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Raul L. Mock is one of the founders and directors of the Pneuma Foundation and editor of The Pneuma Review. Raul has been part of an Evangelical publishing ministry since 1996, working with Information Services and Supply Chain Management for more than two decades. He and his wife, Erin, have a daughter and twin boys and live in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area. LinkedIn

Brian McLaren’s A Generous Orthodoxy, reviewed by Raul Mock

Brian D. McLaren, A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I am a missional +evangelical +post/protestant +liberal/conservative +mystical/poetic +biblical +charismatic/contemplative +fundamentalist/calvinist +anabaptist/anglican +methodist +catholic +green +international +depressed-yet-hopeful +emergent +unfinished Christian (Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2004), 297 pages, ISBN 0310257476 No reader of this book will finish it unaffected. Critics of McLaren or the emergent conversation will have more disdain and […]

October 20, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post

Gospel Riches: Africa’s rapid embrace of prosperity Pentecostalism provokes concern – and hope

Isaac Phiri and Joe Maxwell, “Gospel Riches: Africa’s rapid embrace of prosperity Pentecostalism provokes concern—and hope” Christianity Today (July 2007), pages 22-29. Does faith bring wealth? The 2006 Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life study asked if God would “grant material prosperity to all believers who have enough faith” (24). Nearly nine out […]

December 18, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post

Fall 2007: Conversation with a subscriber

Executive Editor, Raul Mock, asked some questions of a recent subscriber. What you have been studying lately? Lately, I have been studying church planting and church growth strategies. I’ve been studying Pentecostal & Charismatic history in the last two-thousand years, Revivals through history especially modern ones (Shearer Schoolhouse, Welsh, Topeka, Azusa Street, etc.). […]

November 25, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post

Revivals, news, and maintaining the right direction

In this Fall 2007 conversation with a reader, Executive Editor Raul Mock, asked some questions of a recent subscriber. What you have been studying lately? Lately, I have been studying church planting and church growth strategies. I been studying Pentecostal & Charismatic history in the last two-thousand years, Revivals through history especially modern ones […]

November 2, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post

Thoughts to Ponder: Power, Obedience

We cannot participate in God’s work but then insist on doing it our own way. … We can’t live a life more like Jesus by embracing a way of life less like Jesus. — Eugene Peterson Learn the lesson that if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need […]

October 15, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post

From the Editor’s Desk: Fall 2007

from the editor’s desk Welcome to our ten-year anniversary issue. Publication of the Pneuma Review began with the Fall 1997 issue. In celebration, we would like to say thank you to the many people that have contributed of their writings during these fruitful years. Peter Althouse, Jeffrey Anderson, Kenneth J. Archer, French L. Arrington, Francisco […]

October 1, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post

From the Editor’s Desk: Summer 2007

from the editor’s desk In the Spring 2007 issue we announced that Kevin M. Williams would begin a new series investigating the person and work of the Holy Spirit in the Hebrew Scriptures. Kevin has expressed to the editorial committee the difficulty in researching this theologically-heavy subject. Due to his present schedule, he has […]

July 15, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post

Spring 2007: Suggested Reading

Suggestions for Further Reading Although there are numerous scholarly papers that have been written on the subject of the church and postmodernism, here are some that readers have suggested. ♦ Stanley J. Grenz, “Beyond Foundationalism: Is a Nonfoundationalist Evangelical Theology Possible?” http://www.luthersem.edu/ctrf/Papers/1998_grenz.pdf [as of Oct 14, 2014] ♦ D. Lyle Dabney, “The […]

June 10, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post

From the Editor’s Desk: Spring 2007

In a recent meeting I attended, expert communicator Dr. Quentin Schultz reminded us that all followers of Jesus are called to be servant communicators. All of us are part of the story that God is telling in the world, the story of His love, power, and forgiveness that is embodied in the life of […]

May 17, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post

Tongues and Brain Activity

“For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful.” (1 Cor 14:14, NKJV) The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has made a “fascinating” discovery: Brain Activity declines as subjects speak in tongues. This research appeared in the November 2006 issue of the journal Psychiatry Research: Nueroimaging. “Our brain […]

April 30, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post

Editor Introduction: Postmodernism, The Church, and The Future

How should the church respond to postmodernism? With great anticipation and some caution, I am pleased to announce the beginning of our discussion on Postmodernism, the Church, and the Future. As North American culture has become increasingly postmodern, some church leaders have perceived this shift to be a threat and others an opportunity. Church […]

January 9, 2007 | 0 comments | View Post

A question about Reincarnation

My name is Rolf and I’m from Canoas, Brazil. I’m from a Partners in Harvest fellowship: www.comunidadevinde.com.br My personal ministry is with teaching. I was searching for articles about inner healing and I found that William De Arteaga, author of Quenching the Spirit (which I have) believes (or believed) in reincarnation (he wrote a […]

November 5, 2006 | 0 comments | View Post

From the Editor’s Desk: Summer 2006

from the editor’s desk Has anyone ever asked you, “Are you one of them tongue-talkers?” After you get your eyes to stop rolling, you have to decide whether or not to do a witty comeback (no, this is not the kind of response I usually choose, but it appeals to my flesh to think […]

September 2, 2006 | 0 comments | View Post

The Speaking in Tongues Controversy: Editor Conclusion

Thank you for joining us to discuss Rick Walston’s book The Speaking in Tongues Controversy: The Initial, Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Rick Walston, The Speaking in Tongues Controversy: The Initial, Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit (Fairfax, VA: Xulon Press, 2003), 235 pages. […]

April 21, 2006 | 0 comments | View Post

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