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Anyone else listening to Michael Brown's reply to John MacArthur's book that condemns the entire Charismatic Movement called Strange Fire?
Michael has replied in written form, in a 420 page book entitled Authentic Fire: A Response to John MacArthur's Strange Fire. I'm finding it very stimulating as I listen to Michael expound as much as he can over his program that airs in Tampa between 2 pm and 4 pm without giving away all that he's written in his book.
So much I want to say when the phone lines are opened, but with him being in India and being so excited about his present work both there and in regard to setting the body of Christ straight concerning the good that has come out of the Charismatic Movement, there usually isn't much time to get a call through to him.
His emphasis yesterday was on those who condemn certain personalities in the faith simply because of their momentary association with a clergyman who spouts error. To use an old phrase, he says you don't throw out the baby with the bath water just because a brother in the Lord sits at a table with an error driven minister during a conference. Condemnation by brief association is what it comes down to. And many of these judgments come after links are discovered via a search through centuries of documented events.
Even Martin Luther would have been whole-heartedly condemned by the brethren today for his faults, and there were plenty of examples of his errors, many of which Michael mentions in his book. For instance, Luther put down black people pretty hard. Other examples can be found in Michael's latest writing.
Finally, someone has put on paper all that we've been debating here for years. I feel I could have written that book, and should have; but then, I also I have an extremely demanding career.
Michael has replied in written form, in a 420 page book entitled Authentic Fire: A Response to John MacArthur's Strange Fire. I'm finding it very stimulating as I listen to Michael expound as much as he can over his program that airs in Tampa between 2 pm and 4 pm without giving away all that he's written in his book.
So much I want to say when the phone lines are opened, but with him being in India and being so excited about his present work both there and in regard to setting the body of Christ straight concerning the good that has come out of the Charismatic Movement, there usually isn't much time to get a call through to him.
His emphasis yesterday was on those who condemn certain personalities in the faith simply because of their momentary association with a clergyman who spouts error. To use an old phrase, he says you don't throw out the baby with the bath water just because a brother in the Lord sits at a table with an error driven minister during a conference. Condemnation by brief association is what it comes down to. And many of these judgments come after links are discovered via a search through centuries of documented events.
Even Martin Luther would have been whole-heartedly condemned by the brethren today for his faults, and there were plenty of examples of his errors, many of which Michael mentions in his book. For instance, Luther put down black people pretty hard. Other examples can be found in Michael's latest writing.
Finally, someone has put on paper all that we've been debating here for years. I feel I could have written that book, and should have; but then, I also I have an extremely demanding career.
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