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Originally Posted by Neogillist However, on the up side, I think there is a number of growing "Reformed" Charismatic churches like that of J. C. Mahaney that are very conservative and may help bring Charismatic Christians into a more biblical-based form of Christianity. I am not a strict cessationist myself, since I cannot prove that position either from Scriptures or Historical Theology, but I think that the supernatural gifts have ceased for the most part, except for exorcism in Third World countries. | I don't see charismatic belief in a so-called "reformed" Church as an up side. | I would if the Reformed theology came into a professing charismatic congregation. If it is the other way around I would agree with you. |
That's sort of how it happened with the Sovereign Grace guys. They were charismatics and then adopted a thorough Calvinistic soteriology. They still practice the gifts but in a much more controlled, calm form, attempting to use 1 Cor 14 as a model for their use in public worship. I was actually worshiping at one of their congregations before I joined TRPC. I am not a fan of even the toned-down charismaticism, and it does still seem to lead to emotionalism in some ways, but they're a lot better than the charismatic ministries of which I was previously a part. Unfortunately, since they've already built up an entire ministry around the Charismatic/Reformed thing, it will probably be therefore much harder to see a large shift towards a broader Reformed theology.