It's hard to defend a negative, to dogmatically assert that God no longer loves us enough to heal the sick, for example. And Christians no longer have the power to cast out devils? What, we're supposed to simply wring our hands and whimper when a demon oppresses a friend, neighbor, or (dare I say it?) fellow church member? Missionaries have no grace to command disturbing spirits to shut up and go away? I can see why the demons would love this doctrine! If the Christians voluntarily lay down their weapons, and simply let the devils have their way... if "spiritual leaders" call upon believers to disarm themselves ...
God Himself commands us, in many places, to raise our hands in worship. Apparently, this writer is smarter than God?
There are several powerful trends afoot among the people of God today -- spiritual gifts, Reformed theology, and home schooling, to name three. Too many Baptists are missing the boat on all three, smugly asserting that we should adore their nattering negativity, their dogma of denial, rather than the God who loves us and invites us to get with His program. Perhaps, Augustine's assertion concerning the Donatists applies:
ABSOLUTELY INDEED.