John Piper has a great post called Test Revival With Doctrine. The occasion for the post is the ridiculous “revival” in Lakeland, FL. How are we to judge such things? By holding them up to sounds biblical doctrine and teaching. We need doctrine in our churches otherwise people will not know how to judge whether a thing is good or bad.

Here is Piper:

Our test for every Lakeland that comes along should first be doctrinal and expositional. Is this awakening carried along by a “love for the truth” and a passion to hear the whole counsel of God proclaimed?