I found Phil Johnson’s recent twitter comments regarding Francis Chan interesting:
{{The miracles of Jesus and the apostles were routinely public, undeniable, & well-attested to by multiple eyewitnesses. Even Jesus’ most determined adversaries couldn’t argue that the miracles were faked. They therefore raised doubts about the source of his power (Mt. 12:24).
Miracles such as Jesus and the apostles did are NOT occurring in charismatic circles today. Simple honesty SHOULD compel even the most doctrinaire continuationists to admit no one today is doing what the apostles did in Acts 5:12; 9:33-42; 19:11-12; etc.
Yet unverified and unverifiable claims are routinely made by charismatics. Tales are regularly told that, when investigated, turn out to be false. That’s why spiritually sane people don’t automatically swallow stories like the one Francis Chan told last week at Moody.
When someone tells a fantastic tale like “Everyone I touched was healed!”—to ask for evidence is NOT sinful unbelief. (Especially when the person telling the tale is a theological drifter.)
Jesus commanded that flavor of skepticism. Mt 24:24; Lk 21:8.
Continuationist “miracles” are typically like this guy’s story about a group of teenagers who walked on water & walked through walls. As usual, no one managed to get a video:
https://youtu.be/eSNojCrel-I
Do you buy that?
Me neither. Francis Chan’s tale fits in that same category.}}
I found Phil Johnson’s recent twitter comments regarding Francis Chan interesting:
ReplyDelete{{The miracles of Jesus and the apostles were routinely public, undeniable, & well-attested to by multiple eyewitnesses. Even Jesus’ most determined adversaries couldn’t argue that the miracles were faked. They therefore raised doubts about the source of his power (Mt. 12:24).
Miracles such as Jesus and the apostles did are NOT occurring in charismatic circles today. Simple honesty SHOULD compel even the most doctrinaire continuationists to admit no one today is doing what the apostles did in Acts 5:12; 9:33-42; 19:11-12; etc.
Yet unverified and unverifiable claims are routinely made by charismatics. Tales are regularly told that, when investigated, turn out to be false. That’s why spiritually sane people don’t automatically swallow stories like the one Francis Chan told last week at Moody.
When someone tells a fantastic tale like “Everyone I touched was healed!”—to ask for evidence is NOT sinful unbelief. (Especially when the person telling the tale is a theological drifter.)
Jesus commanded that flavor of skepticism. Mt 24:24; Lk 21:8.
Continuationist “miracles” are typically like this guy’s story about a group of teenagers who walked on water & walked through walls. As usual, no one managed to get a video:
https://youtu.be/eSNojCrel-I
Do you buy that?
Me neither. Francis Chan’s tale fits in that same category.}}