by Robby McAlpine | Jun 23, 2016 | Evangelicalism, Misrepresenting the Vineyard, Practical Theology, The Vineyard Movement
When you are a continuationist, one of the more bizarre realities that you have to wrestle with is that some of your harshest critics are other Christians. You know, your extended spiritual family. And as the saying goes: “You can pick your friends, but...
by Robby McAlpine | Feb 23, 2016 | Evangelicalism, Misrepresenting the Vineyard, Practical Theology, The Vineyard Movement
The word “evangelical” seems to have been co-opted and caricatured to the point where it’s become meaningless, if not outright detrimental. My coconspirators at Think Theology and I meet monthly via Zoom, and we’ve had an ongoing debate over it’s continued usefulness....
by Robby McAlpine | Feb 23, 2016 | Evangelicalism, Misrepresenting the Vineyard, The Vineyard Movement
“Historically, fundamentalism was a theological position; only gradually did the movement come to signify a mood and disposition as well. In its early [years], leadership reflected ballast, and less of bombast and battle … If [liberalism] stands discredited as a...
by Luke Geraty | Jan 16, 2014 | Conflict Resolution, Misrepresenting the Vineyard
The other day a formerly semi-local pastor posted a public statement that addressed me, the church I serve, and the movement I am a part of. Quite a few things happened since his post went public. First of all, many more people took a look at the article in question....
by Luke Geraty | Aug 22, 2013 | Misrepresenting the Vineyard
See the introduction to this blog category for a background to why I’m taking the time to respond to some of these pages. One of the primary reasons why is because the people I serve as a pastor may take the time to read these pages, and I want to best serve...
by Luke Geraty | Aug 8, 2013 | Misrepresenting the Vineyard
See the introduction to this blog category for a background to why I’m taking the time to respond to some of these pages. One of the primary reasons why is because the people I serve as a pastor may take the time to read these pages, and I want to best serve...
by Luke Geraty | Aug 6, 2013 | Charismatic Theology, Misrepresenting the Vineyard, The Vineyard Movement
As I’ve demonstrated in the past, it seems that there are some who have no desire to correctly represent the Vineyard Movement in their criticisms. This constant misrepresentation finds expression on the Internet and has even been expressed in conversations I...
by Luke Geraty | Nov 16, 2012 | Across the Web, Apologetics, Charismatic Theology, Misrepresenting the Vineyard, The Vineyard Movement
There are some commonly held “rules of engagement” when scholars interact with each other and opposing ideas. And if those scholars happen to be Christians, I would assume that more care would be taken to be loving, gracious, and humble in how one...
