In the past 50 years, the Charismatic movement has made much progress, in terms of expanding all over the world, being the most popular form of Christianity in the wider culture, saturating the media of satellite television and of course, of having congregations with stupendous membership. In spite of all these seemingly great advances, it is the firm conviction of conservative Evangelicals around the world that this movement is a misleading one and many a times, very dangerous too. In the first part of our analysis of the Charismatic theology, we turned to Dr. Trevor Craigen, Professor of Theology at Master’s Seminary, for his overview of the experience-driven theology of this movement
In our second part, Dr.Richard Mayhue, Senior Vice President and Dean, of Master’s Seminary will speak on gaining a biblical perspective on Charismatic theology. He believes, all experience must submit itself to the Scripture’s test for authenticity. He enlists four essential theological elements in the neo-pentecostal or charismatic movement - 1) continuing revelation, (2) Spirit baptism subsequent to salvation, (3) tongues, and (4) healing. Without these features, the charismatic brethren would not exist as a distinguishable element of Christendom. For each of these features, he offers a biblical analysis, to help us gain a biblical perspective of the whole movement.
