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Julie Ma: The Holy Spirit, Women, and Mission

Julie C. Ma, The Holy Spirit, Women, and Mission (Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2026),  160 pages, ISBN 9798385239184. In The Holy Spirit, Women, and Mission, Julie C. Ma explores the often-overlooked contributions of Spirit-empowered women whose ministries have significantly advanced the mission of the church. Drawing upon biblical reflection, historical examples, and contemporary case studies,...
August 10, 2026

The Duration of Prophecy by Wayne Grudem

How long did God expect prophecy to function in the church? The Duration of Prophecy: How Long Will Prophecy Be Used in the Church?  (Part 1) from the Spring 2001 issue. The Duration of Prophecy: How Long Will Prophecy Be Used in the Church?  (Part 2) from the Summer 2001 issue. The Duration of Prophecy:...
November 25, 2025

The Worship Wars: A Very Old Debate

If you spend enough time in church circles, you will eventually hear someone say, “I just can’t worship with drums,” or “Those old hymns are boring.” Others may insist that real worship should sound a certain way or use a particular style of music. Welcome to what many people call the “worship wars.” The phrase...
August 24, 2026

Andrew Ray Williams: Reconstructing Prayer

Andrew Ray Williams, Reconstructing Prayer: Beyond Deconstructing Your Faith (Cascade Books, 2023), 90 pages, ISBN 9781666738247. Andrew Ray Williams is a pastor, professor, and writer who shares that, while in pastoral ministry, he experienced a prolonged season of questioning and scrutinizing his Christian beliefs. Going through a phase of deconstruction, he wrestled with questions such...
August 17, 2026

Denominations

Jesus prayed that His followers would be one. Yet today Christianity is divided into thousands of denominations, traditions, and movements. So what happened? Was this God’s plan, or have Christians failed Christ’s vision for His Church? The apostle Paul addressed a similar problem nearly two thousand years ago. Writing to the church at Corinth, he...
July 20, 2026

I Read the Bible Wrong for Decades

Here’s something nobody told me when I was in my late teens and twenties and on fire for God. Back then I couldn’t get enough. Bible studies, church services, spending hours in the Scriptures, etc. I was a sponge soaking up everything I could find. More than one Christian camp told me the same thing:...
August 3, 2026

Craig S. Keener: Suffering: Its Meaning for the Spirit-Filled Life

Craig S. Keener, Suffering: Its Meaning for the Spirit-Filled Life (Baker Academic, 2025), 269 pages, ISBN 9781540969439. This book originated when Craig S. Keener, F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary, was asked by some Christians to prepare the church for the suffering to come (ix, xv). Professor Keener...
July 13, 2026

Amos Yong: The Hermeneutical Spirit II

Amos Yong, The Hermeneutical Spirit II: Migrations, Diasporas, and Cultures After Pentecost (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2026), 257 pages. Amos Yong’s The Hermeneutical Spirit II reads less like a sequel and more like a fresh unfolding of a long-standing theological journey. In these essays, thoughtfully edited by Rodolfo Galvan Estrada III, Yong revisits concerns that have...

Veli-Matti Karkkainen: I Believe. Help My Unbelief!

Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, I Believe. Help My Unbelief! Christian Beliefs for a Religiously Pluralistic and Secular World (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2024), 456 pages, ISBN 9781725276673. There is a certain honesty in the title I Believe. Help My Unbelief! that immediately signals both the ambition and the vulnerability of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s book. Borrowed from the anguished prayer of the...
April 13, 2026