Well, as many of you know I am an orthodox Pentecostal, and as we all know there are unorthodox Pentecostals. [Prepare for a story] Tonight two young Pentecostal men attended a Young Adults meeting at my A/G church and I partook in a conversation with them about salvation and Baptism of the Holy Spirit and we were in agreement. Then it came up that some scholars consider the second half of Mark 16 to have been added later, and I defended that position, and they came away agreeing with me that is at least possible that it was added later. We eventually shared our testimonies and we were all edified.
We began talking about local congregations and one of them mentioned how he thought Rick Warren was charismatic and I responded that he was Southern Baptist. We then went to John MacArthur naming us heretics, I mentioned that there is some credibility to that claim because of Oneness Pentecostals, Name it Claim its, and Word of Faithers. They were surprised by my rejection of them and asked me why I agreed that they were heretics. I successfully explained myself and they said they'd likely arrive to the same prayer meeting next week.
So, thank you TWeb for being so informative, and inciting my curiosity, on the topic of orthodoxy and heresy. You've helped equip me and point me to ministries for apologetics and it may have made the difference here.
We began talking about local congregations and one of them mentioned how he thought Rick Warren was charismatic and I responded that he was Southern Baptist. We then went to John MacArthur naming us heretics, I mentioned that there is some credibility to that claim because of Oneness Pentecostals, Name it Claim its, and Word of Faithers. They were surprised by my rejection of them and asked me why I agreed that they were heretics. I successfully explained myself and they said they'd likely arrive to the same prayer meeting next week.
So, thank you TWeb for being so informative, and inciting my curiosity, on the topic of orthodoxy and heresy. You've helped equip me and point me to ministries for apologetics and it may have made the difference here.
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