Fall 2010

• Fall 2010: Other Significant Articles

  Dale M. Coulter, “Pentecostals and Monasticism: A Common Spirituality?” AG Heritage 2010, pages 42-49. Professor Coulter invites us to discover some of the surprising similarities between these two renewal movements. Full issue of AG Heritage: ifphc.org/pdf/Heritage/2010.pdf (updated Mar 10, 2014)   W. Rodman MacIlvaine III, “How Churches Become Missional” ... Read More

• John Lathrop: Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, and Teachers

  John P. Lathrop, Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, and Teachers: Then and Now (Xulon, 2008), 152 pages, 9781606474594 John Lathrop has written an excellent survey of what is commonly called the “five-fold ministry gifts” of Ephesians 4:11, giving special attention to the ministries of the “apostle” and ... Read More

• Coming in the Winter 2011 (14:1) Issue

    The Kingdom and the Power. The Pneuma Review has received permission to reprint chapters from this important work that asks: “Are Healing and the Spiritual Gifts Used by Jesus and the Early Church Meant for the Church Today?” The Winter 2011issue will conclude this series ... Read More

• Judging the Judges: Searching for Value in these Problematic Characters

    The biblical judges are well known for their less than exemplary behavior. In the past, these judges have been appreciated largely as examples of how a charismatic leader should NOT behave. In spite of the judges’ questionable morals, the writer of the book of Hebrews ... Read More

• Allegiance, Truth and Power: Three crucial dimensions for Christian living

    How do experiential truth and the bondage-breaking power of the Spirit support every believer to have a right relationship with God?   Given the fact that the Bible’s primary concern is our relationship to God, a relationship that starts with commitment or allegiance to Him, where are ... Read More

• Alister McGrath: A Fine Tuned Universe

    Alister E. McGrath, A Fine-Tuned Universe: The Quest for God in Science and Theology (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2009), xv + 262 pages. Alister McGrath is Professor of Theology, Ministry, and Education at King’s College, London, holding doctorates in both the natural sciences and theology. This ... Read More

• Leadership in the Local Church: Discerning Practical Value and Developing Theological Foundations

    How should we lead the church? In this Pneuma Review conversation, Pastor-scholar Tony Richie discusses what having good leadership means for a local church   Introduction “We’re a good church, but we need a good leader!” The preceding sentence expressed the sentiment of the good people of the John ... Read More

• Lee Grady: The Holy Spirit is Not For Sale

  J. Lee Grady, The Holy Spirit is Not For Sale: Rekindling the Power of God in an Age of Compromise (Grand Rapids: Chosen Books, 2010), 235 pages, ISBN 9780800794873. The name J. Lee Grady should be familiar to those who have been part of the Pentecostal ... Read More

• Highlights from Evangelical Theological Society 2010

  The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society convened November 17-19, 2010, at the Atlanta Hilton in Atlanta, GA. The conference, attended by over 2600 persons from around the globe, had “Justification by Faith” as its major concern. N.T.. Wright, from the University of ... Read More

• Everyday Theology

  Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Charles A. Anderson, Michael J. Sleasman, eds., Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007), 285 pages, ISBN 9780801031670. Everyday Theology deals with the daily encounters that influence people’s thoughts, those multitudes of encounters that ... Read More