Gospel Prism

For the glory of God, absolutely yes!!!!  During Sunday’s meeting concerning Wellspring’s continual pursuit of denominational affiliation with Sovereign Grace, the question of the continuation of the spiritual gifts was the predominant topic.  In a church like ours where we have those who are influenced by John Macarthur and Masters Seminary and those who are conservative continuationists (like myself), it can be quite a challenge to eye to eye on such things.  But it is extremely heartening to see men like C. J. Mahaney, Wayne Grudem, and John Piper (conservative continuationsist) and men like John Macarthur and Ligon Duncan (conservative cessationists) come together for the Gospel.  I must say that what is most telling is their passion to work together for the glory of the Gospel.

Nathan Busenitz article does an excellent job writing from a Grace Church (John Macarthur’s church) perspective that reveals just how can these two distinct groups work together for such conferences as Together for the Gospel.  He writes that if you see the ministry of cooperation into different layers, you can certainly work together, with the core issues (C. J.’s “keep the main thing the main thing�) in common.  This essay obviously leans more towards a Macarthur perspective, but it does teach us that even the author of Charismatic Chaos might not find all charismatics chaotic.