[metmom]

So what is the conclusion here regarding spiritual gifts? Is such a thing as prophecy, healing, or whatnot, active in this day and age? I tend to think not.

I tend to think that they are active in this day and age but not nearly to the degree that many claim.

The Pentecostal/Charismatic movement is shallow. It pays too much attention to its own traditions and not enough to Scripture, too much to the Holy Spirit and not enough about Jesus, too much on the gifts and not enough on the fruit, too much about manifesting power and gifts and not enough manifesting Christ, too much on what they can get out of it in experience and not enough on how they can serve others and lead them to Christ.

[Quix]

It depends on the congregation.

The Lord’s PRESENCE in any demonstrable form

is literally

THE GREATEST ‘SHOW’ ON EARTH in a list of ways.

And for most individuals sick of phoney, shallow, milque toasty fare that passes for most of Christianity—HIS PRESENCE is a dramatically DIFFERENT experience easy to get excited about.

I don’t blame folks for getting excited and wanting to do any and everything they can to facilitate a ‘repeat performance.’

However, it is true that solid Biblical teaching needs to be thoroughly involved before, during and after any and everything we do in Christianity—including experiencing God’s Acts 2 maniffestations etc.