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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 February 2009
If the charismatic movement has its avid proponents, it also has its ardent opponents. These two tend to form polar extremes. In the conflict that emerges on various issues often the truth seems to lie not so much at either pole as where the Greek philosopher Aristotle sought it, in the golden mean between two extremes.
page 439 note 1 Some scholars argue for the temporary nature of the gifts mentioned in I Cor. 12.8–10. For a statement of the views and an answer to them see my Evaluating the Charismatic Movement: A Theological and Biblical Appraisal (Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1977), pp. 82–87.Google Scholar
page 440 note 1 Schweizer, Eduard, Article on ‘Pneuma’, TDNT (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1968), Vol. VI, p. 396.Google Scholar
page 441 note 1 Smail, Thomas A., ‘Theology of Renewal and the Renewal of Theology’, Theological Renewal, No. 1, p. 2.Google Scholar The quotation is ascribed to J. I. Packer.
page 441 note 2 ibid., pp. 2–4.
page 445 note 1 MacKay, John A., Christian Reality and Appearance (Richmond: John Knox Press, 1969), p. 30.Google Scholar
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page 449 note 1 The story of the Church of the Redeemer in Houston, Texas is ably told in two books by Graham Pulkingham, the pastor who led it into this new life style. See his Gathered for Power (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1972)Google Scholar and They Left Their Nets (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1974).Google Scholar
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