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  • Revealing the Unseen Realm

    Revealing the Unseen Realm

    Michael Heiser’s The Unseen Realm (2015) has generated significant interest in evangelical and broadly biblical-theological circles for its claim to recover a neglected “divine council” worldview as the organizing framework for reading Scripture. This review essay by Rick Wadholm Jr argues that Heiser’s project, while erudite and stimulating in its Ancient Near Eastern scholarship, erects a maximalist theological superstructure on a textual and hermeneutical foundation that will not bear the weight placed upon it.

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

    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 […]

  • Veli-Matti Karkkainen: Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World

    Veli-Matti Karkkainen: Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World

    All five volumes of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen’s series, A Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World, were reviewed by Stephen M. Vantassel. From the publisher: Kärkkäinen’s Constructive Christian Theology for the Pluralistic World is a five-volume project that aims to develop a new approach to and method of doing Christian theology in our pluralistic world at […]

  • Meditations on Holy Week

    Meditations on Holy Week

    Greetings with Jesus’ joy! I hope your week has been wonderful. This week holds special significance as we delve into the theological meaning of Holy Week, which is central to the Christian faith. Jesus endured suffering, died, and triumphed over death! I want to share some insights from my devotions this week. Each day, I […]

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  • The Duration of Prophecy by Wayne Grudem

    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

    November 25, 2025 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Wolfgang Vondey: The Scandal of Pentecost

    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,

    November 24, 2025 | 0 comments | View Post

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  • Baptists and Charismatics: How Wide Is the Divide?

    Baptists and Charismatics: How Wide Is the Divide?

    In a time when division seems to define both culture and the church, it is worth asking a simple question: how wide is the divide between Baptists and Charismatics, really? The answer may surprise us. Despite long-standing stereotypes and theological

    April 27, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post

  • Bobby Welch: You, The Warrior Leader

    Bobby Welch: You, The Warrior Leader

    Bobby Welch, You, The Warrior Leader (Broadman & Holman, 2004) 0805431365. Are you a warrior-leader? Bobby Welch’s book is an impassioned and heartfelt call for Christians, laymen and clergy alike, to adopt a warrior-like approach to Kingdom work and Christian

    April 2, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post

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  • James Sire: Praying the Psalms of Jesus

    James Sire: Praying the Psalms of Jesus

    James W. Sire, Praying the Psalms of Jesus (Downers Grove: IVP, 2007), 222 pages. James W. Sire (Ph.D., University of Missouri), formerly a senior editor at InterVarsity Press, is a frequent guest lecturer at colleges and universities in the United

    March 13, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post

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  • Winter 2026: Other Significant Articles

    Winter 2026: Other Significant Articles

    Jeremy Writebol, “Gen Z Is More Than Just Anxious: What the church gets wrong—and what it can get right—about forming a generation shaped by screens and longing for purpose” CT Pastors (September 8, 2025).    Craig S. Keener, “Apostles Today” YouTube (October 18, 2025). Pastor John Lathrop says: “At the link you can hear Dr. […]

    March 24, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post

  • An Exegetical Glimpse into the Pauline Usage of Charismata and Oikodomen in 1 Corinthians 12:1-7: A solution for Ecclesiastical Disunity in 21st Century

    An Exegetical Glimpse into the Pauline Usage of Charismata and Oikodomen in 1 Corinthians 12:1-7: A solution for Ecclesiastical Disunity in 21st Century

    PneumaReview.com invites you to interact with this academic paper by Pastor Adeboye Godwin. Abstract Today it is most difficult to teach or write about the Holy Spirit. This is because there are several arguments, different teachings, various thoughts, different beliefs and divisions arising from the teaching on the Holy Spirit. The aspect of doctrine of […]

    March 17, 2026 | 1 comment | View Post

  • John Stackhouse: Humble Apologetics

    John Stackhouse: Humble Apologetics

    John G. Stackhouse Jr., Humble Apologetics: Defending the Faith Today (Oxford University Press, 2002), 280 pages, ISBN 9780195138078. I did it! I finally read this book from cover to cover. I had started it many times since it was sent to me to review, but I never finished it and finishing is what counts. It […]

    March 12, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post

  • How Pentecostals Listen to God

    How Pentecostals Listen to God

    Educator, author, and pastor Pamela Engelbert shares a story of healing in this excerpt from her book See My Body, See Me. Jade taught me how pentecostals listen to and wait on God. She spoke of a repeated mystical experience that transpired over an extended period during the Sunday evening worship service of her pentecostal church […]

    March 5, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post

  • It Takes a Steady Hand to Hold a Full Cup

    It Takes a Steady Hand to Hold a Full Cup

    A group of young pastors have asked that I meet with them monthly for lunch to answer questions and provide help. At our last meeting I gave them the pop-quiz below. I recommend that you read it. If you are a pastor you may be helped by examining your answers. If you are not a […]

    February 22, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post

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