Best Way to Silence our non-Charismatic Critics
As a Charismatic Christian, I believe that ALL of the gifts of the Holy Spirit continue to this day - including the more miraculous, supernatural ones. And these Gifts will continue until the Return of Jesus, i.e. "... but when the perfect comes, the partial will come to an end " (1 Cor 13:10). And NO, the "perfect" coming cannot be referencing the completion of the New Testament Canon. NO ONE believed that in the early church and it was an "invented" doctrine that came into Church History much, much later. It seems that the critics of Charismatic Christianity are more vocal and more visible today than at any time in my Christian life. Undoubtedly, the internet in general, and Social Media more specifically are the means by which such critics have become so prolific. In the past, far fewer had any platform whatsoever, and unless they had a pulpit and/or public ministry and/or authored a book or magazine articles, they had no means to take aim at the doctr...