charismatic calvinists?

I’d like to call your attention to a series of sermons I ran across on SermonAudio. The series is in five parts, apparently just recently completed, preached at the First Baptist Church of Parker, TX by pastor Hal Brunson, Ph.D.

I  have never heard of this church or this pastor heretofore. I don’t know how the pastor or church would classify themselves in the ecclesiastical spectrum.

Here is the blurb that accompanies the first message:

If ever there were a jewel of gold in a pig’s snout, charismatic Calvinism is it. What should be a humorous and ridiculous oxymoron, “charismatic Calvinist,” is now a nauseating and repugnant reality. Charismatic Calvinists open the door for false teaching in the Calvinist church; they blemish the reputation of orthodox Calvinists; they expect legitimacy, thinking that their claim to be Calvinists insulates them from the charge of heterodoxy; they denigrate the primary work of the Spirit in regeneration and sanctification, ultimately denying the scripture that affirms “of His fulness have we all received”; they inherently and unavoidably align themselves with the most despicable charletains of contemporary fundamentalism; they create a false expectation of sensational spiritual experience for young and naive believers; they are apparently unsatisfied and unsatiated with the primary work of the Holy Spirit in regeneration and sanctification; they have pirated and defamed the phrase “sovereign grace”; and they are an embarrassment and an annoyance.

I have listened to the first message. I heartily recommend it. I plan to listen to the rest. I hope you will take them in as well.

Pastor Brunson shows more clarity and courage than many wishy-washy Calvinists who talk nice about the Charismatic Calvinist false teachers.

Charismatic Calvinists, Part 1

Charismatic Calvinists, Part 2

Charismatic Calvinists, Part 3

The Most Dangerous Verses in the Bible

Charismatic Calvinists, Part 5

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Comments

  1. A note to commenters: Arguments for and against any post will be published if they contain any substance (and no profanity). Mere sneering and mockery will be deleted. The judgement of which is which is my prerogative alone.

    Maranatha!
    Don Johnson
    Jer 33.3

  2. I watched the first ten minutes on video at sermon audio. Amen! I ask the same questions he does about the condition of the non-Charismatic Calvinists who accept Charismatic Calvinism. I think it is somewhat simple there though too. They don’t practice separation. They won’t separate.

  3. I was sort of resisting the urge to listen to these, they have been heavily promoted on SA and I tend to ignore promoted sermons as many of them are poor and people pump money into it to get ‘noticed’. But now I have succumbed and downloaded. I’ll see what I think.

    • Hey, Jonathan, I’d be interested in your take on these after you’ve had a listen.

      Maranatha!
      Don Johnson
      Jer 33.3