Charismatic Calvinists

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Comment by Phillip Roderick on August 22, 2008 at 2:35pm

Hi all, new to faith space. Looking forward to interacting with all fellow believers.

Comment by Kayla on June 24, 2008 at 10:52am

Hi! I'm new... what is a Charismatic Calvinist exactly?

Comment by Lance Baker on May 13, 2008 at 2:54am

Ooooh Sign me up. I'm hanging with you guys. I truly am not alone.

Comment by Jonathan Poland on May 12, 2008 at 3:17pm

Dude!
All our discussions are gone since the site went down for maintenance.

Comment by John on April 21, 2008 at 6:39am

Hey thanks for joining, as you can see it is early day's for this group. I'm sure others will begin to join at least out of curiosity if not conviction!

Comment by Jonathan Poland on April 12, 2008 at 10:18pm

Hey John,
I'm with you, man; God is doing something in the Church. I share the short version (believe me, it looks long, but it is the short version) of my testimony on "Are You A Charismatic Calvinist." Yes, by God's grace, I am. Praise God!

Comment by John on April 9, 2008 at 10:26am

Emmerging Charismatic Calvinists

An article in Christianity today in 2006 revealed the resurgence of calvinism among young believers, disatisfied with shallow versions of the faith many are returning to Reformed Doctrine (or perhaps more biblically 'the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints' Jude) ;)

America is seeing an emergence in Calvinism but what about the UK? The first thing that I have increasingly noticed is that there are many in the UK who are totally commited to Reformed principles and who are totally passionate about Jesus. Phil Johnson has created a blog which is absolutely fantastic, inspirational and deeply biblical. A lot of the resurgence in Calvinism has a lot to do with John Piper. Piper was influential in my own journey towards the Reformed faith and I may blog about my own journey later. Another key guy is Mark Driscoll, Driscoll is much more recent and less conservative in his 'culture'. His own definition is that he is 'theologically conservitive and culturally liberal. An approach that has caused him to be criticized by another popular reformed preacher John Macarthur. This brings me on to another key mover and possibly the most influential within the Charismatic realm, that is, Sam Storms. Storms wrote Convergence: Spiritual journeys of a Charismatic Calvinist. This was another text that largely influenced me in my journey towards Calvinism.

This list is by no means exaustive I could talk about RT Kendall, J.I Packer, Martin Lloyd Jones, Wayne Grudem. All of these guys are word and Spirit guys and their writing is faithful to the Holy Spirit and the Word of God.

We are living in exciting times and I am looking forward to the growth of this emmerging movement!