Over the past century, the charismatic movement swept the globe, promising a deeper connection with God, spiritual blessing at every turn, and lots of cash for anyone with enough faith. How did this movement begin? And how has it changed over the decades? This episode answers those questions as it tells the story of one of the movement’s founders and most famous leaders. Then, we’ll tell another story about a woman who rejected the movement and found salvation outside it. Finally, we’ll look at why John MacArthur’s been such a critic of the all the charismatic chaos—even though friends he will one day see in heaven are part of it. John will show us the fatal flaw at the center of the movement and what the true gospel teaches us about faith, revelation from God, and true satisfaction.

 

SHOW NOTES:

• Aimee Semple McPherson opening Angelus Temple: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PQZcCXFCMU
• Aimee Semple McPherson: A Biographical Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msMJNVC9ABg&t=27s
• Aimee Semple McPherson  enters Vaudeville 1933: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UBcZmDARtQ
• Kathryn Kuhlman healing an ear clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bRo9WlvP7Q
• Kathryn Kuhlman's program "I Believe in Miracles": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlOpQPRES9Y&list=PLeFnuFC8ZqJvm98Pta_hI-Asx_xqSF9v6
• Joni Eareckson Tada's testimony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVXJ8GyLgt0

 

John MacArthur Sermons cited in this episode:

• https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/TM13-1
• https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/80-329/jesus-plus-nothing-equals-everything