Winter 2000

• The Evidence Against the New Creationism

  “The Science Pages: The Evidence Against the New Creationism,” Books & Culture, September/October 1999, Vol. 5, No. 5, Pp. 30-32. Books and Culture is a periodical published by the Christianity Today Inc. group that keeps watch on what is taking place in American secular and ... Read More

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

  Should we expect the Holy Spirit to work in powerful, miraculous ways in connection with the preaching of the gospel and the life of the Church today? This has been the claim of John Wimber and the Vineyard movement, and of others within what is ... Read More

• Coming in the Spring 2000 (3:2) Issue

    The Praying in the Spirit Series by Robert W. Graves continues with That Glorious Day When Tongues Are Not Needed, Until Then . . . Author Robert Graves answers four primary objections to the continuation of the gifts of the Spirit: a) Tongues were a ... Read More

• Eugene Peterson: “Eat This Book”

    Eugene H. Peterson, “Eat This Book: The Holy Community at Table with Holy Scripture,” Theology Today (April 1999), pages 5-17. Does the Bible really have anything to say to us today? If so, how do we find out what it says? Eugene Peterson—best known for his ... Read More

• Between Two Extremes: Balancing Word-Christianity and Spirit-Christianity, a review essay by Amos Yong

    Paul Cain and R. T. Kendall, The Word and the Spirit: Reclaiming Your Covenant with the Holy Spirit and the Word of God (Eastbourne, E. Sussex: Kingsway Publications, 1996; Orlando, Florida: Creation House, 1998), xviii + 87 pages, ISBN 9780884195443. In 1992, Paul Cain and R.T. ... Read More

• Lewis Smedes: Standing on the Promises

    Lewis Smedes, Standing on the Promises (Thomas Nelson, 1998), 196 pages, ISBN 9780785270089. I have liked Lewis Smedes for the past 15 years or so. I only know him through his books but that’s enough for me. The first Smedes’ book I read way back those ... Read More

• Winter 2000: President’s Page

    The Pneuma Foundation has come into being for the purpose of providing Biblical resources and information with the intent of expounding and defending the work of God the Holy Spirit and His gifts. These resources are for ministers and lay workers. We want to help ... Read More

• Bible Answers about Continuing Spiritual Gifts for Your Non-Charismatic Friends

    George could feel his face growing red and hot. He was embarrassed—utterly stymied and tongue-tied. His excited story about his recent filling with the Spirit and his healing was met with a long, Bible-based refutation by his pastor and friend. “George,” he concluded, “the Bible says ... Read More

• How to Receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit

    Many questions have been asked about the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Is it truly God’s promise to every believer for today? If so, Is there any reason why all Christians should not receive it? What are the practical steps we need to take ... Read More

• Appointed Times: The Fall Feasts

    The Fall Festivals of God: prophetic rehearsals with relevance for today. Part of the Messianic Foundations series.   In the epistle of Romans, our teacher Paul speaks to the non-Jewish believers reminding them that they have been grafted-in. “But if some of the branches were broken off, ... Read More

• Praying in the Spirit: Better Than I Was, Not Better Than You Are

  The fifth chapter of the Praying in the Spirit Series. “You Pentecostals think you’re better than anyone else, don’t you?” The question startled the young Florida pastor attending his first ministerial association meeting. He stammered briefly and then with wisdom replied, “No, not at all. I ... Read More

• Pastor’s Paraklesis: Keeping Alert

    “And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent; the day is at hand. Therefore let us cast off the works ... Read More