In the July 1993 issue of Reflections On Truth,<\/em>\u00a0David Padfield reports an obituary in the Chicago Tribune of May 22, 1993. It seems that William Bentley, a Pentecostal preacher, died <\/b>while conducting Sunday services at the Progressive Beulah Pentecostal Church. Bentley had served as the national president of the United Pentecostal Council of the Assemblies of God, Inc. (1981-1989). Bro. Padfield correctly observes, “Aren’t these the folks who claim to have miraculous powers today? Don’t they claim to be able to raise the dead? Did anyone try to bring Mr. Bentley back to life?”<\/p>\n So-called “faith healers” often blame their failures on the inadequate faith of those they are trying to help. Who should be blamed on this occasion? Didn’t the membership of the Progressive Beulah Pentecostal Church have enough faith to resurrect this man? The truth of the matter is that these gullible people have embraced a doctrine that is rotten to the core. And their failure to show a true, modern-day miracle speaks volumes!<\/p>\n Paul said spiritual gifts would pass away after the completion of God’s revelation (I Corinthians 13:8-10). Miracles were designed by God to confirm His word (Mark 16:20; Hebrews 2:3-4). Today, we have that confirmed word, the “perfect law of liberty<\/em>” (James 1:25).<\/p>\n I have also wondered why the Pentecostals send their missionaries to special schools to learn foreign languages. If the Pentecostals could truly speak in tongues just like the apostles and certain, select Christians appointed by God during the infancy of the church (Acts 2:1-12; I Corinthians 12:27-31), they would not need a single language class!<\/p>\n “A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!<\/em>” (Proverbs 26:3 NIV).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Craig Meyer via\u00a0Sentry Magazine, Vol. 21 No. 3, September 1995 In the July 1993 issue of Reflections On Truth,\u00a0David Padfield reports an obituary in the Chicago Tribune of May 22, 1993. It seems that William Bentley, a Pentecostal preacher, died while conducting Sunday services at the Progressive Beulah Pentecostal Church. Bentley had served as…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[143,363,429],"class_list":["post-96429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-charismatic","tag-miracles","tag-pentecostalism"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45814,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/how-do-i-convince-a-pentecostal-of-the-truth-about-miracles\/","url_meta":{"origin":96429,"position":0},"title":"How do I convince a Pentecostal of the truth about miracles?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 29, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: When you get time would you look over these responses I saw from a Oneness Pentecostal in a discussion with a brother over miracles? I completely agree that miracles ceased, and that which is perfect is referring to the word of God, but the Pentecostal Oneness member brings up\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":60369,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/things-you-will-never-see-at-a-pentecostal-healing-service\/","url_meta":{"origin":96429,"position":1},"title":"Things You Will Never See at a Pentecostal “Healing” Service","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 17, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Author Unknown One raised from the dead, like Jesus did (John 11:38:44). The blind made to see, like Jesus did (John 9:1-12). The deaf made to hear, like Jesus did (Mark 7:31-37). An ear restored, as Jesus did (Luke 22:49-51). A leper cleansed, like Jesus did (Matthew 8:1-4). 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I thought about Romans 1:16-17,\u00a0 the passage he was trying\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":52146,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/coming-out-of-pentecostalism\/","url_meta":{"origin":96429,"position":5},"title":"Coming Out of Pentecostalism (Article)","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"December 15, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"by Bill Davis One of the greatest challenges for any Pentecostal to overcome is to accept the fact that God no longer works miracles today as he did in times past. 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