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A good friend from San Angelo cut a cross-section of bell pepper and sent out a picture of it. There it is, randomly appearing from completely unrelated circumstances–the shape of Texas! She only sent the picture out for fun. But…
What could this astonishing concomitance of events mean? Oddly, there is a reason to ask that otherwise ridiculous question.
There are two common errors related to interpreting such circumstances, each derived from an extreme position.
The first error is the one that leads people to line up around the block to see the image of Mary in a window pane or to bid thousands of dollars for a piece of toast with “The Last Supper” etched into it. Whether it is good (like a sign from heaven), bad (like an ominous shadow in a dark room), or contrived (like laser-engraving an image in bread), people commonly intend significance on mundane objects. Some see that tendency as evidence that faith is absurd. They are wrong. (more…)

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I have done a few brief interviews (here is an example about 12 minutes long) on Jerry Johnson Live to address whether sign-gifts such as healing, speaking in tongues, prophecy, and the Word of knowledge are valid gifts for the church today. I do not believe they are. The Criswell Theological Review published my explanation of the cessationist position (the view that the sign-gifts have ceased) in the Fall 2006 issue. That article is available in its entirety here. That argument, however, is too long and a bit cumbersome for most people who might want to understand my view. So here is a very brief overview of what I try to defend more fully in that explanation: (more…)

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A Jerry Johnson Live broadcast from May 30, 2008: An interview concerning miracles, sign gifts, and Rick Joyner’s Morningstar Ministries.

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