Winter 2022

• Canadian Pentecostal Reader: The First Generation of Pentecostal Voices in Canada

  Martin W. Mittelstadt and Caleb Howard Courtney, Canadian Pentecostal Reader: The First Generation of Pentecostal Voices in Canada (1907-1925) (Cleveland, TN: CPT Press, c2021), xii + 507 pages. The authors of a Canadian Pentecostal Reader are to be commended for such an exemplary, seminal, and significant ... Read More

• Roger Stronstad: Spirit, Scripture, and Theology

  Roger Stronstad, Spirit, Scripture, and Theology: A Pentecostal Perspective, Second Edition (APTS Press, 2018). Roger Stronstad is probably best known for his master’s-thesis-turned-book, The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke (1985) , which is considered by some to be the ... Read More

• J. P. Moreland: A Simple Guide to Experience Miracles

  J.P. Moreland, A Simple Guide to Experience Miracles: Instruction and Inspiration for Living Supernaturally in Christ (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Reflective, 2021), 274 pages, ISBN 9780310124191. Why is a firm conviction in the ongoing reality, power, and love of God necessary for biblical Christianity? In this ... Read More

• Charismatic Leaders Fellowship 2022

  This year’s Charismatic Leaders Fellowship met Monday, February 21st thru Thursday the 24th in Augusta, at the Alleluia Covenant Community. This was our fourth year in a row there. It is a great place to have a meeting as the families of the Community host ... Read More

• Lora Timenia: Third Wave Pentecostalism in the Philippines

  Lora Angeline Embudo Timenia, Third Wave Pentecostalism in the Philippines: Understanding Toronto Blessing Revivalism’s Signs and Wonders Theology in the Philippines (Baguio City, Philippines: Asia Pacific Theological Seminary Press, 2020), 192 pages, ISBN ‎9789718942918. Lora Timenia is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God in ... Read More

• Henry H. Knight III: John Wesley

  Henry H. Knight III, John Wesley: Optimist of Grace (Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2018), xv + 152 pages, ISBN 9781625648389. This work offers a window into the shape of the thought of the Anglican priest and eighteenth-century revivalist John Wesley. Knight uncovers the peculiar theology of the ... Read More

• Six Ways the Holy Spirit Will Communicate With You, by Charles Carrin

  One of the tragic losses in modern Christianity is the near-elimination of the Holy Spirit from the life and activity of many believers. Religion that is learned and formalized can function without the Holy Spirit; true spirituality cannot. A prominent church leader once said of ... Read More

• John MacMillan and the Authority of the Believer

  “John A. MacMillan’s Teaching Regarding the Authority of the Believer and its Impact on the Evangelical, Pentecostal, and Charismatic Movements” by Paul L. King  Most people associate teaching on the authority of the believer from a charismatic source, usually Kenneth Hagin or Kenneth Copeland. Some evangelicals, ... Read More

• Churching Men

  Making your church a modern-day Addullam: Reach, Teach, Release. As you finish your prayer, you realize that the weeping man at the altar has come to Christ. The leather, tattoos and body piercings clearly no longer agree with the transformation you know has changed his soul. ... Read More

• Spiritual Gifts 101

  A guest article by Tracy Close, introducing you to the gifts of the Holy Spirit spoken of in the Bible. Charismata is the plural form of the Greek word charis, meaning grace. Charismata are the visible effects of grace in word or deed, known more commonly ... Read More

• Robert Shinkoskey: Do My Prophets No Harm

  Robert Kimball Shinkoskey, Do My Prophets No Harm: Revelation and Religious Liberty in the Bible (Eugene, Oregon: Resource Publications, 2011), 206 pages, ISBN 9781608998456. Robert Shinkoskey has two main proposals in Do My Prophets No Harm. The first proposal is that the Ten Commandments provide ancient ... Read More

• Herrnhut: A Caribbean Shrine You Need to Know

  Brother Carrin shares a lesson from church history about a renewal that changed missions and changed him forever. I am now 75 years old, and as you can imagine, looking back in gratitude to God for all my adult life spent in ministry. There are too ... Read More

• Dallas Willard: Hearing God

  A guest review by Evangelist David Hernandez. Dallas Willard, Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God (InterVarsity Press, 1999 and 2012) 304 pages, ISBN 9780830835690. Many Christian leaders will agree with the saying that prayer is a two-way conversation with God, yet very few have ever ... Read More

• Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends

  Kevin J. Vanhoozer, Charles A. Anderson, and Michael J. Sleasman, eds. Everyday Theology: How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2007), 287 pages. It is well established that knowledge without application is fruitless. Additionally, it is well understood that one can ... Read More

• In Your Face

  Reflecting on Pentecostal roots and obnoxious witnessing. Read More

• When a Cloud Isn’t a Crowd, by Daniel Brown

  Pastor Daniel Brown talks about being led by God in contrast to the persistent nagging to follow the crowd. Read More