Mark Dever: ” „false converts will hire false teachers which in turn will bring in more false converts”

Zilele trecute l-am văzut din nou pe unul dintre proaspeţii apologeţi ai vindecărilor. Proaspăt de un an şi ceva. Respectivul a vorbit două ore din care zeci de minute bune despre ce a făcut dînsul, de ce a făcut ce a făcut, cum a făcut, cum gîndeşte, ce a publicat, de ce, cît, cum înţelege dînsul (şi soţia sa) şi familia sa viaţa, Biblia etc. Într-un cuvînt …mult despre un SINE extrem de gonflat. În final am aflat şi despre Isus. La sfîrşitul finalului a încercat o sesiune de vindecare.

Absolut penibil. Omul nostru nu este deloc histrionic. Ar fi fost un foarte bun învăţător, cu anumite condiţii (continuarea lecturilor serioase, articularea unui aparat teologic consistent, coerent şi consecvent etc.), dar sesiunile de vindecare la care trebuie realizată un pic de „atmosferă” (în traducere liberă „circ”) necesită un anumit tip de carismă, de structură de personalitate, un gen de tupeu şi vid intelectual de care respectivul nu este în stare, precum sînt capabili şi performează mai vechii vindecători telefonici, televizaţi şi uleiofori. Prefer să nu discutăm nume şi cazuri deşi aluziile mele sînt fără multe perdele. Mai bine citim cîteva rînduri care ar putea fi numite „food for thought”. Poate discutăm modele teologice, cauze, efecte, implicaţii. Revenirile la discuţii în jurul persoanelor vor fi moderate cu sîrg în măsura timpului disponibil.

Iată spre zidire un capitol dintr-o carte distribuit cu următorul preambul:

Forward 
by Sandy Simpson
Deception in The Church

This chapter is taken from an out of print book called „Wonders And The Word – An Examination Of Issues Raised By John Wimber And The Vineyard Movement” by James R. Coggins and Paul G. Hiebert.

As of the publishing of this book in 1989, Paul G. Hiebert was professor of mission anthropology in South Asian Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA.  He is currently Associate Dean of Academic Doctoral Programs, Chairman of the Department of Mission and Evangelism, and Professor of Mission and Anthropology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.  He holds a BA from Tabor College, an MA from Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary, and an MA & PhD from University of Minnesota.

Before coming to Trinity, Dr. Hiebert served as a missionary in India for six years as the principal of Bethany Bible School and College. He has also taught at Kansas State University, the University of Washington, Osmania University (Hyderabad, India), and Fuller Theological Seminary. He has been published widely in both the field of anthropology and the field of missiology. His articles have appeared in many leading journals, including American Anthropologist, Journal of Anthropological Research, Folklore, Missiology, and Mission Focus. He has published two anthropological books, Konduru and Cultural Anthropology.

Dr. Hiebert was at Fuller when John Wimber was there and the Vineyard movement was well underway.  This book was an apologetic against what Wimber and others were experimenting around with at Fuller and what had taken shape in the Vineyard, later to blossom into a full blown case of Toronto „Blessing”.  The issues they were dealing with at the time laid the groundwork for what we see now in the „New Apostolic Reformation” or „third wave”, as C. Peter Wagner has coined it.  The problems are the same. What were then the birth pangs of renewed gnosticm and eastern mysticism in the Vineyard and other Penetecostal churches are now the key issues facing the entire church and the few true believers who are left with discernment.  Dr. Hiebert articulates the issues so very well in this chapter of the book.

I wish to thank Dr. Hiebert for giving me permission to reprint this chapter from his book on the Internet and place it on the Deception In The Church web site.  This article cannot be reprinted or distributed in any form, except for personal use.  It may be linked to from other web sites on the Internet.

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