Since 1998 | Journal of Ministry Resources and Theology for Pentecostal and Charismatic Ministries & Leaders

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

Wolfgang Vondey: The Scandal of Pentecost

Wolfgang Vondey, The Scandal of Pentecost: A Theology of the Public Church (New York: T&T Clark, 2024), 269 pages, ISBN 9780567712646. Here is a book that lingers in the mind like an unresolved chord. In the cacophony of modern theology, where the church often whispers from the shadows of institutional safety, Wolfgang Vondey’s The Scandal...
November 24, 2025

Choosing Peace in a World of Ragebait

On September 10, 2025, the nation was stunned when popular conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated in Utah. In the months that followed, a deeply disturbing trend emerged. Social media was flooded with posts that did not merely report the tragedy, but openly mocked it. What should have been a moment of sober reflection became,...
June 15, 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

Mission leader to retrace William Tyndale’s steps 500 years after Bible translation

FORT WORTH, Texas – Five hundred years after William Tyndale translated the New Testament into English, the leader of one of the world’s largest Bible publishing and delivery ministries is traveling to England to honor the martyr’s work. Dirk Smith, President of EEM, will retrace Tyndale’s steps and film a mini-documentary series delving into his...
July 10, 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