Pentecostal Spirituality Looking Through The Lens Of Ritual
107 Pentecostal Looking Through Spirituality: the Lens of Ritual Daniel E. Albrecht* . Introduction What does “ritual” have to do with “pentecostal spirituality”? Isn’t…
How should the Greek word for evangelism in Mt. 11:4-5, Lu. 9:6, Acts 8:36, Gal. 1:8, et al. be translated?
The Greek word euanggelidzo is used 135x, while the word for pastoring is used only 15x (and only 4x does it apply to shepherding a church). Yet this word is most always translated as "preach" or "proclaim." Does this…
Are we sure the Sabbath was/is always on a Saturday, and why are there not names of days in the Bible?
If we read the Bible, God’s days start at sunset. God’s months start with a new moon (lunar calendar). The Jews in the O.T. & N.T. followed God’s lunar calendar, based on the new moon. The seventh day, the Sabbath, was never on the sam…
Performing Global Pentecostal Theology A Response To Wolfgang Vondey
Pneuma 28,2_f13_313-321II 9/26/06 5:06 PM Page 313 Pentecostal Theology, Volume 28, No. 2, Fall 2006 Performing Global Pentecostal Theology: A Response to Wolfgang Vondey…
The Pastoral Trials of 1949 in the Foreign Press
Dr. Dony K. Donev Western journalism, even in the days before the pastors’ trial, widely covered the event in the reactionary press, making an…
How are the terms Pentecostal, Charismatic and Hyper-Charismatic used
How are the terms Pentecostal, Charismatic and Hyper-Charismatic used to describe different religious movements? The typical use of Pentecostal on this site is in…
What is the significance of the little book/scroll that John and Ezekiel must eat (Rev. 10:10, Ezek. 2:9-3:3)?
There are two references to these "little books" or "scrolls", one in the Book of Revelation:
Revelation 10:2: "and having in his hand a little scroll being open. And he placed his right foot upon the sea, and the…
What did Jesus mean when he said, Forgive them "for they know not what they do"?
Luke 23:34 (DRA) (emphasis added)
34 And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots.
Addressing the Father, Jesus acknowledges God’s ability to forgive their sin (…
Tetelestai – What did Jesus really say in John 19:30 assuming he spoke Aramaic or Hebrew?
I have been researching for a long time John 19:30, more specifically the word Tetelestai (τετελεσται) in the Greek. But recently came across the topic of the Hebrew Gospels (possible late translations) and is fascinating.
What did Jesus…
Is there any distinction in the Greek between "Praying in/with the Spirit" from Ephesians 6:18 & the similar words in 1 Corinthians 14:15?
In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians Paul indicates that he prefers to pray both in (or with) the Spirit and in (or with) the mind.
τί οὖν ἐστίν; προσεύξομαι τῷ πνεύματι, προσεύξομαι δὲ καὶ τῷ νοΐ· ψαλῶ τῷ πνεύματι, ψαλῶ δὲ καὶ τῷ…
Globalization And The Mission Of The Church
In “Globalization and the Mission of the Church,” Neil Ormerod and Shane Clifton, Australian theologians from Catholic and Pentecostal traditions respectively, articulate and defend…
Speaking In Tongues Multi Disciplinary Perspectives
Book Reviews / Pneuma 29 (2007) 311-363 325 Mark J. Cartledge ed., Speaking in Tongues: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives (Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster, 2006). xxiv +…