Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship

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Strange Fire

Author: John MacArthur

What would God say about those who blatantly misrepresent His Holy Spirit; who exchange true worship for chaotic fits of mindless ecstasy; who replace the biblical gospel with vain illusions of health and wealth; who claim to prophesy in His name yet speak errors; and who sell false hope to desperate people for millions of dollars?

The charismatic movement has always been a breeding-ground for scandal, greed, bad doctrine, and all kinds of spiritual chicanery. As a movement, it is clearly headed the wrong direction. And it is growing at an unprecedented rate.

From the Word of Faith to the New Apostolic Reformation, the Charismatic movement is being consumed by the empty promises of the prosperity gospel. Too many charismatic celebrities promote a “Christianity” without Christ, a Holy Spirit without holiness. And their teaching is having a disastrous influence on a grand scale, as large television networks broadcast their heresies to every part of the world.

In Strange Fire, bestselling author and pastor John MacArthur chronicles the unsavory history behind the modern Charismatic movement. He lays out a chilling case for rejecting its false prophets, speaking out against their errors, showing true reverence to the Holy Spirit, and above all clinging to the Bible as the inerrant, authoritative Word of God and the one true standard by which all truth claims must be tested.

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Part 1: Confronting a Counterfeit Revival

1. Mocking the Spirit
2. A New Work of the Spirit?
3. Testing the Spirits (Part 1)
4. Testing the Spirits (Part 2)

Part 2: Exposing the Counterfeit Gifts

5. Apostles Among Us?
6. The Folly of Fallible Prophets
7. Twisting Tongues
8. Fake Healings and False Hopes

Part 3: Rediscovering the Spirit’s True Work

9. The Holy Spirit and Salvation
10. The Spirit and Sanctification
11. The Spirit and the Scriptures
12. An Open Letter to My Continuationist Friends

Appendix: Voices from Church History

240pp. Hardback.