Strange Fire, Holy Fire
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Strange Fire, Holy Fire

Exploring the Highs and Lows of Your Charismatic Experience

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Strange Fire, Holy Fire

Exploring the Highs and Lows of Your Charismatic Experience

About this book

Raised in the independent charismatic movement, pastor and writer Michael J. Klassen walks readers through issues and experiences common to most charismatics. These include speaking in tongues, spiritual power, authority, personal prophecy, and much more. Providing an honest and fair assessment of the movement's strengths and weaknesses, he helps readers separate the wheat from the chaff of their experiences--keeping the good and letting go of any disappointment, frustration, or pain.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction: A Critic and an Apologist
  7. 1. So What Is a Charismatic? Defining Your Terms
  8. 2. Everyone Repeat After Me: The Importance of Tongues
  9. 3. Us vs. Them: Spiritual Pride and Our Perception of Non-Charismatics
  10. 4. Christian History Begins With Agnes Ozman . . . Or Does It? The Presence of the Gifts Since Pentecost
  11. 5. Weā€™re Here to Pump . . . You Up! Our Hunger for Hype and Thirst for Power
  12. 6. Touch Not Godā€™s Anointed: The Prevalence of Excessive Authority
  13. 7. Apostles and Prophets and Bishops . . . Oh My! Something Old or Something New?
  14. 8. A Prophecy for Me! A Biblical, Commonsense Look at Personal Prophecy
  15. 9. If I Become a Christian, Do I Have to Look (and Act) Like Them? The Cult of Personality
  16. 10. Why Donā€™t We Just Outlaw Sin Altogether? Navigating Our Way Between Legalism and Grace
  17. 11. We Donā€™t Need No Education: Our Contempt for ā€œBookā€ Knowledge and Pursuit of ā€œRevelationā€ Knowledge
  18. 12. If Itā€™s Strange, It Must Be of God: Wacky, Trendy Theology
  19. 13. Give Me a Principle, Not a Personal God: An Assessment of the Word of Faith Movement
  20. 14. I Think Iā€™m Catching a Cold . . . Oops, I Mean a Healing: The Secret to Positive Confession
  21. 15. Is All Sickness From the Devil? Healing and Godā€™s Will
  22. 16. You Know It Hurts So Good (No, Really!): The Role of Pain and Suffering in Our Charismatic Beliefs
  23. 17. Blood, Sweat, and Tears . . . Or Not: The Definition of True Faith
  24. 18. More Than a Feeling: Is It Okay to Pursue a Spiritual Buzz?
  25. 19. Can You Gimme a Quick Fix? The Length of Time God Uses to Change a Life
  26. 20. My Kingdom Come, My Will Be Done: The Intersection of Our Desires and Godā€™s Plans
  27. 21. What the Devil Is Going on Here? Spiritual Warfareā€”Our Part and Godā€™s Part
  28. 22. Removing Your Label From Your Lapel: The Future of the Charismatic Movement
  29. Epilogue: Good Mourning, Holy Spirit: Moving Forward in Light of Your Charismatic Experience
  30. Notes
  31. About the Author