What are the different types of Charismatics?
Dove of the Holy Spirit (ca. 1660, alabaster, Throne of St. Peter, St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) What is the " Charismatic - cessationist spectrum. ” There are many differing views about the role of the Spirit in the Church today, but the key differences are really the answers to a series of questions that do not always go together. 1. Strong cessationist Perhaps this is something of a caricature, but there are a number of Christians who would basically deny that a modern Christian can have any sort of relationship with God today except exclusively though prayerfully reading the Bible . God’s word to us today would be entirely limited to reading the Scriptures, and some would not expect any kind of excitement or emotion about the Christian’s time of worship. Many in groups below would accuse these people of having a relationship with a book rather than the living God, while they would presumabl...