JOEL 2 GENERATION

Note: I define a "severe critic" as someone who because of their presuppositions is unwilling to listen to any evidence that challenges those preconceived ideas/beliefs about a particular topic. To use Jesus' description, they are those who have "no ears to hear". In recent years a doctrinal "witch hunt" has been underway against Charismatic Christianity by a growing number of "severe critics" (spearheaded by some Christian apologists) who are attacking a movement they call 'NAR' (standing for the New Apostolic Reformation).  This new 'crusade' against the "so-called" NAR really began back in 2014 with the publication of a book entitled,  A New Apostolic Reformation? A Biblical Response to a Worldwide Movement by Douglas Geivett and Holly Pivec. The irony is that the actual modern movement referred to as the New Apostolic Reformation began more than 20 years earlier. The NAR term was  coined by the late C. Peter Wagn