FrozenChosen
Puritan Board Freshman
I'm not sure if you guys know this, but my roommate this year is pentecostal. I've done pretty well (by God's graces no doubt) in putting up with some of his claims, but tonight was the night that made me pretty :flaming::flaming:
He came in and mentioned that a girl from the Baptist Campus Ministries that came to Chi Alpha (a pentecostal campus ministry) because apparently she wasn't free enough to worship at BCM.
Then he mentioned a blind girl from the next dorm down who is blind. He said she came to and joked about her getting healed, of course she wasn't, then said "Perhaps next week though."
He's pretty virulently anti-Calvinist, and probably would have a heart attack with the claims of some of the hymns we're used to singing.
It's pretty irritating.
Anyways, this isn't to rant, but actually a petition of a few things:
1) Your prayers that God helps me keep my cool,
2) For some web sites that explain various strains of Pentecostal movements, a scriptural refutation of their claims,
3) And more prayer that I can keep my cool.
I know that [i:c4d8eae871]Charismatic Chaos[/i:c4d8eae871] is a well-written book (apparently, I've seen good reports of it on this forum though), but I don't have time to get it shipped to me in these last two weeks.
Also, how do you personally deal with Pentecostals? I know discussion of this group has been done a lot before, but sometimes it's hard to find what you're looking for with the search function.
This an area of defense in which I'm terribly lacking, so I appreciate even the least bit of help.
He came in and mentioned that a girl from the Baptist Campus Ministries that came to Chi Alpha (a pentecostal campus ministry) because apparently she wasn't free enough to worship at BCM.

Then he mentioned a blind girl from the next dorm down who is blind. He said she came to and joked about her getting healed, of course she wasn't, then said "Perhaps next week though."
He's pretty virulently anti-Calvinist, and probably would have a heart attack with the claims of some of the hymns we're used to singing.
It's pretty irritating.
Anyways, this isn't to rant, but actually a petition of a few things:
1) Your prayers that God helps me keep my cool,
2) For some web sites that explain various strains of Pentecostal movements, a scriptural refutation of their claims,
3) And more prayer that I can keep my cool.

I know that [i:c4d8eae871]Charismatic Chaos[/i:c4d8eae871] is a well-written book (apparently, I've seen good reports of it on this forum though), but I don't have time to get it shipped to me in these last two weeks.
Also, how do you personally deal with Pentecostals? I know discussion of this group has been done a lot before, but sometimes it's hard to find what you're looking for with the search function.
This an area of defense in which I'm terribly lacking, so I appreciate even the least bit of help.