Tag Archives: Cessationism

By the way, God is not a man…

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Mel Wild

A movie based on William Paul Young’s best-selling book, The Shack, is finally coming out this March 3rd! I am very excited to see this for many reasons. This post is inspired by Cindy Powell’s post, “Hollywood, please get this one right.” I join … Continue reading →

Posted in Doctrine, Father Heart of God, Identity, Theology | Tagged Cessationism, Christianity, Heresy hunters, Religion and Spirituality, Spiritual gifts, The Shack, The Shack movie | 13 Comments

2,000 years of miracles, signs and wonders

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Mel Wild

Is the Pentecostal/Charismatic movement (made up of those who believe that miracles, signs and wonders are still for today) a recent phenomenon within the last 100 years? Dr. Eddie Hyatt doesn’t think so. To quote his book site, “2000 Years … Continue reading →

Posted in Faith | Tagged Cessationism, Charismatic Movement, Christianity, Church history, Gifts of the Spirit, Healing, Pentecostalism, Renewal, Supernatural signs and wonders | 8 Comments

An inconvenient history for cessationism

Posted on April 21, 2014 by Mel Wild

In light of the controversy generated over John MacArthur’s recent polemic crusade against Charismatics and Pentecostals with His book and conference titled, “Strange Fire“, I think it might be instructive for us to look at whether this view is compatible with church history. I gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Doctrine, Faith, Quotes | Tagged Cessationism, Christianity, Church history, Continuationist, Holy Spirit, New Covenant, Raising the dead, Spiritual gifts | 19 Comments

An authentic response to Strange Fire

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Mel Wild

I thought I would do a brief follow-up to my post “The strange thing about strange fire” that I wrote last November which turned out to be one of my most responded to posts to date. Two things I want to bring to your … Continue reading →

Posted in Doctrine, Faith, Grace, Quotes | Tagged Authentic Fire, Cessationism, Charismatic Movement, Christianity, Dr. Michael Brown, Frank Viola, Holy Spirit, John MacArthur, Spiritual gift, Strange Fire | 19 Comments

The strange thing about strange fire

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Mel Wild

Did you ever notice that when a preacher wants to demonize a certain part of the body of Christ, you’ll hear them use the Old Testament? And Leviticus 10:1-2 is a great weapon by which we can bludgeon fellow believers. It’s been used … Continue reading →