David Livermore, “The Group Excluded from Diversity Programs” Center for Cultural Intelligence (November 11, 2020).

PneumaReview.com author David Livermore challenges DEI advocates not to exclude the white working class from their efforts. “I’m not suggesting we should shy away from calling racism what it is. Nor am I suggesting that polite conversations that treat all viewpoints as equally valid are the answer. But we have to stop and consider why so many working-class individuals feel like diversity programs teach people to tolerate and include everyone except them.”

J. Lee Grady, “Don’t Put a Lid on the Holy Spirit” Fire In My Bones (November 18, 2020).

The former editor of Charisma magazine writes: “People need the reality of God’s power. I wish we would stop being so worried about how the Holy Spirit might show up in church. Here are seven practical things we can do to encourage the freedom of the Spirit.”

Paul King, “Tribute to My Most Intensive Mentor—Dr. Chuck Farah” The King’s Round Table (November 28, 2020).

Paul King writes of Chuck Farah, who wrote the critique of the Word Faith movement, From the Pinnacle of the Temple: “He was a man of the Spirit—who combined the academic and the supernatural, a Ph.D. who experienced speaking in tongues.”

“We Prayed for Healing. God Brought a Pandemic: A coronavirus outbreak at France’s biggest Pentecostal megachurch changed their view of providence, judgment, and fellowship” Christianity Today (November 23, 2020).

In this (translated) interview with Jean-Paul Rempp, he describes how his church has taken a stance of forgiveness for those that accused them of becoming vectors for COVID-19 and how they have learned how to be a renewed and more welcoming community.

“Stanford E. Linzey, Jr. Collection Deposited at Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center” iFPHC.com (December 2, 2020).

For more on Stanford Linzey, Jr., see John Miller’s review of his book, The Holy Spirit in the Third Millennium: Handbook on the Holy Spirit: A Guide to the Spirit within.

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Frank Macchia, “How Flawed Is Our Gratitude? Learning from Jonah” FrankDMacchia.wixsite.com (December 7, 2020).

Roger E. Olson, “Critical Race Theory Examined and Analyzed” Patheos (December 21, 2020).

Brian Blount, “How Vineyard History Can Give Practical Insight to Discerning Prophetic Words” CrestwoodVineyard.org (December 12, 2020).

Pastor Brian Blount reflects on Bill Jackson’s book, The Quest for the Radical Middle and on what going through the prophetic movement taught him and other leaders in the Vineyard association. “We need to remember all three parts of discerning prophecy. We should weigh not only the revelation, but also the interpretation and the application. Correct revelation with incorrect interpretation or application can be very damaging.”

Thanks to William De Arteaga for pointing out this article.

Roger E. Olson, “About ‘Socialism’ and Christianity”  Patheos (December 26, 2020).

Historian of religion and theology, Roger Olson, discusses the many definitions of socialism, including the long-forgotten calls from Christians leaders of the past to urge the State to help the poor.

Michael Brown, “Don’t Let Anyone Threaten You With Prophetic Manipulation” YouTube.com (January 5, 2021).

John Lathrop writes, “Here is a new video, about 10 minutes long, in which Dr. Michael Brown speaks about manipulative prophecies.” Brown describes how “Touch not the Lord’s anointed” is often abused and says, “As leaders we are not just accountable to God, but we are accountable to other leaders and ultimately accountable, on a certain level, to whom we minister.”

Dave Johnson, “Interview with Lora Timenia about her book Third Wave of Pentecostalism in the Philippines: Understanding Toronto Blessing Revivalism’s Signs and Wonders Theology in the Philippines” (December 14, 2020).

In this interview from APTS Press, PneumaReview.com author Dave Johnson interviews Lora Timenia about her book.

David Livermore, “What I’ve Learned From 10 Years Leading The CQ Center” Cultural Intelligence Center (January 6, 2021).

Pneuma Review author David Livermore reflects on his work bringing Cultural Intelligence to the world. What is CQ and why is it important? Quick introduction: https://vimeo.com/468569477

“Revival Timelines” Revival-Library.org

The Revival Library has announced the publication of easy-to-read timelines of all major revival movements that have occurred in biblical history as well as prior and since the Great Reformation.

Médine Keener, “Lessons from Susie King Taylor” Asbury University (February 24, 2021).

A chapel message given by PneumaReview.com author Médine Keener has been converted into a podcast. From the introduction: “Dr. Medine Keener shares what we learn about racial and ethnic reconciliation through the life of Susie King Taylor—an invitation to embrace all God’s people.”

Paul J. Palma, The Antioch Legacy, by John P. Lathrop PJPalma.net (February 27, 2021).

Pentecostal scholar Paul Palma reviews Pastor John Lathrop’s book, The Antioch Legacy. Roger E. Olson, “American Evangelical Christianity: A Failed Movement?” Patheos (February 27, 2021).

Anthony Bradley, “Critical Race Theory Isn’t a Threat for Presbyterians” MereOrthodoxy.com (February 3, 2021).

While written to Presbyterians, the principles apply to all followers of Jesus: “CRT is not a real threat to the work of the Presbyterian Church in America. It does not tell us any more than what the Bible and the Christian tradition already acknowledge as a point of fact—namely, that people can be evil and that the parasite kingdom is wreaking havoc as far as the curse is found. There is racism in America and, at times, that racism can take on structural forms. It is proper to the work of the church to actively seek to bring solidarity and peace where there is racial conflict because of the hope of Resurrection. Presbyterians, then, can eat the meat and spit the bones of CRT, or any other secular social theory that does not presuppose the Triune God because the real war is against any manifestations of the principalities and powers (Eph 6:12) at work parasitically undermining the goodness of God’s creation.”

Thanks to Mark Galli for recommending this article.

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Doug Clay, “What is Pentecostalism?” Assemblies of God News (September 30, 2020).

“Research Roundup: Preaching Takeaways from the Latest in Social Science” Christianity Today Pastors (Fall 2020).

Compiled by Ted Olson, these fascinating observations from recent social science research are sure to get you thinking about your next sermon, and probably the last few.  

John Piper, “Policies, Persons, and Paths to Ruin: Pondering the Implications of the 2020 Election” DesiringGod.org (October 22, 2020).

Published 12 days before the U.S. elections, Piper writes: “Actually, this is a long-overdue article attempting to explain why I remain baffled that so many Christians consider the sins of unrepentant sexual immorality (porneia), unrepentant boastfulness (alazoneia), unrepentant vulgarity (aischrologia), unrepentant factiousness (dichostasiai), and the like, to be only toxic for our nation, while policies that endorse baby-killing, sex-switching, freedom-limiting, and socialistic overreach are viewed as deadly.”  

Daniel Silliman, “At Purple Churches, Pastors Struggle with Polarized Congregations: A challenging year threatens to divide Christians who have resisted the cultural trend” Christianity Today (October 20, 2020).

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Geoff Holsclaw, “5 Reasons Why Calling the Election a Fraud Because Your Favorite Prophets Do Is Dangerous” GeoffreyHolsclaw.net (November 9, 2020).

Craig Keener, “When Political Prophecies Don’t Come to Pass: The Bible includes false prophets and true prophets whose words turn out to be false” ChristianityToday.com (November 11, 2020).

In this web-only article, Keener discusses the biblical role of the prophet (in Bible times and today). He says, “Not only are all prophecies partial, but, more dangerously, sometimes we may confuse our wrong interpretation with God’s message.” The next day, on November 12, Keener posted a follow-up article that appeared on his blog. This article included several links to other articles he has written about prophecy and an expansion of the article that appeared at ChristianityToday.com.  

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Craig Keener introduces the link to this interview by saying, “Donna Covington is Asbury’s vice president of formation and served as a top executive in a major corporation. Shortly after his graduation from college, her son, with a promising career ahead of him, was confronted with racist epithets and shot to death by a white man. The white man has not spent a single day in jail for this. She shares her heart wrenching story in this 25-minute video interview I did with her.”

Todd M. Johnson, “Pentecostal/Charismatic Christianity” GordonConwell.edu (May 27, 2020).

The Gordon-Conwell page describes this as “a short excerpt from the World Christian Encyclopedia, 3rd edition (Edinburgh University Press).”

Craig Keener, “Racism contradicts evangelicals’ Gospel” CraigKeener.com (July 6, 2020).

Craig Keener introduces this blog post, with links to a June 2020 statement and other posts about racial justice, by saying: “I and some other evangelical scholars recently issued a very basic statement.”

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J. Lee Grady, “How a Brave Black Woman Is Challenging Black Lives Matter” Fire In My Bones (July 29, 2020).

B. J. Oropeza, “Jesus and Ancient Biography: An Interview with Craig S. Keener on His Recent Book, Christobiography” Patheos (July 26, 2020).

Craig Keener, “Signs of the Kingdom: Miracles in the New Testament and Today” Carl F. Henry Center for Theological Understanding (March 12, 2020).

Craig Keener introduced this lecture: “Creation Project on special divine action, at Carl F. Henry Center for Theological Understanding, Trinity International University, sponsored my lecture on signs of the kingdom in early spring 2020.”

B. J. Oropeza, “The Latest on Galatians: An Interview with Craig Keener on His Recent Book, Galatians: A Commentary” Patheos (August 10, 2020).

Sam Storms, “10 Questions about Spiritual Gifts” Crossway.org (September 5, 2020).

Craig Keener, “Experiential Reading: The Means to Embracing Scripture” CraigKeener.com (September 4, 2020).

Craig Keener writes: “… we need to hear Scripture with faith, embracing it in our personal lives. A reader may embrace a false idea when taking Scripture out of context, but a reader who understands it in context yet does not embrace its demands on one’s trust also misses its function as Scripture. As Christians, we read the Bible with personal faith – not only to understand it but to embrace its message and theological worldview as true for the world in which we live.”

Frank Viola, “A Word to My Miracle-Obsessed Friends” FrankViola.org (September 17, 2020).

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Lenny Smith, “Welcome to the End of Entertainment Worship” (October 1, 2018).

In case you missed it: The author of the worship song, “Our God Reigns,” reminds followers of Jesus what worship is all about.

John Lathrop, “Rejection” PentecostalPastor.com (January 15, 2020).

“If you are going to be involved in Christian ministry you are going to experience rejection.”

LaTonya Taylor, “Remembering Dr. Edith Blumhofer (1950-2020)” Wheaton.edu (March 6, 2020).

Roscoe Barnes III, “Remembering Dr. Vinson Synan, Historian Extraordinaire of Pentecostal Church History” Roscoe Reporting (April 3, 2020).

Harold D. Hunter, “Pentecostal Response to 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic” iPHC.org (April 4, 2020).

Craig S. Keener, “Crooked Spirits and Spiritual Identity Theft: A Keener Response to Crooks?” The Journal of Mind and Behavior 39: 4 (Autumn 2018).

On April 5, 2020, Craig Keener wrote: “Today’s post will be of interest mainly to academics who allow for the possibility of spirits. I try to address it from a somewhat neutral academic standpoint, though neither those who know my biblical convictions nor my African experience will be surprised at my conclusions.”

Roscoe Barnes III, “F.F. Bosworth’s Connection to the Spanish Flu: His first wife, Estelle, was possibly a victim of the deadly virus” Roscoe Reporting (April 5, 2020).

Daniel D. Isgrigg, “Aimee Semple McPherson and the Spanish Influenza In Tulsa” DanielDIsgrigg.com (April 5, 2020).

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Michael Brown, “Some Practical Thoughts on Contemporary Prophetic Ministry” In the Line of Fire (April 16, 2020).

John Lathrop said, “Michael Brown touches on the Coronavirus prophecies in this article.”

Spencer MacCuish, “3 Lessons From a Decade of Teaching Online” TheGospelCoalition.org (April 19, 2020).

Every preacher a televangelist: What lessons can church leaders learn about teaching online from those that have been doing this longer?

John Lathrop, “I Am Pentecostal” PentecostalPastor.com (April 21, 2020).

Chris Green, “Coronavirus Calls for Revival of Real Pentecostalism” Christianity Today (April 30, 2020).

The subtitle of this article reads, “Despite failures, Spirit-filled theology can show us how to respond to the pandemic.”

John Lathrop, “Jesus in the House” Berita Mujizat (April 29, 2020).

Eddie L. Hyatt, “Why Revival Doesn’t Always Require Great Preaching, Big Crowds” Charisma (May 12, 2020).

“Dr. Eddie Hyatt says great revival sometimes does not require eloquent preaching or great crowds. Rather, there are battles to be won in the spiritual realm that mainly require one-on-one intercession, where one person prays fervently to God in private.” Dr. Susan Hyatt, Eddie’s wife, introduced this link: “This is an 11-minute excerpt from last Tuesday night’s session [May 5, 2020] on Yahweh-Nissi, picked up by Charisma Magazine online. The Power of Holy Spirit-Inspired Prayer.”

John Fea, “Remembering Donald Dayton” TheWayOfImprovement.com (May 13, 2020).

Christian historian John Fea says that “Dayton tried to imagine what the story [of American Evangelicalism] might look like if told through a Pietist/Wesleyan/Holiness lens.”

Michael Ireland, “Healing Evangelist Franklin Hall Honoured” AssistNews.net (October 19, 2018).

In case you missed this earlier news, PneumaReview.com would like to extend thanks to Hall’s nephew, Chaplain (MAJ) James F, Linzey, USA (Ret.), a PneumaReview,.com author, who donated an extensive collection of Pentecostal history at the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center in Springfield, Missouri.

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Andrew K. Gabriel, “Psalms for Divine Protection from COVID-19” Horizon.edu (May 28, 2020).

A timely message from PneumaReview.com author Andrew Gabriel.

Eddie Hyatt, “America’s Abolitionist Founding Father” Biblical Awakening (May 29, 2020).

From Eddie Hyatt’s new book, 1726: The Year that Defined America.

Daniel Silliman, “Have Pentecostals Outgrown Their Name?” Christianity Today (May 29, 2020).

The subtitle of this article reads, “More than a quarter of the global church falls under new and debated label: “‘Spirit-empowered Christianity.’”

Esau McCaulley, “A Nation on Fire Needs the Flames of the Spirit: As racism tears the country apart, the message of Pentecost can help the church find its voice” ChristianityToday.com (June 1, 2020).

Frank Viola, “A Jesus Response to the Race Problem” FrankViola.net

Originally published in 2014, this article by Derwin Gray and Frank Viola, with a later introduction from Frank Viola, is as relevant today as when it was written.

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Michael Brown, “Wheat and Weeds: A Prediction About the Coming Split in the United Methodist Church” Stream.org (January 5, 2020).

Roger E. Olson, “Pentecostal Theology: A Brief Description” Patheos (January 16, 2020).

Andrew K. Gabriel, “Pentecostal Women in Ministry, What they Want, and #MeToo” AndrewKGabriel.com (January 16, 2020).

Andrew Gabriel introduces this video: “In today’s video, I interview Dr. Kimberly Alexander from Regent University’s School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, [VA]. I ask her about how Pentecostals have typically thought about women in ministry, what women in ministry say they actually want, and about Pentecostals and the #MeToo movement.”

Paul J. Palma, “The Legacy of Massimiliano Tosetto: Italian American Pentecostal Pioneer” iFPHC.org (January 22, 2020).

Roger E. Olson, “Why Theology Is Necessary” Patheos (January 21, 2020).

This article by Roger Olson is the second part of a series entitled, “Christian Theology–Answers to Questions.”

Geir Lie, “Oneness Pentecostalism in Norway” Journal of the European Pentecostal Theological Association (January 23, 2020).

Abstract: “This article examines and analyzes the evolution of Oneness Pentecostalism in Norway, a tradition which has literally passed under the radar of Scandinavian researchers. The article identifies nine Oneness groups and different denominations whose impact is growing particularly among immigrant Christians. The essay provides biographical data on various founders and the churches and denominations they established. Highlighting the theological and ethnical diversity of the movement, Lie suggests that missionaries, immigration, and reverse migration have significantly diversified the structures, theologies, ethnicities and leadership of Oneness Pentecostalism in Norway.”

Roger E. Olson, “Are All ‘Christians’ True Christians?” Patheos (January 30, 2020).

Church historian Roger Olson strongly challenges church leaders to state clearly and publicly when so-called Christians are behaving immorally.

Mark Deymaz with Harry Li, “Here Come the Skinny Cows: Four reasons tithes and offerings are about to drop dramatically” CT Pastors (Fall 2019).

In this book excerpt from The Coming Revolution in Church Economics: Why Tithes and Offerings Are No Longer Enough, and What You Can Do about It (Baker, 2019), this special edition of Christianity Today looks at the future of giving and sustainability for churches.

J. Lee Grady, “Brazil Has Become a Global Hot Spot for Revival” Fire In My Bones (February 12, 2020).

Congratulations to Craig Keener being elected by the Evangelical Theological Society as their president for 2020.

Jonathan Smith, “Smart Budgeting for Tech Purchases: Why it’s time to rethink the three-year replacement rule for hardware” Church Law & Tax (January 27, 2020).

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Craig Keener, “A Worldwide Vision for Theological Education” The LOGOS Academic Blog (February 20, 2020).

Darwinism and Neo-Darwinism have failed to answer the origin of any species. Is intelligent design the only scientifically viable answer? Thanks to Brigada for suggesting this long article to start some interesting conversations.

“Verna Linzey Collection Deposited at Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center” iFPHC.org (October 2, 2019).

Jim Linzey, a PneumaReview.com author, has donated a significant collection of papers, photographs, and other media from his mother, Verna Linzey, to the Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center of the Assemblies of God. For more from Verna Linzey, see her author page at PneumaReview.com.

“Pentecostal Political Theology” AndrewGabriel.com (October 9, 2109).

Andrew Gabriel introduces this interview: “In today’s video, I interview Dr. Steven Studebaker from McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, ON. I ask him about what unique emphases Pentecostals make regarding political theology and what difference these ideas make for the average Christian.”

“The Gospels Are Fact Not Folklore: Why the first four books of the New Testament should be read as serious historical sources” Christianity Today (October 22, 2019).

Christopher Reese interviews Craig Keener about his 700-page exploration of gospel studies, Christobiography: Memory, History, and the Reliability of the Gospels.

Craig Keener, “Christobiography: Within the Frame of Living Memory” Eerdword (October 23, 2019).

In this publisher’s blog, Craig Keener, considers how much we can know about the historical Jesus from reliable biographies, the four Gospels, recorded within living memory.

J. Lee Grady, “Don’t Be Afraid to Let Holy Spirit Move” Fire In My Bones (October 9, 2019).

Jeff C. Magruder, “Why Pentecostals Don’t Preach Expository Sermons” Christianity.com (July 13, 2012).

John Lathrop recommended this as being a significant article to read if you missed it in 2012.

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Kendra Semmen, “Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke Dies Saturday at 79” CharismaNews (December 7, 2019).

Read the 2014 interview Reinhard Bonnke gave to PneumaReview.com: “America shall be Saved: An interview with Reinhard Bonnke“

John P. Lathrop, “Prophetic Revelation” BeritaMujizat.com (December 19, 2019).

Mark Galli, “Trump Should Be Removed from Office” ChristianityTodayOnline (December 19, 2019).

This editorial opinion from longtime editor of Evangelicalism’s premier publication stirred a storm of controversy. CT’s president, Timothy Dalrymple addressed this on Dec 22, “The Flag in the Whirlwind: An Update from CT’s President.” Galli described Dalrymple’s response in his weekly newsletter (Dec 27) in this way: “It reminds our readers that, while CT magazine might have specific views on this matter and that, we also want to be a place where evangelicals of differing views have a place to express their ideas.” One example of critique came from Dennis Prager, “CT’s Editorial Confirms One of the Sadder Realizations of My Life” CharismaNews (December 24, 2019).

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Jessie Pang and Marius Zaharia, “’Sing Hallelujah to the Lord': The unlikely anthem of Hong Kong protests” The Japan Times (June 18, 2019).

The Hong Kong protest against the proposed bill that would extradite activists to mainland China has taken up a modern Christian hymn as its anthem. Thanks to Brigada for pointing out this article.

“How J. P. Moreland Presented His Anxious Mind to God: The apologist opens up about his battles with mental illness” Christianity Today (June 2019).

In this interview by Eric L. Johnson, Christian philosopher J. P. Moreland talks about his recovery from a mental breakdown and what he learned from God in the process.

“Craig and Médine Keener on ethnic reconciliation” [43 seconds] YouTube.com (July 21, 2019).

Kate Shellnut, “Americans Who Know Religion Best Hold Worse Views of Evangelicals” ChristianityToday.com (July 23, 2019).

The subtitle reads, “Pew: Religious literacy usually helps Americans appreciate other faiths. Evangelicals score highest when it comes to their own.” The article quotes PneumaReview.com author Amos Yong, dean of the School of Theology and School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary, explaining why evangelicals respond this way and how we should move forward for the sake of the Gospel.

Andrew Gabriel, “3 Ways the Holy Spirit Works Among Non-Christians” (July 6, 2017).

In case you missed it, an article from Andrew Gabriel’s blog series, “Questions People Ask about the Holy Spirit.”

Nancy Hudson, “My Story” YouTube.

John Lathrop writes: “This is the story of a woman missionary in my denomination. She has served in South Africa for 30 years (and is still serving there). Her story is one of faith and perseverance. She oversees 10 churches. Some of her story was told in the House of Prisca and Aquila book Some Men Are Our Heroes.

Andrew Wilson, “Paul Says to ‘Be Filled with the Spirit.’ How Do We Obey a Passive Verb?: Perhaps a sailing analogy will help clear up the confusion” Christianity Today (June 21, 2019).

“Encouraging Spiritual Gifts in Your Church” AndrewKGabriel.com (August 18, 2019).

Andrew Gabriel introduces this video: “In today’s video, I interview Dr. Sam Storms from Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma. I ask him about how he transitioned his previous church from being a cessationist church to one that practices all of the spiritual gifts. He also shares advice for other church leaders who seek to encourage their church to engage the spiritual gifts.”

John Lathrop, “Impartation” PentecostalPastor.com (August 23, 2019).

Craig Keener commented: “The New Perspective(s) and older perspectives come to different conclusions on various points, such as ‘faith in Christ’ vs. ‘faith of Christ,’ the meaning of ‘works of the law,’ and so forth. I connection with my new Galatians commentary, Influence magazine published an article by me on this topic.”

Kate Shellnut, “Francis Chan Explains Why He’ll Share a Stage With Benny Hinn” Christianity Today (March 21, 2019).

The subtitle reads, “There are millions who will never hear strong biblical teaching unless teachers are willing to go.”

Roger E. Olson, “Is Absolute Refusal to Contemplate the Possible Existence of God Scientific?” Patheos (April 8, 2019).

J. Lee Grady, “8 Ways to Encourage the Flow of the Holy Spirit” Fire In My Bones (April 10, 2019).

John Lathrop writes: “This is a very good article by Lee Grady.”

Haddon Robinson, “Preaching to Everyone in Particular: Find varied applications and scatter them throughout the sermon” Christianity Today Pastors (Fall 1994).

Read this classic article from the late Haddon Robinson.

Craig S. Keener, “Leading New Testament Scholar Reveals How to Recognize False Apostles” In the Line of Fire (April 23, 2019).

Michael Brown introduces this article by saying, “This is a guest column by my friend, Craig Keener, one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars.” Read more by Michael Brown and Craig Keener at PneumaReview.com.

John P. Lathrop, “Encouragement” Pentecostal Pastor (April 30, 2019).

Craig Keener, “Real Raisings from the Dead or Fake News?: Falsified resurrection stories should not cause us to discount credible miracle accounts” Christianity Today (May 17, 2019).

“The Places in America with the Most Cases of Human Trafficking” Geoffrey G Nathan Law Offices (2019).

Statistical information in easy-to-read format about this growing evil in the USA.

Roger E. Olson, “Three American Religions Confused with Christianity” Patheos (June 1, 2019).

Leah Payne, “Why Foursquare’s Female Leaders Have It Harder Today: The Pentecostal denomination was founded by a woman nearly a century ago, but it has failed to elect another female president since” ChristianityToday.com (May 29, 2019).

Leah Payne, author of Gender and Pentecostal Revivalism, says there is an “ongoing struggle for women to reach to the highest positions in evangelical institutions, even in traditions that ordain women and affirm their roles as preachers, teachers, and leaders.” Read Payne’s interview with PneumaReview.com about her book: “Pioneer Women of Pentecostal Revivals.”

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Marian L. Tupy, “Globalization and Poverty’s Unprecedented Decline: The last forty years have seen a massive and historically unprecedented decline in global poverty” HumanProgress.org (November 22, 2016).

Reminder of good news: This article was originally published in 2016, but this under-reported good news is worth repeating. “[T]he economic liberalization and globalization that started in the late 1970s and accelerated in the 1980s, has led to a massive and historically unprecedented decline in global poverty. Contrary to much of the public perception, liberalization and globalization have not led to an increase in U.S. poverty rates, which continue to fluctuate within a comparatively narrow and, by historical standards, low, band. … In 1981, the year Ronald Reagan became America’s 40th President, 44.3 percent of the world lived in extreme poverty (i.e., less than $1.90 per person per day). Last year [2015], it was 9.6 percent. That’s a decline of 78 percent.”

“While overall violence has declined in 2018, conflict is spreading” ACLED (December 21, 2018).

This Press Release from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project has both good and bad news. Thanks to our friends at Brigada for suggesting this article.

Ed Stetzer, “Three Markers for Discipleship” EdStetzer.com (April 23, 2018).

In case you missed it: A practical article on discipleship.

Peter Gräbe, “Do These And You’ll Always be Successful!” PeterGrabe.com (June 30, 2018).

Cletus Hull wrote, “My PhD adviser at Regent University asked me to share something for his blog and I believe it can pertain to healing and the Lord.”

Geir Lie, “The Origin of T.B. Barratt’s Concept of ‘Missionary Tongues” Cyberjournal for Pentecostal-Charismatic Research #26 (November 2018).

Gordon Govier, “Biblical Archaeology’s Top 10 Discoveries of 2018: A glimpse at the important excavation work revealed this year” Christianity Today (December 27, 2018).

2019 Risk Map from ControlRisks.com

What areas of the world are projected to be the most dangerous in 2019?

Caleb Courtney, “Researching Canadian Pentecostalism” CalebSourtney.com (January 30, 2019).

Author of A History of Bethel Pentecostal Church in Sarnia, Ontario writes about the rewarding but often neglected work of recording and sharing history.

Richard R. Hammar, “Creating Sexual Harassment Policies for Church Workplaces: The growing numbers of allegations highlight the need for appropriate responses” Church Law & Tax Report (March/April 2018).

Jim Linzey, “5 Valuable Leadership Principles from Psalm 37” Ministry Today (May 30, 2018).

Brian Neil Peterson, “Does Genesis 2 Support Same-Sex Marriage? An Evangelical Response” JETS 60:4 (December 2017).

Abstract: “The rapid moral and cultural changes in Western society have not left the evangelical church unscathed. Instead, an increasing number of scholars, self-professed evangelicals included, are lining up to offer their affirming interpretations of the key biblical texts related to the same-sex discussion. One area in particular that has seen a seismic shift within evangelical circles in the push for the acceptance of ‘Christian’ same-sex marriage. The purpose of marriage to combat loneliness as found in Genesis 2 vis-à-vis the mandate of procreation in Gen 1:26-28 represents the heart of the debate. Does Genesis 2 support same-sex marriage on the basis of kinship ties as opposed to procreation as taught in Gen 1:26-28? This paper argues that affirming scholars have misinterpreted Gen 2:18-25 as promoting only kinship ties and not procreation as well. Moreover, Gen 2:18-25 must be read in light on Gen 1:26-28. Indeed, Gen 2:18, 20, and 24 serve as the basis for promoting procreation and physical fittedness within marriage. This paper will also show how a number of ancillary arguments used as biblical ‘support’ for same-sex marriage are either false dichotomies or are simply wrong when placed against the rubric of Scripture. Only one paradigm for marriage appears within the Bible, namely, heterosexual marriage established by God himself in Gen 2:24 and reaffirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19 and Mark 10.”

Beth Coetzee, “Tzaneen: One woman and her thirty year mission” Letaba Herald (September 29, 2018).

John Lathrop writes: “Here is an article from an African newspaper about Nancy Hudson, who is a missionary in my denomination, and CASA Ministries” (Christian Assemblies of South Africa).

Kate Shellnutt, “Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Christian Doctor Who Heals Rape Victims: Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege is on a crusade for women’s dignity” Christianity Today (October 2018).

Revisiting a classic: Richard M. Riss, “Singing in the Spirit in the Holiness, Pentecostal, Latter Rain, and Charismatic Movements” Pentecostal-Charismatic Theological Inquiry International (July 28, 1995)

Jonathan Merritt, “It’s Getting Harder to Talk About God: The decline in our spiritual vocabulary has many real-world consequences” New York Times (October 13, 2018).

Thanks to PneumaReview.com author William De Arteaga for pointing out this article.

“Franklin Hall Collection Deposited at Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center” iFPHC.org (October 18, 2018).

Interview with Roger Olson about 14th Edition of The Handbook of Denominations in the United States Bible Gateway (October 30, 2018).