by Luke Geraty | Oct 22, 2013 | Charismatic Theology, Ecclesiology, Worship
Several months ago we spent time working through 1 Corinthians 12-14. Within this “Early Church Worship Guide,” we clearly find the apostle Paul writing, “So, my brothers, earnestly desire to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues. But all things should be...
by Luke Geraty | Oct 18, 2013 | Across the Web, Charismatic Theology, Church History, Epistemology, Pneumatology, Scripture, Why I am "Charismatic"
I already wrote a long post on Strange Fire, so this will be a little shorter. Tim Challies has posted Tom Pennington’s case for Cessationism. It probably has the most substance for Continuationists to consider out of all that has been shared thus far at...
by Luke Geraty | Oct 17, 2013 | Across the Web, Apologetics, Charismatic Theology, Conflict Resolution, Why I am "Charismatic"
So the firestorm from the Strange Fire Conference has been steadily building throughout the past few weeks and is now in full swing. When word got out that the conference was going to take place and that John MacArthur was releasing a book of the same name, Dr....
by Luke Geraty | Sep 16, 2013 | Charismatic Theology, Cultural Engagement, Why I am "Charismatic"
I’ve been thinking a lot about worldviews lately. People often talk about the Christian worldview over and against the secular worldview or the Hindu or Muslim worldview. I’ve actually been thinking about the different worldviews that exist within the...
by Luke Geraty | Sep 12, 2013 | Charismatic Theology, New Testament
“For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.” (Heb. 4:12) Throughout my life, I’ve heard...
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 | Jul 17, 2013 | Charismatic Theology, Disciple Making, Missional, The Kingdom of God, The Vineyard Movement
In the landscape of the “now and not yet,” the “inaugurated and not consummated,” the “sanctified and being sanctified,” it’s been extremely helpful for me to think about the concept of the kingdom of God through the idea of...
by Luke Geraty | Jul 13, 2013 | Charismatic Theology, The Kingdom of God
In honor of the fact that I’m headed to the Vineyard National Conference in Anaheim, I’m reading Robby Dawkins’ Do What Jesus Did and Jordan Seng’s Miracle Worker: A Down-to-Earth Guide to Supernatural Ministries. I’ve been looking...
by Luke Geraty | May 20, 2013 | Biblical Theology, Charismatic Theology, Ecclesiology, Israel
Scott Lencke has a good post up on why he doesn’t believe we should believe the popular idea that the church was born at Pentecost (Acts 2). Scott lays out some very good reasons why we should see God’s people through the lens of continuity rather than...
by Luke Geraty | Apr 9, 2013 | Charismatic Theology, Conflict Resolution, Leadership
When I first started pastoring, I was told by numerous people that it would take a number of years before people would respect my views. In many ways, the first few years of serving as a pastor is spent earning people’s trust. Can you be trusted? Will you be...
by Luke Geraty | Mar 13, 2013 | Charismatic Theology, Cultural Engagement, Eschatology, Politics
I’m going to leave out names on this one. Not because I’m afraid to address public people who do things in the public square publicly, but because my point isn’t to “call out” anyone. The people I’m thinking about are most certainly...
by Luke Geraty | Jan 19, 2013 | Charismatic Theology, Church & Pastoral, Cross-Cultural Ministry, Missional, Reviews, Theology, World Misions
While I’m not a missiologist, I am very interested in issues related to missions, evangelism, and contextualization. Not only am I interested in those subjects from a biblical perspective, I’m also interested in how those principles are extracted and...
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...
by Luke Geraty | Oct 22, 2012 | Charismatic Theology, Reformed Theology, Soteriology
If you desire to fit in with Charismatics, you have to learn how to use 2 Cor. 3:17b: “… where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” If you are an exegete, or at the very least a careful reader of Scripture, you’ll notice that I...
by Luke Geraty | Sep 20, 2012 | Charismatic Theology, Pneumatology
D. A. Carson writes, “In short, I see biblical support for the thesis that although all true believers have received the Holy Spirit and have been baptized in the Holy Spirit, nevertheless the Holy Spirit is not necessarily poured out on each individual...
by Luke Geraty | Jul 22, 2012 | Charismatic Theology, The Kingdom of God, The Vineyard Movement
Last week I had the opportunity to head to attend the “Healthy Lives, Leaders, & Churches” conference, hosted by the Duluth Vineyard, featuring Phil and Janet Strout. Phil is the new Vineyard USA nation director, so I was looking forward to hearing...
by Luke Geraty | Jun 3, 2012 | Biblical Theology, Charismatic Theology, The Kingdom of God, The Vineyard Movement
I thought I’d point out two good books on the subject of healing and miracles, though they also cover a lot more ground (Christology): Jesus the Miracle Worker by Graham H. Twelftree and Israel’s Divine Healer by Michael L. Brown. I’ve been reading...
by Luke Geraty | May 21, 2012 | Charismatic Theology, Spiritual Warfare
One of the theological backdrops to Pauline theology would be the Old Testament, right? After all, the apostle Paul quotes the OT quite a bit as an established authority for the early Christian communities (e.g., Rom. 1:17; 2:24; 3:4, 10; 1 Cor. 9:9; 14:21, etc.). So...
by Luke Geraty | Apr 23, 2012 | Charismatic Theology, Pneumatology, The Vineyard Movement, Why I am "Charismatic"
I want to take some time exploring some of the main passages that cause me to remain “charismatic.” There are a number of passages that I find extremely convincing toward a Continuationist reading of Scripture, so I’ll take a few posts to work...
by Luke Geraty | Mar 28, 2012 | Charismatic Theology, Pneumatology, The Vineyard Movement, Why I am "Charismatic"
There’s a helpful saying that I’ve heard (and repeated) about the early Pentecostal movement. It states that Pentecostalism “was an experience in search of a theology.” This simply means that since there wasn’t really a...
