This is more like it. Lim seems to be back on track here. It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen “wildfire” in my local church. Maybe we have taken the decency and order thing a little too far.
“Third, it is important not to react. Paul says to the Corinthians, “eagerly desire spiritual gifts” (v. 1), be zealous for them and channel the zeal to build the Church (v. 12), and don’t forbid speaking in tongues (v. 39). Fear of extremes often causes churches to shrink form a complete gift ministry. The baby is thrown out with the bath water, the fire is feared because of possible wildfire, or, as the Chinese proverb puts it, we trim the toe to fit the shoe. On the other hand, to zealously follow an untested position that has little biblical base is to ask for problems that will hinder the very revival we all seek.”
David Lim, “Spiritual Gifts,” in Systematic Theology: Revised Edition, ed. Stanley M. Horton (Springfield, MO: Logion Press, 2007), 478.