Your Sons & Daughters Shall Prophesy - Prophetic Gifts Today In The New Testament Church

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9. In The Social Teaching of the Christian Churches, Olive Wyan, trans. (London: Allen & Unwin, 1931), 2 vols. An outstanding analy sis of the factors that cause deterioration in churches. 10. Elmer L. Towns, "Sociological Back ground of Postdenominational Church," a paper presented at the National Symposium on the Postdenominational Church, Fuller Theo logical Seminary, May 22, 1996. 11. C. Peter Wagner, The New Apostolic Churches (Ventura: Regal, 1998). He points out nine new distinctives of these churches: name, authority structure, leadership training, ministry focus, worship style, prayer forms, financing, outreach and power. Chapter 1. 12. Towns, "Sociological Background," pp. 4-5. 13. Wagner, New Apostolic, pp. 18-19. 14. Towns, "Sociological Background," p. 2. 15. Ibid. 16. Watson, I Believe, pp. 73-74. 17. Called-out ones is a term appropriated by both Jesus and Paul to describe the new peo ple of God. Ecclesia referred to the citizens, the qualified voters, of a city-state. Jesus and Paul were describing the Church as a spiritual com munity within a secular community (Matthew 16:18; 18:17; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 12:28; 14:23). 18. See Brunner, Misunderstanding. 19. Scripture for "gathering together": Matthew 18:20; Acts 2:42; 11:26; 14:27; 15:6, 22, 30; 20:7-8; 1 Corinthians 5:4; 14:23, 26, 28, 34; 1 Timothy 3:15; James 2:2. 20. Gentile, Worship God!, chapter 33. Also, C. K. Barrett suggests that "the word means not simply the people of God, but the people of God assembled." Commentary on the First Epistle to the Corinthians, p. 261. 21. Burgess, Spirit and the Church, p. 12. 22. Kydd, Charismatic Gifts, p. 87. See Burgess, Spirit and the Church. 23. Aune, Prophecy in Early Christianity, p. 313. 24. Von Campenhausen, Ecclesiastical Authority, p. 181. 25. Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies 8.12; Epiphanius, Panarion 48.1; Jerome, Epis tle 41.3. 26. Phillip Schaff, History of the Christian Church (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1950), Vol. II, p. 417. 27. For discussions and illustrations of the sixteen recorded prophecies, see Aune, Prophecy

18. Three recent books should prove help ful: Jack Deere, Surprised by the Power of the Spirit (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1993); William DeArteaga, Quenching the Spirit (Lake Mary, Fla.: Creation House, 1992); and Jane Rumph's compilation of forty true, dramatic accounts of worldwide conversions resulting from "power evangelism" (which includes prophecy), Stories from the Front Lines. 19. Deere, "Anatomy," p. 55. 20. See the fascinating book Doomsday by Russell Chandler (Ann Arbor, Mich.: Servant, 1993), which chronicles colorful tales of indi viduals and groups throughout history who have believed the end was near. 21. Joseph Hogan, "Charisms of the Holy Spirit," Restoration (March 1972), p. 8. 22. See, for instance, Does God Speak Today? by Bishop David Pytches, one of the leading charismatic ministers in England. He gives 47 fascinating stories of God's revelations to individuals, followed by fifteen counterfeit revelations. An interesting balance! 23. Fee, Empowering Presence, p. 59. 24. Barclay, Letters to the Corinthians, p. 127. 25. Cartledge, "Charismatic Prophecy," p. 19. 26. Pytches, Does God Speak, p. 83. 27. J. B. Phillips, New Testament Chris tianity (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956), p. 15. 28. Fee, Empowering Presence, p. 902. 29. Joyner, Prophetic Ministry, p. 17. 30. Ruthven, "A Place for Prophecy?", p. 14. Chapter 15: When Bishops Replace Prophets 1. Best, "Prophets and Preachers," p. 150. 2.Larry Christenson, A Message to the Charismatic Movement (Minneapolis: Bethany, 1972), back cover. 3. Derek Tidball, The Social Context of the New Testament (U.K: Paternoster, 1983), p. 124. 4. Clifford Hill, Prophecy, p. 273. 5. Forbes, Prophecy and Inspired Speech, p. 250. 6. Robeck, "Ecclesiastical Authority," p. 18. 7. David O. Moberg, The Church as a Social Institution (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1962), pp. 118-124. My chart was based on his insights and those of Derek Tidball. 8. Tidball, Social Context, p. 124. • 402