My personal view, and NOT the traditional argument!! I used to attend a charismatic Church, so why don’t I now? Well, here is my line of reasoning, please tell me if I am not lining up with Biblical teaching and thought. As with all my articles, I will try to keep it short and to the point… Expectancy. Seeking. That is, in a word (maybe 2 words), my problem with the charismatic movement in the U.S. And already, with those two words the charismatic reader is exasperated and proclaiming, “What! Are we not to seek God and come expecting Him to come to us!???!!” To which I will answer, yes, we are. But that is not what I see in the charismatic movement. Much of the conversation and literature is along the line of seeking God, but what do we really see happening at the vast majority charismatic worship services? The true excitement is generated when something spectacular happens. When someone is proclaimed to be healed, or when some of the folks in the front fall down, knocked over by the Spirit. These things bring about the true excitement in the service. When I talk to many of my charismatic friends, when they are asked how a particular service was or how well an outreach worked, the answers I receive…
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February 22, 2010 at 8:53 am
Nice job my friend. I enjoyed this article even though it was very offensive and politically incorrect. I have often found myself coming out of the spiritual restaurant still hungry refusing once again to be filled up with spiritual cotton candy and pop that has lot’s of “Spirit” to it!