Fall 2013

• Global Voices, reviewed by John Lathrop

  Craig Keener and M. Daniel Carroll Rodas, eds., Global Voices: Reading the Bible in the Majority World (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, 2013), 144 pages, ISBN 9781619700093. The chapters that make up this book were originally papers that were presented at a meeting of the Institute for ... Read More

• New Order of the Latter Rain: A New Perspective, by John R. Miller

   From Pneuma Review Fall 2013. Introduction Many people, who are familiar with the history and teachings of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, have likely heard of the revival known as the New Order of the Latter Rain. Was this a legitimate revival? Was it an authentic move ... Read More

• Miracle Accounts beyond Antiquity, by Craig S. Keener

  An excerpt from Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, by Craig S. Keener. From Pneuma Review Fall 2013. From the introduction to Part 3, “Miracle Accounts beyond Antiquity” Pages 209-210 The principle of analogy once used to argue against all ancient miracles (either the occurrence of ... Read More

• Miracle Accounts: Multicultural Approach, by Craig S. Keener

  An excerpt from Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, by Craig S. Keener. From Pneuma Review Fall 2013. From Part 3, “Miracle Accounts beyond Antiquity” Chapter 7, “Majority World Perspectives” Pages 214-219 A Multicultural Approach Social scientists have noted that, despite a variety of interpretations, “people from all ... Read More

• Are Miracles Possible? by Craig S. Keener

  An excerpt from Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, by Craig S. Keener. From Pneuma Review Fall 2013. From Part 2, “Are Miracles Possible?” Chapter 5, “Hume and Philosophic Questions” Pages 161-167 The Circularity of Hume’s Approach Houston challenges at length Hume’s belief that the general improbability of ... Read More

• Prophetic Preaching, reviewed by Jonathan Downie

  From Pneuma Review Fall 2013. Leonora Tubbs Tisdale, Prophetic Preaching: A Pastoral Approach (Westminster John Knox Press, 2010), 138 pages, ISBN 9780664233327. There are some occasions where the reader finishes a book unsure whether they should praise the author for writing a challenging and necessary work or ... Read More

• Pentecostalism and Christian Unity 2, reviewed by Jim Purves

  From Pneuma Review Fall 2013. Wolfgang Vondey, ed., Pentecostalism and Christian Unity, Volume 2 (Pickwick Publications, 2013), 301 pages, ISBN 9781620327180. It can be a terrible thing when we believe that we ourselves are right and all others are wrong. Terrible, because it can reinforce an arrogance ... Read More

• Amos Yong’s Who is the Holy Spirit?

  From the Fall 2013 issue of Pneuma Review. Amos Yong, Who is the Holy Spirit? A Walk with the Apostles, a Paraclete Guide (Brewster, MA: Paraclete Press, 2011), 215 pages, ISBN 9781557256355. Amos Yong has written a fresh and comprehensive guide concerning the Holy Spirit in ... Read More

• A Faith Embracing All Creatures, reviewed by Stephen Vantassel

  From Pneuma Review Fall 2013. Tripp York and Andy Alexis-Baker, eds., A Faith Embracing All Creatures: Addressing Commonly Asked Questions about Christian Care for Animals (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2012), 212 pages, ISBN 9781610977012. This book is another in an ever growing line of texts attempting ... Read More

• Alan Delotavo’s Back to the Original Church, reviewed by Jim Williams

  From Pneuma Review Fall 2013. Alan J. Delotavo, Back to the Original Church: The Secret Behind Church Movements (Eugene, OR: Resource Publications, 2010), 100 pages, 9781556355660. Regular and careful Bible readers inevitably piece the Bible story together until they have a sense of the grand sweep of ... Read More

• Miracles and Medical Documentation, by Craig S. Keener

    An excerpt from Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, by Craig S. Keener. From Pneuma Review Fall 2013. From Part 4, “Proposed Explanations” Chapter 15, “More Extranormal Cases” Page 721 Implications of and Prospects for Medical Documentation Gardner insists that modern comparative examples can chasten our excessive tendency ... Read More

• Miracle Accounts: Majority World Perspectives, by Craig S. Keener

  An excerpt from Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, by Craig S. Keener. From Pneuma Review Fall 2013. From Part 3, “Miracle Accounts beyond Antiquity” Chapter 7, “Majority World Perspectives” Pages 238-241 For these countries alone, and for Pentecostals and charismatics in these countries alone, the estimated ... Read More

• Pneuma Review Fall 2013

  The Fall 2013 issue (16:4) of The Pneuma Review features these articles: The Credibility of Miracles: Excerpts from Miracles by Craig S. Keener. New Order of the Latter Rain: A New Perspective by John R. Miller. Find all of these articles individually in an easy-to-read format on the ... Read More

• In Conversation with Andrew Schmutzer, Part 2

  An interview with Andrew Schmutzer about The Long Journey Home: Understanding and Ministering to the Sexually Abused, and part 2 of his chapter, “A Theology of Sexuality and its Abuse: Creation, Evil, and the Relational Ecosystem” as appearing in Pneuma Review Fall 2013.         Note from the ... Read More

• A Theology of Sexuality and its Abuse: Creation, Evil, and the Relational Ecosystem, Part 2, by Andrew J. Schmutzer

  An excerpt from The Long Journey Home: Understanding and Ministering to the Sexually Abused, edited by Andrew J. Schmutzer. From Pneuma Review Fall 2013. The Long Journey Home A Theology of Sexuality and its Abuse Creation, Evil, and the Relational Ecosystem Part 2  by Andrew J. Schmutzer The Relational Ecosystem: ... Read More

• Excerpts from Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, by Craig S. Keener as appearing in Pneuma Review Fall 2013

  Excerpts from Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, by Craig S. Keener as appearing in Pneuma Review Fall 2013 “Are Miracles Possible?” by Craig S. Keener http://pneumareview.com/are-miracles-possible-craig-keener/ “Miracle Accounts beyond Antiquity,” by Craig S. Keener http://pneumareview.com/miracle-accounts-craig-keener/ “Miracle Accounts: Multicultural Approach,” by Craig S. Keener http://pneumareview.com/miracle-accounts-multicultural-approach-craig-keener/ “Miracle Accounts: Majority World Perspectives,” ... Read More