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

• 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

• 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

• Why I Took Time to Respond to John MacArthur’s Strange Fire

  by Frank Viola Someone has asked me, “Why waste your time on responding to MacArthur’s writings against the charismatics?” When I was in my 20s, I wrote a critique of John MacArthur’s Charismatic Chaos because a brother in the Lord broke fellowship with me and my friends ... Read More

• The 95 Theses by Dr. Martin Luther

  Disputation on the Power and Efficacy of Indulgences Commonly Known as The 95 Theses by Dr. Martin Luther Out of love and concern for the truth, and with the object of eliciting it, the following heads will be the subject of a public discussion at Wittenberg ... Read More

• The Holy Spirit and the Christian University

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• Frank Macchia on the Gifts of God to the Church

  Pentecostals and Reformed affirming the value of all of the New Testament Gifts Frank Macchia In the context of this hoopla over cessationism, it might be interesting to see how the issue of spiritual gifts was dealt with in the first round of international talks between the ... Read More

• John MacArthur’s Strange Fire: Estranged by misinterpretation?

  John MacArthur’s new book, Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship (Thomas Nelson), is due out on November 12, 2013. Here are some images and quotes from the book as part of our conversation, “Are Pentecostals offering Strange Fire?” When MacArthur, ... Read More

• Reflections on New Directions, by Dave Johnson

  Baguio City, Philippines, November 5, 2013. Two events happened last week that leave me wondering if, at long last, some demonic strongholds over the Philippines are being broken. For the last twenty or twenty five years or so, evangelicals in the Philippines have been giving increased attention ... Read More

• The Holy Spirit and the Middle Way: A Pentecostal Inquiry in a Pluralistic World

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• Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future, by Amos Yong

  Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 1 of 5) Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 2 of 5) Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 3 of 5) Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, and Future (Part 4 of 5) Pentecostalism and Ecumenism: Past, Present, ... Read More

• Nimi Wariboko: The Pentecostal Principle

  Nimi Wariboko, The Pentecostal Principle: Ethical Methodology in New Spirit, Pentecostal Manifestos 5 (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2011), 235 pp. + xii, ISBN 9780802866974. The “Pentecostal Manifestos” series is designed for a rising and outwardly-focused generation of Pentecostal scholarship. In this the fifth book of the collection, ... Read More

• Should Pentecostals Interpret the Song of Songs Allegorically? by Brandon Biggs

  A guest article by Brandon Biggs The book of Song of Solomon has often been misunderstood and misinterpreted throughout history.  This article seeks to remedy this situation by providing a thoughtful and scholarly reflection upon the theme of romantic love within the book, and by expanding ... Read More

• Why Miracles Happen Today, with Craig S. Keener

  Craig S. Keener discusses his book, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Part of the Seedbed series from Asbury Theological Seminary. Read More

• Miracles: Raised from the Dead, with Craig S. Keener

  Craig S. Keener discusses his book, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Part of the Seedbed series from Asbury Theological Seminary. Read More

• Miracles: Medical Proof, with Craig S. Keener

  Craig S. Keener discusses medical evidence for miracles. Part of the Seedbed series about his book, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Read More

• Miracles: Answer Skeptics, with Craig S. Keener

  Craig S. Keener discusses his book, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Part of the Seedbed series from Asbury Theological Seminary. Read More

• Miracles: Less Common in the West?, with Craig S. Keener

  Craig S. Keener discusses his book, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Part of the Seedbed series from Asbury Theological Seminary. Read More

• Miracles: Mass Conversions, with Craig S. Keener

  Craig S. Keener discusses his book, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Part of the Seedbed series from Asbury Theological Seminary. Read More

• Miracles: Healing Blindness, with Craig S. Keener

  Craig S. Keener discusses his book, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Part of the Seedbed series from Asbury Theological Seminary. Read More

• Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, with Craig S. Keener

  Craig S. Keener discusses his book, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Part of the Seedbed series from Asbury Theological Seminary. Read More

• Counterfeit Tongues in John MacArthur’s Strange Fire

  Why are W. A. Criswell and John MacArthur wrong when they claim that all tongues today are counterfeit? Read More

• Apostles in John MacArthur’s Strange Fire

  Is Peter Wagner right in saying the apostles are returning? Is MacArthur right when he claims Paul said he was the last of the apostles? What are the qualifications of true apostleship in the church today? Read More

• Craig S. Keener: MIRACLES

  Related articles and videos from Craig S. Keener about his 2-volume Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts Read More

• Excerpts from Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts

  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 “Miracle Accounts beyond Antiquity” by Craig S. Keener “Miracle Accounts: Multicultural Approach” by Craig S. Keener “Miracle Accounts: Majority World Perspectives” ... Read More

• Is it Strange Fire or Holy Fire?

  Is it “Strange Fire” or “Holy Fire”? by Charles Carrin You will soon be hearing about two books: Strange Fire by Dr. John MacArthur and Holy Fire by Dr. R.T. Kendall. Dr. Kendall has written only in the emergency to defend Scripture and charismatic Christians from Dr. MacArthur attack. John MacArthur is a ... Read More

• Strange Quotes from John MacArthur’s Strange Fire

  Do Pentecostal/charismatics treat the Holy Spirit, as MacArthur alleges, like an impersonal force? Do classical Pentecostals insist that all Christians should speak in tongues? More on the topic: John MacArthur’s Strange Fire: Estranged by misinterpretation? John MacArthur’s Strange Fire, Reviewed by R. Loren Sandford Frank Macchia on the Gifts of ... Read More

• Miracles: John Wesley

  Craig S. Keener discusses his book, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Part of the Seedbed series from Asbury Theological Seminary. Read More

• Miracles: Keener’s Reflections

  Craig S. Keener discusses his book, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts. Part of the Seedbed series from Asbury Theological Seminary. Read More

• Should Christians Expect Miracles Today?

  by Wayne A. Grudem Should Christians Expect Miracles Today? Objections and Answers from the Bible, Part 1 Should Christians Expect Miracles Today? Objections and Answers from the Bible, Part 2 Should Christians Expect Miracles Today? Objections and Answers from the Bible, Part 3 Should Christians Expect Miracles Today? Objections ... Read More

• New Order of the Latter Rain: A New Perspective

  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

• 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