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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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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Alexander Chow, “The Remarkable Story of China’s ‘Bible Women’: The history of Christianity in the world’s largest country can’t be told without acknowledging the female evangelists and pastors who built its church” Christianity Today (March 2018).

Christian History: Roger E. Olson, “An Almost Forgotten 20th Century Christian Theologian: Christoph Blumhardt” Patheos (March 25, 2018).

The full text now available online: Josh McDowell, More Than a Carpenter.

John P. Lathrop, “Prayers For a Christian Worker” Berita Mujizat (April 15, 2018).

Jessilyn Justice, “From Shawn Bolz to Bill Hamon and Beyond, Authors Honor Destiny Image’s Don Nori” CharismaNews (April 17, 2018).

“Destiny Image Publishers Founder Don Nori Sr., 66, died Tuesday [April 17, 2018], saddening many Spirit-filled authors who labored with him in the kingdom.”

Steve Rathje, “Metaphors can change our opinions in ways we don’t even realize” Quartz (March 31, 2018).

“Emerging psychological research tells us that something as simple as a single metaphor can have consequences for how we think. They can also be powerful tools in the hands of those looking to shape our opinions.” Thanks to Brigada for pointing out this article.

Chad Ashby, “God Hates Abuse: There’s more to the scriptural picture behind ‘I hate divorce’” ChristianityToday.com (May 11, 2018).

Thomas Kidd, “Boston’s ‘Quiet Revival’ Since the 1960s” TheGospelCoalition.org (May 22, 2018).

A steady flourishing of immigrant churches has been changing the spiritual landscape in one of America’s most historic cities. Thanks to Pastor John Lathrop for pointing out this article.

Craig S. Keener, “Should prophecies always be positive?—1 Corinthians 14:3,” Part 1 (May 21, 2018); Part 2 (May 28, 2018), CraigKeener.com.

Jonathan Graf, “3 Starting Points to Grow Prayer in Your Church” Church Prayer Leaders Network.

Jon Graf wrote, “The most effective way to get the most people in your church praying is by holding a prayer initiative.” Thanks to our friends at Brigada for suggesting this resource.

Craig S. Keener, “Families Separated at the Border—Genesis 12 and Romans 13” CraigKeener.com (June 19, 2018).

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Craig Keener, “Who Comes to Steal, Kill, and Destroy?: The ‘thief‘ may not be who you think it is” Christianity Today (April 2017).

Andrea Lathrop, “Going Deeper with God for All the Right Reasons: Why leaders should invest in their spiritual growth and how,” Influence (Feb/Mar 2017).

Roger E. Olson, “What Should Contemporary Evangelical Christians Think about the Reformation?” Patheos (March 28, 2017).

Caryn Rivadeneira, “How to Escape America’s Anger Problem” Christianity Today (March 2017).

The subtitle of this article urging that Jesus followers find Christian disciplines says: “In this rancorous post-election season, some women are turning to tried-and-true solutions.”

J. Lee Grady, “4 Ways People Misuse the Bible” Fire in My Bones (April 5, 2017).

Dan Van Veen, “Holy Spirit Confirms God’s Love for Teen” PE News (April 7, 2017).

A story of salvation and the Holy Spirit using xenoglossolalia to encourage a young immigrant. Thanks to John Lathrop for sharing this article.

“WCC and Pentecostals discuss discipleship and formation in California” (April 11, 2017).

PneumaReview.com writers Mel Robeck and Amos Yong participated in the six-day Joint Consultative Group between Pentecostals and the World Council of Churches.

Ryan Lambert, “Is Jesus the Jewish Messiah?: A summary of an important recent debate” First Fruits of Zion (April 18, 2017).

A torah observant Messianic Jew reflects on the recent debate in Atlanta between Rabbi Freitag and Dr. Michael Brown.

Jerry Root, “Cease Squirming and Know That I Am God: Why Don’t We Share the Gospel?: We share the gospel because men and women need to know they are loved by God” The Exchange (April 22, 2017).

Timothy George, “Fosdick’s Reformation” First Things (May 1, 2017).

William De Arteaga says, “Excellent summary and analysis of one of America’s premier liberal theologians.”

Matthew Bell, “The biggest megachurch on Earth and South Korea’s ‘crisis of evangelism’” PRI’s The World (May 1, 2017).

Cindy Wooden, “Pope plans Pentecost celebrations with charismatics and Pentecostals” CruxNow.com/Catholic News Service (May 2, 2017).

The subtitle reads, “Pope Francis, in a show of openness, invited Catholic charismatics and members of Pentecostal and Evangelical churches to Rome to join him in celebration of Pentecost and the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Catholic charismatic movement.”

Bible scholar Ben Witherington is Amos Professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary.

Ben Witherington III, “Why I’m Not Hoping For Heaven: Jesus’ miracles promise a better fate—including for my daughter, who died at age 32” Christianity Today (April 2016).

Ben Witherington on faith, healing, the miracles of Jesus, and resurrection.

Eddie L. Hyatt, “7 Important Lessons from Azusa Street” CharismaNews.com (April 11, 2016).

Eddie Hyatt writes: “In 2005, I was asked to edit the Azusa Street Papers, published between 1906-08, for publication and write an introductory chapter. The book was subsequently published by Charisma House under the title Fire on the Earth: Eyewitness Reports From the Azusa Street Revival, and used as the official book for the Azusa Centennial held in Los Angeles in 2006.

“In doing the research, which required reading through those papers again and again, certain emphases and themes stood out—emphases and themes that need to be revisited by those seeking revival in our day. I have, therefore, categorized below quotes from those old Azusa Street Papers that will guide us in our quest for revival in the 21st century.”

Roger E. Olson, “A Pentecost Sermon: The Holy Spirit” Patheos (May 14, 2016).

Today is Pentecost Sunday. That’s our Christian celebration of the birth of the church as recounted in Acts 2. … So what happened then, in that “upper room,” that birthed the Christian church? Christian tradition says what happened was the Holy Spirit was for the first time given to people—as an indwelling gift. The Holy Spirit, who before had been a somewhat elusive presence and power of God descending on prophets, suddenly came to dwell within Jesus’s followers.

Michael Brown, “Five Reasons Why I’m Not Worried About the Antichrist” In the Line of Fire (April 4, 2016).

This brief post on End times was recommended to PneumaReview.com with this comment: “Nice article from Dr. Brown. Not theologically deep, but good.”

“Jesus Is Alive in London: A snapshot of Christian witness in the world” Christianity Today (May 2016).

“For every Anglican church that closed in London since 2010, more than three Pentecostal churches opened.”

 J. Lee Grady, “10 Occupational Hazards of Ministry” Fire in My Bones (May 25, 2016).

Lee Grady, former editor of Charisma, offers warnings to young ministers about hardships they must expect if they want to survive and thrive in their callings.

Cletus Hull presents papers at EGLBS 2016 and the Stone-Campbell Journal Conference.

Recently, I presented papers at two different conferences.

On March 10, 11, 2016, I attended the EGLBS 2016 (Eastern Great Lakes Biblical Society) at Mohican State Park & Conference Center in Loudonville, Ohio. My paper “The Purpose of Suffering and Glory in the Pauline Eschatology of Christ’s Parousia in 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10” entered under the category of Pauline Eschatology. About my paper:

The purpose of this exegetical study of 2 Thessalonians 1:5-10 juxtaposes the biblical concepts of suffering and glory within the eschatological theology of Paul’s Thessalonian correspondence. Recognizing the historical and biblical background of the text creates a foundation for exposing the Pauline eschatology of suffering and glory. The outcome of the paper reveals the kingdom understanding that suffering must precede God’s glory in the life of his people.

Mohican State Park, Ohio, with 900 acre lake in view.

A pleasant surprise at this conference was meeting a colleague in the ministry I had not seen in many years. He had attended my ordination into the Christian ministry 27 years ago.

On April 1, 2, 2016, I attended the Stone-Campbell Journal Conference, held at Johnson University in Knoxville Tennessee. I presented two papers. The first paper was, “The Eschatology of the Dead Sea Scrolls and Qumran.” About my paper:

The proposal for this paper reveals the evident eschatology within the Dead Sea Scroll (DSS) documents, specifically the apocalyptic genre. The Qumran community of the Second Temple Period (2TP) existed as an eschatological commune, asserting the key themes of judgment and salvation in their eschatology. Specific attention in the research uncovers the meaning of numbers, the notion of messiah, the Teacher of Righteousness, and later apocalypses’ awareness of this eschatological motif. The overall narrative of the DSS eschatology strengthens the meaning of Qumran’s metahistory. For this reason, the 2TP opens the path for the reception of the forthcoming eschatology of Jesus the Nazarene.

PneumaReview.com editor Raul Mock with Jim Dettmann in March 2015.

I felt like I was part of a movement that was going somewhere. We had the joy of the Lord.

Yes, I miss those days. Many things have changed. But God is still ready and able to work with all those who pursue him, no matter where they have come from or what they have done.

God bless you on your journey. May you taste and see that the Lord is good and that he empowers his people to do great things today.

In the service of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit,

James M. Dettmann
Pneuma Foundation President
April 25, 2016

The exclusively digital edition of The Pneuma Review, Spring 2015 (18:2).

Some of what you will find in this issue:

Pastor-scholar Tony Richie presents, “An Affirmative Pentecostal Theology of the Miraculous”

An Introduction to Dreams and Visions in the Bible and Today

The Sinfulness and Destructiveness of Conspiracy Theories

Church Refugees: Rob Wilkerson’s interview of sociologist Josh Packard about the people who say they are done with church.

Find all of these articles individually in an easy-to-read format on the archive page: http://pneumareview.com/spring-2015/

Full issue coming soon.

Dale M. Coulter, “Pentecostalism and the Question of Culture” First Things (November 13, 2014).

Andrew Wilson, “God Always Heals: Good news for our bodies—in this life and the next” Christianity Today (November 25, 2014).

The pastor of a large charismatic church in England and the father of children with debilitating diseases speaks about healing that is no mere theory. William De Arteaga writes: “A good article for a home group or Bible study to tackle the issue of healing.”

Peter Berger, “Is Atheism a Specifically Western Phenomenon?” The American Interest (November 26, 2014).

The lead-in to the article reads: “We know atheism in its Jewish or Christian context, as a rejection of the Biblical God. What would atheism mean in a Muslim, or Hindu, or Buddhist context?” William De Arteaga writes: “This is a very useful article in understanding atheism. It is by an ex-Catholic and centers of the classical problem of evil vs. a good God. Note that the author never experienced healing nor the gifts of the Spirit in his years as a Catholic. I believe demonstrating the power of the gospel is the key to evangelizing atheists.”

Craig S. Keener, “Rumors of Miracles” Good News (December 30, 2014).

Craig S. Keener writes: “The United Methodist renewal magazine, Good News recently published an article that they titled, ‘Rumors of miracles.’ Other articles in the same issue, such as Wendy Deichmann’s excellent ‘Lessons from Mozambique,’ are also well-worth reading.”

Bob Caldwell, “You Are Already a Theologian (You Just Need to Be a Better One)” Enrichment Journal (Winter 2015).

Traci Humphrey and Phillip Humphrey, “A Theology of Play: Encountering the Other Through Online Gaming” Presented at the 44^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Pentecostal Studies.

Roger E. Olson, “Remembering an All-But-Forgotten, Extremely Influential Theologian: Christoph Blumhardt” Patheos (March 29, 2015).

Darrin Rodgers, “Prominent Novelist Sven Lidman Shocked Sweden by 1921 Conversion to Pentecostalism” Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center (March 16, 2015).

Leah Payne

Andy Butcher, “Leah Payne: Sent to Higher Education” Foursquare.org (March 24, 2015).

The subtitle of the article says: “Foursquare pastor’s wife, Leah Payne, brings the worlds of faith and academia together as [she] serves her church and teaches theology at George Fox Evangelical Seminary.”

“The Church Needs to Stop Pandering to Trends: Rachel Held Evans discusses what millennials are really looking for in a church experience” Relevant (April 14, 2015).

Eddie Kaufholz interviews Rachel Held Evans about her new book, Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving and Finding the Church. PneumaReview.com writer Monte Lee Rice selected this quote: “I think when you look at the people who Jesus surrounded Himself with, that’s what our churches are supposed to look like. They’re supposed to be filled with super uncool people. Folks from the margins of society, and folks who are misfits and oddballs and sick and hungry and homeless, outcasts, the people who are typically despised by the religious.”  

The exclusively digital edition of The Pneuma Review, Spring 2014 (17:2).

Included in this issue:

Are Pentecostals offering Strange Fire? In this issue, Pneuma Review continues its response to John MacArthur’s new book, Strange Fire: The Danger of Offending the Holy Spirit with Counterfeit Worship (Thomas Nelson, 2013).

In “The Rev. John L. Nevius: The Holy Spirit Gives a Lesson in Chinese,” church historian William De Arteaga shows us that the supernatural aspects of missionary John Nevius’ ministry in China was suppressed and forgotten in the West.

Find all of these articles individually in an easy-to-read format on the archive page: http://pneumareview.com/spring-2014/

Full issue coming soon.