Recent content by Simon the Tanner

The problem here is a lack of understanding (or acknowledgement) of the philosophy behind WoF teaching and Kenneth Hagin's school Rhema Bible College. The belief is that seminaries tend to fill people with unbelief, because they focus on the intellectual rather than the spiritual. WoF people...

Your comments are valid for the most part. There is a certain amount of aversion to theology within the WoF world, but that's changing. Rhema has actually been conducting apologetics seminars in recent years. The former dean at Rhema, Tony Cooke, is earning a Masters Degree in theology...

The movement began in the mid-70s when Kenneth Hagin began conducting his annual Campmeeting crusades in Tulsa and started Rhema Bible Training Center. Brother Hagin was an Assembly of God minister for nearly 30 years before going independent in the late 60s, so much of this theology came from...

I'm not here to debate Calvinism. I was just addressing the fact that the film was Calvinist propaganda. If you want to sniff tulips knock yourself out.

Thanks for posting the link to the video, Now Faith. Blessings.

I'll give you some examples. First, Steve Lawson addresses the T of TULIP when he talks about Total Depravity or Total Inability to respond to God in faith without God sovereignly extending to him the capacity to do so when he said "What can a dead man do?". Second, Phil Johnson discusses the...

Sin and sickness are intertwined in the scriptures. If there was no sin there would be no sickness. So healing of sin and healing of sickness are also connected. That's why Jesus told the man his sins were forgiven before He healed him. That's why David said that God forgives all of our sins...

Here's a clip of Joel leading people in the sinner's prayer where he says "I repent of my sins" He does this every week at the end of the message. He may not preach a lot against sin but he does talk a lot about changing the way that you think which is what "repent" means. He's not a false...

Joel issued an apology for his sub-par performance on Larry King shortly after it aired. You can read about it here. http://jewandgreek.com/refuting-keith-thompson-part-2-cont/

IMO the dilution of the Charismatic movement and the lack of manifestations of gifts of the Spirit can be directly attributed to the error and extremism in the Charismatic world and on Christian TV over the past 30 years. People just got sick of it, including me. While I'm a devout Charismatic...

You're dismissing the context of the entire chapter. In the very first verse he tells you that prophecy is better for public assembly unless your tongues can be interpreted. He's not talking about speaking to foreigners. He's talking about inspired utterance in the public gathering of...

You're leaving out I Cor. 14:2 which talks about a different manifestation of tongues where no man understands him, one that we use in prayer. For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

It wasn't my memo. It's the word of God. There's nothing in what Jesus said that precludes financial blessings. Jesus was talking about your affections. You can store up treasures on Earth and have little to show for it. Some people have committed murder over a pair of sneakers. Likewise...

That's a misrepresentation of prosperity doctrine. The Bible teaches that Israel had a covenant with Jehovah that would provide physical and financial blessings if they would keep the law. Hebrews 8:6 says that we have a better covenant based on better promises, so if they had prosperity in...

Many people read the word "elect" and see the word "select", and assume that God chooses who will be saved and who won't. That violates the doctrine of free will that is seen from Genesis to Revelation. The elect become the elect by believing when they hear the Word preached. "Many are called...