Ever worried about being "left behind"? Or being fooled into accepting some ID number that is the feared "mark of the beast"? Or have you enjoyed a best-selling Left Behind book but wondered if the Bible really teaches that? "Why I Want to Be Left Behind" cuts through lots of popular-but-wrong teaching about the end-times to bring good news: God is redeeming his creation, not planning to trash it as a failed project. Prepare for happy surprises as author Daniel D. Isgrigg shows why you too really want . . . the mark (see p. 21); to be left behind (see p. 1); to go through the tribulation (see p. 9); and be among the 144,000 (see p. 81). Let "Why I Want to Be Left Behind" literally suck the fear and wild-eyed speculation out of the glorious truth of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Rather than worrying about current events in the Middle East, "Why I Want to Be Left Behind" will have you rejoicing in the God of your salvation -- and wanting to share his good news with others.

Why I Want to Be Left Behind: Exposing the Fiction in Today's End-Times Prophecy Teaching

Religion & Spirituality

Isgrigg, Daniel D.

Christian Books & Bibles

Word & Spirit Pr

Pilgrimage into Pentecost: The Pneumatological Legacy of Howard M. Ervin

Pilgrimage into Pentecost explores the life and legacy of Howard M. Ervin,Th.D., chronicling Ervin's pilgrimage from his beginnings as Baptist pastor to his global influence as a Pentecostal leader. His exegetical theology led him to advocate a distinctively Lukan theology of the Holy Spirit, and he became for a while the leading scholarly apologist for the classical Pentecostal doctrine of Spirit baptism. Ervin's scholarship spurred fruitful theological debate on the contemporary work of the Holy Spirit, especially with New Testament scholar James D.G. Dunn, while his extensive ecumenical pastoral ministry demonstrated the Spirit's work of unifying the body of Christ. Pilgrimage into Pentecost not only pays well-deserved tribute to a pioneer of Pentecostal scholarship but also offers his devout scholarship and distinguished forty-year teaching career at Oral Roberts University (ORU) as an example for others.

Biographies & Memoirs

Menzies, William W.

Professionals & Academics

Most pastors are average. No, that is not an insult. It is the data. If you are a pastor of a church of under 100 you probably feel small. But it is not true.The average church size in America is 75 people. And 83% of pastors serve a church that is less than 200 people. Yet in this day of mega churches and multi-site churches, it feels like the average pastor is not average at all. This book is for the average pastor who serves the average church in America. The Average Pastor is a collection of reflections on pastoring the average church from an average pastor. Daniel Isgrigg covers a variety of topics such as leadership in the small church, finances, the church size debate, staff and practical tips learned in the small church.

The Average Pastor: Reflections of an average pastor of an average church

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Aspects of Assemblies of God Origins: Exploring Narratives, Theologies, and Issues from the Early Years

Pickwick Publications

With the Assemblies of God now over a century old, this book takes a fresh look at critical issues in the AG's origins. While not a comprehensive retelling, this book is a series of essays that explore different historiographical issues that will clarify or correct historical narratives with new research. Topics include re-examining the early relationship with the Church of God in Christ, assessing the AG's evangelical identity, and attitudes toward theology and education. Some three decades since the last AG history, this volume will shed new light on these important theological and cultural issues to better understand its roots. Perhaps these conversations will help the AG better understand its history as the fellowship approaches the problems it faces today.

Pentecost in Tulsa tells the story of how the city became an important epicenter of Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity in the United States. In its earliest days, revivals led by such luminaires as Charles Parham, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Raymond T. Richey helped establish important Pentecostal churches. Later, well-known evangelists in the movement, such as Oral Roberts and Kenneth Hagin, launched worldwide ministries from Tulsa that impacted millions around the globe. This book also reveals the untold story of a resilient Black Pentecostal community that endured the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and revived the famous Greenwood District. Through these triumphs and tragedies, Tulsa has emerged as a significant location with continuing impact on the story of Pentecostalism.

Pentecost In Tulsa: The Revivals and Race Massacre that Shaped the Pentecostal Movement in Tulsa

History

World

Seymour Press

Pilgrimage into Pentecost explores the life and legacy of Howard M. Ervin,Th.D., chronicling Ervin's pilgrimage from his beginnings as Baptist pastor to his global influence as a Pentecostal leader. His exegetical theology led him to advocate a distinctively Lukan theology of the Holy Spirit, and he became for a while the leading scholarly apologist for the classical Pentecostal doctrine of Spirit baptism. Ervin's scholarship spurred fruitful theological debate on the contemporary work of the Holy Spirit, especially with New Testament scholar James D.G. Dunn, while his extensive ecumenical pastoral ministry demonstrated the Spirit's work of unifying the body of Christ. Pilgrimage into Pentecost not only pays well-deserved tribute to a pioneer of Pentecostal scholarship but also offers his devout scholarship and distinguished forty-year teaching career at Oral Roberts University (ORU) as an example for others.

Leaders & Notable People

Word & Spirit Press

Since the beginning of the Assemblies of God, the doctrine of the Second Coming of Christ has featured prominently in their proclamation of the Pentecostal gospel. Many early believers passionately proclaimed by the Spirit, "Jesus is coming soon!" Yet in many churches today, teaching on the Second Coming of Christ has fallen into a period of neglect. Is the Assemblies of God losing its faith in "the Blessed Hope?" Imagining the Future answers this question by exploring the development of Assemblies of God eschatological doctrines and their role as a central pillar of the fellowship's Pentecostal ethos. Through critical historical assessment, Daniel Isgrigg sheds new light upon existing assumptions about its dispensational orientation and the inherent incompatibility of that orientation with Pentecostal theology. Drawing from the deep wells of the past, Isgrigg uncovers a hopeful and Spirit-inspired eschatology that imagines the future for a new generation of Pentecostal believers. "A thorough, comprehensive and complex analysis of the origin and development of the eschatological thinking in one of the largest and most important Pentecostal denominations in the world, Assemblies of God (AG). Isgrigg offers a fascinating, constructive proposal for a contemporary pneumatological eschatology building on the huge potential of the pneumatological imagination which leads into a consequent eschatological imagination, as the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the 'last days' and so the eschatological end is conceived as the future work of the Spirit." Corneliu Constantineanu, Ph.D. Professor of Pentecostal Theology, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania "This books stimulates much needed thought on eschatology within the AG and Pentecostal communities and be a blessing to both. Isgrigg combines thorough historical analysis with informed and insightful theological reflection. He writes clearly and with an irenic spirit. The result is a wonderful encouragement to the AG community to engage in much needed reflection on the contours, purpose, and impact of our eschatology." Robert P. Menzies, Ph.D. Director, Asia Center for Pentecostal Theology "This fine and multi-layered study of American Assemblies of God shows how it has adjusted fundamental interpretations of its eschatology in the face of a changing world. This is a vigorous and expertly documented account that deserves to be widely read, not least because the church has a pressing need to revisit its expectations of humanity's future." William K Kay, D.D. Emeritus Professor, Wrexham Glyndwr University "Isgrigg's meticulously researched and engagingly written monograph on eschatology in the Assemblies of God provides not only the first comprehensive historical and theological treatment of the development of AG eschatology throughout the movement's entire history, particularly as it relates to dispensationalism, but also makes the important theological contribution of an emphasis on pneumatological imagination, calling for both a renewed focus on and hopeful expectation for the Holy Spirit's work in eschatological signs. I highly recommend this book for ministers, scholars, and all who eagerly await the Blessed Hope." Alicia R. Jackson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Vanguard University

Imagining the Future: The Origin, Development, and Future of Assemblies of God Eschatology (Oru Press Monograph)

Oru Press

As a relatively new methodology, reception history continues to gain traction in biblical, theological, and philosophical studies. Receiving Scripture in the Pentecostal Tradition furthers the conversation with groundbreaking analysis of how the Pentecostal tradition read, interpreted, viewed, and performed Scripture. Included in this volume are twelve essays by global scholars who bring their methodological, biblical, and theological expertise to Pentecostal readings of Scripture. Each contributor documents not only how Pentecostals received the Scriptures, but also provide insights and analysis for these interpretations in their respective communities. This volume will serve as an excellent foundation for students and seasoned scholars interested in better understanding Pentecostal reception with all of its theological and hermeneutical implications.Daniel D. Isgrigg (PhD, Bangor University, UK) is Assistant Professor and Director of the Holy Spirit Research Center and Archives, Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, OK, USA. Martin W. Mittelstadt (PhD, Marquette University) is Professor of New Testament at Evangel University, Springfield, MO, USA. Rick Wadholm, Jr (PhD, Bangor University, UK) is an independent scholar based in Ellendale, ND, USA.

Receiving Scripture in the Pentecostal Tradition: A Reception History

Wadholm Jr, Rick

Mittelstadt, Martin W.

CPT Press

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Why I Want to Be Left Behind: Exposing the Fiction in Today's End-Times Prophecy Teaching

Pilgrimage into Pentecost: The Pneumatological Legacy of Howard M. Ervin

The Average Pastor: Reflections of an average pastor of an average church

Aspects of Assemblies of God Origins: Exploring Narratives, Theologies, and Issues from the Early Years

Aspects of Assemblies of God Origins: Exploring Narratives, Theologies, and Issues from the Early Years

Pentecost In Tulsa: The Revivals and Race Massacre that Shaped the Pentecostal Movement in Tulsa

Pilgrimage into Pentecost: The Pneumatological Legacy of Howard M. Ervin

Imagining the Future: The Origin, Development, and Future of Assemblies of God Eschatology (Oru Press Monograph)

Receiving Scripture in the Pentecostal Tradition: A Reception History