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Discernment C. Schofield, 11/10/95 How do we react, as Christians, when we encounter claims that a new movement of the Holy Spirit is taking place within the church, albeit involving elements that appear strange and bizarre? I believe there are two different attitudes which must both be present in our minds as we react to such claims. Firstly, there must be openness. Although this attitude is not specifically set forth in the New Testament, I believe it is needed today for a number of reasons. 1. We are living in days of low vitality compared with the New Testament church, and in consequence there is low expectancy. Martyn Lloyd-Jones refers to the danger of dead orthodoxy, where people go to church with 'no conception that God may suddenly meet with them, and that something tremendous may happen'. (Revival, p.72). In this situation it is all too easy to reduce everything to the level of our...

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