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Spirit (more)
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November 25, 2025 | 0 comments | View Post
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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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Living the Faith (more)
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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 overMarch 29, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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One-Sentence Sermons, compiled by Charles Carrin
Over the years I have collected bits of wisdom from different sources. I share a few of them with you. When known, authors are named. “There are none so enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free.” Johann WolfgangMarch 27, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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Ministry (more)
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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 theologicalApril 27, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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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 ChristianApril 2, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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Church History (more)
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Paul Hattaway: Fujian: The Blessed Province
Paul Hattaway, Fujian: The Blessed Province (United Kingdom: Langham Global Library, 2025), 368 pages. ISBN-10:1786411326, ISBN-13:978-1786411327 This book is the latest release in Paul Hattaway’s “China Chronicles” series. Each book is published not only in English but also in Chinese,December 1, 2025 | 0 comments | View Post
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Tongues and Other Miraculous Gifts in the Second Through Nineteenth Centuries
In this five part series, Richard M. Riss presents evidence for the operation of the gifts of the Spirit throughout the Church Age. Part 1 (Fall 1998): From the Early Church to the 3rd Century Part 2 (Winter 1999):October 23, 2025 | 0 comments | View Post
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Biblical Studies (more)
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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 JrApril 20, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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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 UnitedMarch 13, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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In Depth (more)
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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 theApril 13, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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The End of an Era? Does Skopos Theory Spell the End of the “Free vs. Literal” Paradigm?
Introduction While most discussion of Bible translations take place around the traditional “free vs. literal” debate, modern, non-Biblical translation theory has become suspicious of such easy dichotomies (e.g. Pym 1997: 39). Many translation scholars now tend to examine translations basedApril 12, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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Other Recent Articles
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Amy Peeler: Women and the Gender of God
Amy Peeler, Women and the Gender of God (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2022), xi + 274 pages, ISBN 9780802879097. In this work, Amy Peeler presents a robust reading of the New Testament incarnation narratives, arguing for a view of God that transcends gender. She energetically exposes the presuppositions undergirding the traditional claim that God is […]
February 9, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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Doing History the Biblical Way: Reflections from a Patriotic Baby Boomer
Ken Burns’ six-part, 12-hour PBS miniseries The American Revolution (premiered November 16, 2025) has received praise from most critics for its detailed presentation of the American Revolution, especially for its nuanced portrayal of it as a civil war involving three diverse groups: Indians, Loyalists, and Patriots. It has also drawn criticisms from conservative commentators, historians, […]
February 2, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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A Pentecostal Perspective on Healing from Sexual Violence: An interview with Pamela F. Engelbert
Introduction from the Publisher: #MeToo. #ChurchToo. #pentecostalsisterstoo. Since 2018, hashtags and stories of sexual violence have appeared in all sectors of life from Hollywood to the Olympics; from politics to religion; from universities to seminaries; and among pentecostals. But amid all these stories of sexual abuse and assaults, one may wonder if any stories of […]
January 26, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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John H Walton and J Harvey Walton: Demons and Spirits in Biblical Theology
John H. Walton and J. Harvey Walton, Demons and Spirits in Biblical Theology: Reading the Biblical Text in Its Cultural and Literary Context (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2019), 348 pages, ISBN 9781625648259. John H. Walton, professor of Old Testament at Wheaton College (at the time of publication), teams with his son J. Harvey Walton to […]
January 20, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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Joseph Lee Dutko: The Pentecostal Gender Paradox
Joseph Lee Dutko, The Pentecostal Gender Paradox: Eschatology and the Search for Equality (London: T&T Clark, 2024), 297 pages. “Women can be ordained and preach, but they are not permitted to teach theology.” These were the instructions I heard in a Pastoral Epistles class during my junior year at an Assemblies of God Bible college. […]
January 16, 2026 | 0 comments | View Post
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Fall 2025: Other Significant Articles
In case you missed it: Janet Epp Buckingham, “Ban the Mob, Not the Bible: Christians are the victims of hate in some places and the targets of hate speech laws in others. How can believers advocate for nations to address both threats in a consistent, principled way?” Christianity Today (June 6, 2024). Dony Donev, […]
December 29, 2025 | 0 comments | View Post
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Presence Is a Verb
Presence Is a Verb—a State of Being and an Action The woman abruptly arose from the Sunday dinner table and accusingly spoke to her husband, “You wouldn’t care if I drowned in the waterhole.” She then turned and walked out the door. It had been a typical Sunday for the sixteen-year-old girl. The Pentecostal family […]
December 22, 2025 | 0 comments | View Post
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Josiah Baker: A Visible Unity
Josiah Baker, A Visible Unity: Cecil Robeck and the Work of Ecumenism (Lanham: Fortress Academic, 2024), 278 pages, ISBN 9781978717206. A Visible Unity: Cecil Robeck and the Work of Ecumenism is a revised version of Josiah Baker’s dissertation, written under the supervision of Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen at Fuller Theological Seminary’s Center for Advanced Theological Studies. In […]
December 15, 2025 | 0 comments | View Post
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Aida Besancon Spencer: The Exegetical Process
Aída Besançon Spencer, The Exegetical Process: How to Write a New Testament Exegesis Paper Step-by-Step (Kregel Academic, 2025), 274 pages, ISBN 9780825449161. Aída Besançon Spencer’s The Exegetical Process offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to New Testament exegesis designed primarily for seminary students and undergraduate biblical studies programs. The work systematically addresses each stage of the […]
December 8, 2025 | 0 comments | View Post
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Philip Esler: New Testament Theology
Philip F. Esler, New Testament Theology: Communion and Community (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2005). The title of Philip Esler’s New Testament Theology is ill-chosen. Although the book provides a good introduction to a number of aspects that qualify the task of writing a New Testament theology, the book itself is not a New Testament theology by any […]
November 26, 2025 | 0 comments | View Post
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Randy Frazee: The Connecting Church
Randy Frazee, The Connecting Church: Beyond Small Groups to Authentic Community (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2001), 245 pages. Frazee’s book started off with three forewords; one by Larry Crabb, George Gallup Jr. and Dallas Willard. Its back cover contained words of praise from Willard, Ken Blanchard, J. I. Packer, Marshall Shelly and John C. Maxwell. I […]
November 22, 2025 | 0 comments | View Post
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