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Continuationism and Cessationism: An Interview with Dr. Wayne Grudem

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This interview was hosted by Tim Challies. Today’s interview examines this issue from the continuationist perspective. Dr. Wayne Grudem is Research Professor of Bible and Theology at Phoenix Seminary. He holds a B.A. from Harvard University, M.Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary and Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. He has served as president of the […]

David Brooks (NY Times): The Prodigal Sons

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This article was written by David Brooks of the NY Times. We take as our text today the parable of the prodigal sons. As I hope you know, the story is about a father with two sons. The younger son took his share of the inheritance early and blew it on prostitutes and riotous living. […]

Acts 9: Supernatural Christianity?

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Stream from mobile phone: [sc_embed_player fileurl=”http://hillcc.org/sermons/SWS022314.mp3″] Stream from PC: [audio:http://hillcc.org/sermons/SWS022314.mp3] Sermon Notes On the beach, you sometimes pick up a crab thinking it’s alive, but realize that it’s just the shell that’s been discarded by birds. Have we removed the substance of Christian life and given only the shell? Have we gutted the Spirit out […]

Daniel B. Wallace: The Uneasy Conscience of a Non-Charismatic Evangelical

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Many seminary students who have taken Greek probably heard of Daniel B. Wallace. While I don’t agree with his cessationist stance, he describes in surprising ways the angst of someone who is not content with the typical conservative, evangelical’s experience with God. Here is the original article. Introduction As is the case with past presidents […]

Pew Research: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World’s Christian Population

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This article is posted here. As of December 2011, according to the Center for the Study of Global Christianity, there are about 279 million pentecostal Christians and 305 million charismatic Christians worldwide. (Charismatic Christians belong to non-pentecostal denominations yet engage in spiritual practices associated with pentecostalism, such as speaking in tongues and divine healing; see […]