Spring 2021

• Ryan Burge: Most Nones Still Keep the Faith

  Ryan Burge “Most ‘Nones’ Still Keep the Faith: When research looks beyond affiliation, the move away from religious institutions becomes more nuanced,” Christianity Today (February 24, 2021). This is an important article for pastors and especially for those involved in evangelization in America. The article is ... Read More

• They Moved the Kingdom of God Forward: An interview with Dean Merrill

  Pneuma Review speaks with Dean Merrill about his book, 50 Pentecostal and Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know (Chosen, 2021).   PneumaReview.com: Please tell us about your own involvement in the Pentecostal Movement. Dean Merrill: My parents—good Midwestern Quakers—were drawn toward a fuller experience of the Holy Spirit ... Read More

• David Moore: Pastor Jack

  S. David Moore, Pastor Jack: The Authorized Biography of Jack Hayford (Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2020), 368 pages, ISBN 9780830781119. Jack Hayford is certainly one of the most well-known and highly respected ministers in the modern Pentecostal Movement. He has served in pastoral leadership, ... Read More

• Herman Selderhuis: Martin Luther

  Herman Selderhuis, Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography (Wheaton, Il: Crossway, 2017), 313 pages, ISBN 9781433556944. There have been many biographies of Martin Luther written since this Pillar of the Faith changed the course of his religious day. Another more recent work has emerged by Herman Selderhuis ... Read More

• God, Nimrod, and the World: Exploring Christian Perspectives on Sport Hunting

  Bracy V. Hill, II, and John B. White, God, Nimrod, and the World: Exploring Christian Perspectives on Sport Hunting (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2017), ix-431 pages with index. In our urban-dominated landscape, hunting, particularly sport hunting, has increasingly been viewed as a remnant of a ... Read More

• Russ Turney: Leave a Legacy

  Russ Turney, Leave a Legacy: Increasing Missionary Longevity (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2017), 124 pages, ISBN 978-1498294812 . Dr. Russ Turney and his wife, Patsy, served for a number of years as missionaries in Asia. He eventually became the Regional Director of the Asia Pacific Region ... Read More

• Gary Tyra: The Dark Side of Discipleship

  Gary Tyra, The Dark Side of Discipleship: Why and How the New Testament Encourages Christians to Deal With the Devil (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2020), 330 pages, ISBN 9781532691218. Dr. Gary Tyra has served in pastoral ministry and is currently a professor at Vanguard University where he ... Read More

• Iran Transformed: An interview with Hormoz Shariat

  Hormoz Shariat firmly believes that Iran will be the first Islamic nation that turns to Christ. He says it is ready for a major transformation—spiritually, socially, financially, and politically, and that it will be a Christian nation soon, as prophesied in Jeremiah 49:38. PneumaReview.com spoke ... Read More

• Misreading Scripture With Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame In The Biblical World

  E. Randolph Richards and Richard James, Misreading Scripture With Individualist Eyes: Patronage, Honor, and Shame In The Biblical World (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2020), 304 pages, ISBN 9780830852758. This is the second “misreading” book that E. Randolph Richards has written. The first one was Misreading ... Read More

• Celebrate the Holy Spirit

  We celebrate Pentecost Sunday when Jesus poured out his Spirit on his disciples and the Church began.   Recent articles and reviews about the contemporary ministry of the Holy Spirit Spirit-Empowered Christianity What does Spirit-empowered Christianity look like around the world? Pneuma Review speaks with Todd M. Johnson and ... Read More

• Good News for Body and Soul

  Christian historian Woodrow Walton continues his series on how the good news of what Jesus had done has spread around the world. In Part 4, we read how his followers made the love of God more real in England and the USA as they immersed ... Read More

• Eddie Hyatt: Prophets and Prophecy

  Eddie L. Hyatt, Prophets and Prophecy: Timely Insights from the Bible, History, and My Experience (Grapevine, TX: Hyatt Press, 2021), 126 pages, ISBN 9781888435634. Dr. Eddie Hyatt is a veteran in the Pentecostal Movement. He has written previously about the subject of spiritual gifts in his ... Read More

• Dean Merrill: 50 Pentecostal and Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know

  Dean Merrill, 50 Pentecostal and Charismatic Leaders Every Christian Should Know (Bloomington, MN: Chosen Books, 2021), 288 pages, ISBN 9780800762025. Dean Merrill is a prolific writer. He has written a number of books including, Miracle Invasion which was published in 2018. He has also collaborated with ... Read More

• To the Ends of the Earth: Building a National Missionary Sending Structure

  Arto Hämäläinen and Ulf Strohbehn, To the Ends of the Earth: Building a National Missionary Sending Structure (Baguio City, Philippines: Asia Pacific Theological Seminary Press, 2020), 126 pages, ISBN 9789718942833. Both of the authors of this book are Pentecostals with extensive experience in international ministry. As the ... Read More