In this treatment of Wesleyan-Pentecostal soteriology, R. Hollis Gause, noted Pentecostal theologian, asserts that 'the believer is living in the Spirit from the first moment of faith in Christ. To be saved and to live a godly life is to live in and by the power of the Holy Spirit' (p. 1). The two major emphases of the book are that 'Reception of the Holy Spirit is a distinctive experience' and that 'being filled with the Spirit is a quality of being and a manner of life' (p. 1). One of the unique contributions of this book is the way Gause sets the experience of Spirit Baptism in the via salutis in relationship to repentance, justification, regeneration, adoption, and sanctification. He writes, 'All of the prior experiences in redemption anticipate and are culminated in baptism with the Holy Spirit' (p. 6).

Living In The Spirit: The Way Of Salvation

Religion & Spirituality

Gause, R. Hollis

Christian Books & Bibles

CPT Press

In this state of the art study, Kenneth J. Archer provides the most detailed and comprehensive analysis of Pentecostal Hermeneutics to date. Archer identifies the hermeneutical filter through which the Pentecostal story and identity is understood and meaning is made, with specific attention given to the Central Narrative Convictions of the Pentecostal Community. The model here proposed builds upon the tridactic negotiation for meaning that draws upon the biblical text, the Pentecostal community, and the role of the Holy Spirit. Archer offers a significant paradigm for all those interested in the topic of Pentecostal hermeneutics and its significance for contemporary belief and practice. 'Archer has provided . . . an insightful proposal for the kind of Pentecostal hermeneutic that is appropriate to our contemporary context.' (R. Bauckham, Prof of NT, Univ of St Andrew's, UK).

A Pentecostal Hermeneutic: Spirit, Scripture And Community

Archer, Kenneth J.

Joel's cry of lament resonates through both the content and method of this fresh hearing of the prophet's message. The presupposition of a Pentecostal experience of the Spirit moves the author of this volume to discern the development of the book of Joel as a threefold movement of lament, salvation, and judgment. The interrelation of these themes gives distinctive shape to the promise and reception of the Spirit and provides an instructive paradigm for a revisioning of Pentecostal eschatology. Thus a prophetic hermeneutic is uncovered in the book of Joel and modeled in this appropriation of Joel's message.

Joel And The Spirit: The Cry Of A Prophetic Hermeneutic

McQueen, Larry R.

In this sequel to perhaps the most significant biblical studies book by a Pentecostal scholar, The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke, Roger Stronstad makes a compelling case for understanding Lukan pneumatology as arguing for the prophethood of all believers. By means of careful literary and theological analyses of Luke-Acts Stronstad discovers this emergent theme, whereby Spirit baptism is understood to result in prophetic deeds and words on the part of the recipients. In point of fact, the experience of Spirit baptism results in the creation of prophetic communities whose goal is to take the gospel to 'the ends of the earth'. Stronstad traces this theme in the infancy narratives, the life of Jesus, the company of Spirit-baptized believers, and the acts of the charismatic prophets (Stephen, Philip, Barnabas, Agabus, Peter, and Paul). Stronstad's bold proposal has already borne much fruit for Pentecostal Luke-Acts scholarship and beyond. This slightly revised version will ensure its continued influence in studies devoted to Luke-Acts and New Testament pneumatology.

The Prophethood of All Believers: A Study in Luke's Charismatic Theology

Stronstad, Roger

In what is perhaps the most significant study of Pentecostal Theology to date, Steven Jack Land offers a constructive interpretation and issues a call for the re-vision of the Pentecostal tradition. Viewing the first ten years as the heart, not the infancy of its spirituality, Land identifies the theological heart of the tradition as the five-fold gospel that proclaims, 'Jesus is Savior, Sanctifier, Holy Ghost Baptizer, Healer, and Soon Coming King'. Land's work recovers the crucial importance of the tradition's Wesleyan, Holiness, and nineteenth-century revivalist-restorationist roots. Beginning with a discussion of the relationship between spirituality and theology, Land offers a description and analysis of Pentecostal beliefs and practices, a demonstration of how these beliefs and practices are integrated in the Pentecostal affections, and a Trinitarian re-visioning of Pentecostal Spirituality, arguing that a passion for the kingdom of God is ultimately a passion for God.

Pentecostal Spirituality: A Passion for the Kingdom

Land, Steven Jack

NOTE: A NEWER VERSION OF THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE – ALSO ON AMAZON. This introductory textbook covers the basics of Hebrew grammar, then it leads the student through readings from the Old Testament. The readings review, apply, and supplement earlier material, and insure that the student can enjoy the Hebrew Bible once the course is finished. Written with the learning needs of the student in mind, grammatical rules are kept to a minimum, with more comprehensive lists in the appendices. Features not found in other beginning Hebrew grammars include: 1. A section on verbless clauses; 2. Complete declensions of the prepositions with pronominal suffixes; 3. English translations of verb conjugations; 4. Successive verb conjugations are compared in parallel columns; 5. Description of verb syntax that utilizes recent advances; 6. Appendices describing the Verb Stems, Syntax, Parsing, etc. Also available are a Workbook (ISBN 139780981965185) and an Answer Key (ISBN 9780981965161). A companion DVD, Learning Biblical Hebrew, is available on Amazon (Search UPC# 883629656311).

Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

Reference

Martin, Lee Roy

Words, Language & Grammar

NOTE: A NEWER VERSION OF THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE – ALSO ON AMAZON. This booklet supplies all the answers to the exercises in the textbook, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (ISBN 9780981965154), by Lee Roy Martin.

Answer Key to Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

In this first study of its kind, noted Pentecostal Lucan scholar Martin Mittelstadt has undertaken an extensive examination of Pentecostal scholarship with an eye toward assessing the influence of Luke-Acts upon it. Beginning with Azusa Street and continuing to the present Mittelstadt: 1) traces the emergence of Pentecostal scholarship in the academic marketplace with the various responses to the catalytic work of James D.G. Dunn, 2) examines the influence of Luke-Acts on narrative theology, missiology, healing and exorcism, the role of women, spiritual formation, and Oneness theology, and 3) identifies Pentecostal contributions in the area of social ethics, peace-making, suffering and persecution, ecumenism, globalization, and post-modernity. The work concludes with observations on possibilities for future engagement and an extensive bibliography.

Reading Luke-Acts in the Pentecostal Tradition

Mittelstadt, Martin William

NOTE: A NEWER VERSION OF THIS BOOK IS AVAILABLE – ALSO ON AMAZON. This Workbook is designed to be used with the textbook, Introduction to Biblical Hebrew (ISBN 9780981965154), by Lee Roy Martin.

Workbook for Introduction to Biblical Hebrew

The first book to share interviews with women preachers of the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC), Dr. Welch explores rhetoric, gender, and religion in the biographies, autobiographies, and histories that detail what it means to be a Pentecostal woman preacher in Oklahoma. Archival materials provide a picture of Pentecostalism years before Oklahoma became a state in 1907, and a transcribed interview with the former Presiding Bishop of the IPHC, James Leggett, gives a contemporary view of what it means to be Pentecostal in the 21st century. A Christian scholar who grew up in the IPHC, Dr. Welch draws upon the field of rhetoric to use Jim Corder's theory of generative ethos to illuminate the way identity is constructed on individual, collective, and spiritual levels. She shows the role place plays in the development of faith and character in her chapter "We are of this Place: Oklahoma and Ethos." She concludes the book with an honest look at the administrative levels of the IPHC and ends with a note of hope for the future.

'Women with the Good News': The Rhetorical Heritage of Pentecostal Holiness Women Preachers

History

Welch, Kristen Dayle

World

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