gifts.
Challenges of the Charismatic Movement to the Reformed Tradition
Richard B. Gaffin, ThD
My assignment, I take it, is to reflect from a biblical and Reformed perspective on issues raised by the charismatic movement, especially where the latter diverges and so poses a challenge to Reformed theology and church life.
The Charismatic Movement: 35 Doctrinal Issues
Middletown Bible Church
Excellent online book (40 pages)
Voices from Church History
John F. MacArthur
Traditionally, charismatics have acknowledged that the miraculous gifts of the first-century church ceased sometime in early church history. Rather than arguing that the gifts have continued throughout the centuries, they contend instead that the gifts returned in 1901 when Agnes Ozman purportedly spoke in tongues.
Talking Points: The Charismatic Movement
Anne Mather, PhD
This article is a brief descriptive survey introducing some of the issues and ideas raised by the charismatic movement. The author earned a PhD on ‘Theology of the Charismatic Movement in Britain from 1964 to the Present Day’.
Should Theology Today be Charismatic?
Frederick Sontag, PhD
Theology should reflect some mode of the way God chooses to appear in our time. In that case, can there, should there, be a charismatic theology today?
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