(By John MacArthur)
The following is taken from a message John delivered several years ago at The Master’s College. It was transcribed by Tony Capoccia at The Bible Bulletin Board. Though certainly not true of all charismatics (lest we be accused of over-generalizing), the problem John points out here is a very real one in some charismatic circles.
I received an interesting letter the other […]
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Please forgive the informal nature of this post. But it’s late (on Thursday night of a busy conference week). The spiritual encouragement and fellowship this week has been wonderful. For those who haven’t been following the conference on Tim Challies’s blog, his live-blog updates have been great.
In addition to the general sessions, the Shepherds’ Conference […]
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Over the last two days, we’ve looked at the question: Are there still apostles in the church today? Our answer has been “no” for the following reasons: (1) the qualifications necessary for being an apostle, (2) the uniqueness of Paul’s apostleship, (3) the authority of the apostles and the close of the canon, […]
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Are there still apostles in the church today? Yesterday, we answered this question in the negative, and began giving the reasons for our conclusion. These reasons included (1) the qualifications necessary for being an apostle, and (2) the uniqueness of Paul’s apostleship. Today we will consider two more reasons why we believe the […]
(By Nathan Busenitz)
Forgive the cute title, but it underscores an important question in the cessation/continuation debate — namely: Are there still apostles in the church today? In other words, could someone today (perhaps a guy named “Murray”) be an apostle in the same vein as Peter or Paul?
At the outset, we should note that by […]