Convergence: Spiritual Journeys of a Charismatic Calvinist(2005)

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There’s no escaping the fact that a serious, andoccasionally vitriolic, breach exists between Word-basedevangelical cessationists and their more experientially orientedcharismatic cousins.

“Many of my friends and colleagues over the years,”writes Sam Storms, “have questioned my wisdom, if not mysanity, in seeking to live and minister in both worlds. Some . . .have insisted, often zealously, that people who speak in tonguesrarely engage in serious theological reflection. They’vetried to convince me that people who pray expectantly formiraculous healings are inclined to minimize the importance ofGreek exegesis. Quite a few have suggested that my being aCalvinist is inconsistent with belief in the spiritual gift ofprophecy.”

Others “fear that my unflinching affirmation of thesovereignty of God will either kill my evangelistic zeal orundermine any sense of urgency in prayer, or perhaps both. They areoften suspicious of my emphasis on the mind and the criticalimportance of history and tradition. Although few have said itopenly, I can sense their uneasiness with my persistent andmeticulous habit of subjecting all claims of supernatural phenomenato the test of Scripture. Beneath it is the worry that excessivedevotion to biblical precision will either breed dogmatic arroganceor quench the Spirit or, again, both.”

Can anything be done about the mistrust, caricature, and oftendenunciatory recriminations that pass between these two evangelicalgroups? Is it too much to hope and labor and pray for a convergenceof Word and Spirit, of mind and affection, of principle andpassion? Convergence: Spiritual Journeys of a CharismaticCalvinist was written to answer those troubling questions.

Yes, it is controversial! One doesn’t often hear ofsomeone defending the centrality of Scripture and the sovereigntyof God, on the one hand, and the importance of the spiritual giftof prophecy and the affections of the heart, on the other. Samunashamedly embraces both and demonstrates from Scripture and hisown spiritual journey how their convergence is essential forChristian living today.

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