Dr. Lloyd-Jones’s wisdom was invaluable. Although he tended to err on the side of caution, he would often say, “Very well, you go on.” He was not a man who took many risks himself, but he would often set me free to do so and to preach what was burning on my heart. He loved, for example, my vision of “Isaac,” that for thirteen years Abraham sincerely believed that Ishmael was the promised son. But one day God said to Abraham, “Wrong. Isaac is coming.” (See Genesis 17:15–21.) In much the same way, some sincere Christians have assumed that the Charismatic movement is “it”—the revival the church
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