Stephen Pilcher
Agnostic skeptic with personal experience of charismatic gatherings who attributes speaking in tongues to learned or psychological phenomena and questions literal interpretations of Pentecost.
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Jun 5, 2014 • 1h 20min
Unbelievable? 17 May 2008 Todd Bentley and the Lakeland 'revival'
Trevor Baker, pastor who witnessed Lakeland and reports impartation and healings; Stephen Pilcher, agnostic skeptic demanding medical proof; Mark Johnston, conservative minister wary of modern charismatic claims; Gerald Coates, charismatic leader defending revival. They debate Lakeland testimonies, eyewitness reports, psychosomatic vs documented healings, theological questions about continuing gifts, and long-term fruit and discernment.
Jun 5, 2014 • 1h 20min
Unbelievable? 10 May 2008 The gift of tongues - faith or fake?
Mark Johnston, a London minister and cessationist who insists New Testament gifts ended with Scripture. Stephen Pilcher, an agnostic skeptic who sees tongues as learned or psychological. Gerald Coates, charismatic leader who regularly speaks in tongues. They debate whether tongues are divine language or psychology, how Acts and Corinthians should be read, and the pastoral risks and practices around spiritual gifts.
