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September 26, 2026

“Open” is not Biblical, “eagerly desire spiritual gifts” is

Cautious acceptance of the theory is not how to pursue love I almost subtitled this...

June 2014

June 16, 2014

LIVE interview with Michael L Brown on hypergrace

Today I was joined in a web conversation by Dr Michael Brown. Our focus was...

February 2014

February 15, 2014

Strange Fire Debate stoked by Grace To You Internet Ministry Coordinator

Over on Twitter, and also in the comments section of my recent post about how...

December 2013

December 05, 2013

Discussion with Michael Brown on Authentic Fire & how to disagree amicably

Yesterday I appeared for the second time on Michael L Brown's radio show. You can...

November 2013

November 29, 2013

Galatians to Revelation on the Gifts of the Holy Spirit

I conclude my list of verses on the charismatic issue by sharing some verses from...

November 29, 2013

What the Corinthian letters have to say about the charismatic gifts

Of course for many charismatics 1 and 2 Corinthians are among their favorite books of...

November 27, 2013

What do Acts and Romans say about the charismatic discussion?

In these few posts I am wanting to simply draw our attention to what the...

November 27, 2013

The Charismatic gifts debate: verses from the Gospels

In the last post I shared some OT verses which speak to the charismatic debate....

November 26, 2013

Why I am a charismatic: The OT Bible verses

With all the recent controversy, and having previously posted an article which explains there are...

November 25, 2013

John Stott on non-authoritative NT prophecy

As far as I know John Stott was a cessationist through and through. This makes...

November 23, 2013

Premier’s Unbelievable? with Adrian Warnock and Doug Wilson on Strange Fire

Earlier today Premier Christian Radio broadcast a conversation between me and cessationist Doug Wilson. It...

November 22, 2013

John Piper’s approach to charismatic abuses

Further to his previous comments on Strange Fire, John Piper has released two audio clips...

November 21, 2013

“I’m not saying that everyone in the charismatic movement is not Christian” John MacArthur

I am very keen to be fair to Dr John MacArthur. And so I want...

November 17, 2013

VIDEO: MacArthur consigns charismatics to hell and likens them to Mormons

I had only read a partial transcript of this portion of the Strange Fire conference...

November 17, 2013

RT Kendall responds to MacArthur’s Strange Fire

The Strange Fire online conversation seems to just run and run. In the latest significant...

November 16, 2013

Team Pyro Discussion and personal reflections on two very different conferences

I wanted to share some very personal reflections here. This is a bit in-house so...

November 14, 2013

Strange Fire: Conclusions (for now!) and false prophets

This is the final post in my series of posts which aim to refute every...

November 12, 2013

John Piper responds to John MacArthur’s Strange Fire Conference

Just a couple of hours ago John Piper has posted the following to SoundCloud. Highlights...

November 11, 2013

Strange Fire: John MacArthur responds further to his critics

The second part of John MacArthur's interview with Challies has been released. You are encouraged...

November 09, 2013

Strange Fire Debate between Michael Brown and Sam Waldron

The online discussion of the charismatic gifts continues. I encourage everyone to watch my discussion...

November 09, 2013

Adrian’s Charisma Mag article

God works all things out for his sovereign purpose. One of the joys to me...

November 07, 2013

Strange Fire: Can we at least agree on the vital place of Christian experience?

The Strange Fire controversy has again highlighted the divisions that exist within the church over...

November 06, 2013

WATCH NOW: Strange Fire: dialogue with Steve Camp

This is my conversation with committed cessationist, and friend of MacArthur,Steve Camp. We talked about...

November 06, 2013

Are there apostles today?

I am nearing the end of my series on Strange Fire. It may feel interminable...

November 05, 2013

Healing Today

MacArthur's argument against the gift of healing seen in his book Strange Fire is an...

November 05, 2013

John MacArthur tries to retreat from some of his most challenging language

Over at Tim Challies, MacArthur has been interviewed about the criticism that has surfaced of...

November 04, 2013

Packer much more generous to charismatics.

For those, like me, feeling a bit beat up by the shenanigans, this article shows...

November 04, 2013

Tim Keller on the Charismatics

Tim Keller was asked about cessationism at about 49 mins in the video below. Interestingly he...

November 02, 2013

Worshipping with your mind and spirit

Today in our series addressing the Strange Fire book, we turn to the idea of...

November 01, 2013

Strange Fire: Adrian Warnock interviewed about MacArthur on the RE2 podcast

I was interviewed on the RE2 podcast about the recent Strange Fire controversy. I think...