Three Streams

Restoration, Revival and Reformation

Entries for January, 2010

Currently Reading: Wayne Grudem - The Gift of Prophesy

I’ve recently began to read Wayne Grudem’s The Gift of Prophesy and so far I have found it an excellent explanation of the gift of Prophesy. The book, so far, explores prophets in the O.T, Apostles and Revelation and the gift of Prophesy within the N.T churches.
This book is a must for charismatics and non [...]

Are evangelicals standing firm in the faith or losing their grip on the faith?

I think this quote from Spurgeon is very appropriate for today. These are not days in which whole hearted commitment to the scriptures are encouraged. Many evangelicals think they want revival but very few are willing to pay the price for true revival.
“We admire a man who was firm in the faith, say four hundred [...]

Rediscovering Tradition

This Christmas period has felt very ‘traditional’ in so many ways. Firstly we had one of the first ‘white Christmas’ that we have had for many years. Also it was Ethan’s first ‘real’ Christmas in that he is 14 months old and therefore he had a greater awareness and a lot of what was happening [...]

  

    “If the cross is not central to in our thinking, it is safe to say that our faith, whatever it may be, is not the Christian faith, and our creed whatever it may be, is not the Apostles’ Creed."
    John Stott