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The Fallible Prophets of New Calvinism - An Analysis, Critique, and Exhortation Concerning the Contemporary Doctrine of Fallible Prophecy (Paperback)
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The Fallible Prophets of New Calvinism - An Analysis, Critique, and Exhortation Concerning the Contemporary Doctrine of Fallible Prophecy (Paperback)
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This book examines Dr. Wayne Grudem's controversial teaching on
fallible prophecy in view of various lexical, exegetical, and
historical points of analysis. It also addresses the teaching's
popularity and continuing advancement through many charismatics
within the New Calvinism movement. The doctrine of fallible
prophecy is neither benign nor harmless, rather it constitutes a
troubling strange fire for the body of Christ and continues to
spread through the advocacy of popular continuationists like Wayne
Grudem, D.A. Carson, John Piper, and Mark Driscoll: Gary E. Gilley,
Pastor-teacher, Southern View Chapel, Springfield, Il: Beasley has
done the church a wonderful service by producing this volume. My
hope is that many will read it and absorb its contents. Contents:
1. Chapter 1: Prophecy - A Test of Love: According to the
proponents of fallible prophecy, the presence of error in a
prophetic utterance does not make such claimants of the prophetic
gift false prophets, it only means that they are New Testament
fallible prophets by definition. This constitutes a complete
reversal of meaning of prophecy which results in a confused message
concerning the nature and character of the God who has consistently
and effectually revealed Himself through His appointed messengers.
Moreover, such a redaction of prophecy effectively confuses, and
nearly eliminates, the scripturally prescribed tests for prophecy.
The importance of this must not be underestimated, for all of the
tests of prophecy, in the Old Testament and the New Testament, have
an unimpeachable centerpiece: the love of God. 2. Chapter 2:
Fallible prophecy - Lexical Considerations: Grudem argues that the
New Testament connotation of the word prophet no longer possessed
the sense of authority it once had. In view of Grudem's emphasis on
this point, chapter 2 examines Grudem's lexical justification for
such a position. 3. Chapter 3: Fallible prophecy - The Case of
Agabus: One of the most central arguments for fallible prophecy is
founded on Agabus' prophecy in Acts 21:11. Like Grudem, D.A. Carson
insists that Agabus' prophecy was fraught with error: I can think
of no reported Old Testament prophet whose prophecies are so wrong
on the details. This serious accusation establishes the basis for a
thorough examination of Agabus in the 3rd chapter. 4. Chapter 4:
Fallible prophecy - A Gift for All?: The advocates of fallible
prophecy argue that the NT gift of prophecy was extremely common
and functioned in thousands of ordinary Christians in hundreds of
local churches at the time of the New Testament. In addition to
this, Grudem argues that neither grave error nor immaturity should
serve as a barrier to the pursuit and exercise of such a gift by
nearly everyone within the local church. Such thinking is a tragedy
for the body of Christ which is called to holiness and truth in all
aspects of life and servitude. 5. Conclusion: The Fallible Prophets
of New Calvinism: Believing in the value and efficacy of fallible
prophecy, a growing number of popular pastors and teachers are now
openly promoting such teaching. Particularly within the
increasingly popular New Calvinism movement we find a growing
number of advocates of fallible prophecy. To facilitate the spread
of this doctrine, Grudem himself supplies a 6-point strategy for
establishing fallible prophecy within the local church. This poses
an increasing danger of the tolerance and proliferation of false
prophets within the church. This title is now available in Spanish
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