Good Sermon on the Gift of Prophecy

I heard a good sermon on the radio a couple weeks ago on the gift of prophecy in the church.

John Piper (a Baptist minister from Minneapolis) gives a very good explanation of what this gift looks like in the New Testament, as opposed to how prophets functioned in the Old Testament. He also fairly presents some opposing viewpoints from other Christian leaders.

My favourite lines:

So for these reasons I am persuaded that the gift of prophecy is valid for today and is not equal with Scripture in authority but is valuable as a Spirit-guided expression of something we otherwise would not know or say, which is powerful for that particular moment and brings conviction or exhortation or consolation for the awakening or upbuilding of faith.

It is fallible. It may prove true and it may not because the human channel is sinful and fallible and finite.