S4E52 - Sam Storms #HolySpirit #Cessationist #ChristianFamily #NAR

This week, Ken and Grant talk with Sam Storms. Sam recently retired from the Senior Pastor position at Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, OK. He is a significant figure in the body of Christ, operating as a bridge between the Evangelical and Charismatic tribes. Check out Sam' ministry, Enjoying God Ministries at https://www.samstorms.org. Tune into Episode 52 in Season 4 of God is Not A Theory. We long for your faith to be encouraged and the fire of the Holy Spirit to ignite in your life by hearing these testimonies. Live up to the Holy Spirit's potential in you and prove to your world that God Is Not a Theory. Thanks for listening to God Is Not A Theory, a podcast of Orbis Ministries. For more information, visit orbisministries.org (http://orbisministries.org/). If you'd like to hear more from Ken or join the Orbis Ministries community, you can download the free Orbis Ministries Mobile App here: https://get.theapp.co/kjwz (https://get.theapp.co/kjwz) Click here for all of our end-of-year givers: http://tinyurl.com/yfe3974h 'I know beyond a shadow of a doubt the Lord was calling me into full-time ministry." Sam Storms "I was not a friend of the Holy Spirit, even though He was a friend to me." Sam Storms "We would have a rhythm of the church once a week." - Ken Fish "We read the Bible every day." - Ken Fish "The foundation of morality is laid down in the Christian home." - John Admas. "The reason I was a cessationist was because of the arguments my professors gave me, and I never actually looked into the Bible to see if they were valid." - Sam Storms "The only question is 'What does the Word of God say?'" - Sam Storms "11th Evangelical commandment: Thou shall not do at all what others do poorly." - Sam Storms "My commitment to the Scripture does not quench the Spirit nor does my hunger for the Spirit diminish or water down my commitment to the Scriptures." Sam Storms "Love is not always easy." - Ken Fish "You can not expect your church to shift into things of the Spirit if you do not model it in the Scriptures." -Sam Storms "Overcome the barrier of what people think of you and become more concerned about what God thinks of you." Sam Storms NAR means New Apostolic Reformation "We can believe that the Bible says the Apostolic office is still active today without being a part of NAR." - Sam Storms "Although I believe in Apostles, I do not believe they carry a unilateral power and special revelatory experience that others do not have." - Sam Storms Here is Michael Brown's article on the NAR: https://stream.org/an-honest-question-for-the-critics-of-nar-the-new-apostolic-reformation/