Daily Archives: 20/11/2025

Some early Evangelical adopters of the Pentecostal “Baptism of the Holy Spirit” justified their experience by Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, for example, received the teaching from Duncan Campbell, the Hebrides revivalist from the Holiness Movement, but apparently conducted an in-depth study of Ephesians to confirm it. Similarly Michael Harper, who was directly influenced by Lloyd-Jones, said that when studying Ephesians it all became suddenly clear. Martyn Lloyd-Jones remained an Evangelical icon as a preacher, despite the rift with John Stott over both denominational loyalty and the Charismatic issue. Harper, although championing the abandonment of denominational boundaries as advocated first by Latter Rain teachers in America, was “led … Continue reading →