Year: 2023

  • Christian Prophecy and Canon in the Second Century.

    Christian Prophecy and Canon in the Second Century.

    This article by Gary Steven Shogren is called, Christian Prophecy and Canon in the Second Century: A Response to B. B. Warfield. It is found in JETS 40/4 (December 1997) 609–626. It contains some fascinating accounts of both prophecy and the Church’s attitude to prophecy during the second century. It includes the Didache, The Shepherd…

  • Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – some ending notes…

    Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – some ending notes…

    As a conclusion to this mini-diatribe on the value, authority, and accuracy of non-Scripture-equivalent prophecy, I’d like to make a couple of comments. 1. Regardless of anything a prophecy says, Jesus and his death and resurrection remain the central point of our faith. As Revelations 19:10 says: the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of…

  • Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – its accuracy.

    Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – its accuracy.

    (Originally posted in 2006) This is the fifth post in the series “Non-Scripture-equivalent prophecy”. Prophecy can be accurate or inaccurate – I don’t think anyone would disagree. There is also prophecy that is partly accurate. How does this happen? Let me draw up a list from innaccurate to accurate and suggest some ideas – some…

  • Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – its authority.

    Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – its authority.

    (Originally posted 2006) Prophecy that communicates the words of God has divine authority. One big issue is deciding whether a prophecy is a divine communication. Another is what “divine authority” means. When a prophecy is given, the task of the church is to discern the authenticity and accuracy of that prophecy (1 Thess 5:19-22; 1…

  • Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – 2 Timothy 3:16-17

    Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – 2 Timothy 3:16-17

    (Originally posted March 2006) I hadn’t looked at 2 Tim 3:16-17 in relation to prophecy in particular, but, thanks to a comment by Neil, over the past couple of days I have thought a little bit about it. And while I still don’t have the answers to all my questions, I cannot see how cessationists…

  • Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – its value.

    Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – its value.

    (Originally posted February 2006) I think most cessationists would agree with me that their definition of prophecy is that it is Scripture-equivalent. To break that down further, that means that prophecy is a) as valuable as Scripture, b) as authoritative as Scripture and c) as accurate as Scripture. What’s more, cessationists would argue this has…

  • Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – How can it not be for today?

    Non-Scripture-Equivalent Prophecy – How can it not be for today?

    (Originally posted February 2006) Not long ago I listened to a tape of a message by D.A. Carson called, “Greater than King David”. The basic message was explaining why Jesus said John the Baptist was the greatest to have been born of a woman and why even the least in the Kingdom of Heaven is…

  • We Need Love

    We Need Love

    https://kiwiandanemu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/We-Need-Love-background.pdf

  • Imperfection

    Imperfection

    https://kiwiandanemu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Imperfection-Tract-a.pdf

  • The God Who Sticks Around.

    The God Who Sticks Around.

    Written in February 2008. For no particular reason our baby started to cry. We had put her to bed not too long ago, and usually she will sleep through without incident.  This time, however, she had begun crying – loudly.  I was at the computer right next to her room and Paula was in bed, so I went in…