You think Trinitarians accept you?

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Originally Posted by Orthodoxy

This is simply not true. For example, The Gospel Coalition, probably the largest and most influential of the groups, regularly fellowships with Pentecostals/Charismatics.

Good grief, even some of the Gospel Coalition council members are self-described charismatics (i.e. Matt Chandler, DA Carson, Mark Driscoll, Joshua Harris, CJ Mahaney).

Even though our pastor, Chandler, will hang out with pentecostals and charismatics he would probably consider most of them to be practicing the gifts in an unbiblical way and leading people into mysticism. There is so much of that going around.

Still, these guys aren't your typical calvinist in that they do agree that in the proper context the gifts are to be used in the church today.

Most here would laugh at the idea of an elder board requiring that they filter messages in tongues before releasing it to the members and also anyone with a "word of knowledge" has to present it to the board. There are so many nutcases out there proclaiming themselves to be prophets and having "words from God" that it is a very wise thing to just squash most of that stuff before it ever happens.

How many large UPC churches do you know that you would probably walk in off the street and give a message in tongues and the folks would accept it as from God without knowing anything about the person?