My Testimony: From Darkness to the Marvelous Light
Testimony is the doorway into Pentecostal ministry. Here is mine, told without retouching: what came before, what changed, and what grace asked in return.
Holiness Movement: Main Influences on North American Pentecostalism
Before Azusa there was Wesley. The Holiness Movement reordered the doctrine of sanctification and, in doing so, prepared the ground where Pentecostalism would be born.
Pentecostal Pneumatology and Empowerment for Service
Pentecostal pneumatology does not end in experience: it exists to empower service. This article follows the doctrine of the Spirit through to that practical consequence.
The Salvific-Historical Method of the Gospel of Luke
Luke writes with the Spirit at the centre of the plot. The salvific-historical method shows why this is narrative structure, not devotional emphasis.
Salvation and the Purpose of the Church in Ephesians
Ephesians stands among the densest treatises in Christian literature. What the letter settles about salvation also defines, and limits, the purpose of the Church.
Understanding Salvation in Evangelical Theology
The cross is the centre of Scripture, yet Evangelical theology reaches that centre by a route of its own. This piece reconstructs that route.
The Implications of Paul’s Eschatological Thought for Today’s Churches
Paul wrote to the Thessalonians under pressure, and the parousia dominates both letters. What his eschatology demands of the churches that quote it today.
The Action of the Sacred as Essential Substance of Theological Praxis in a Plural Society
In a secular and plural society, the sacred is no longer a given. This piece argues that it remains the substance of theological practice all the same.
High Christology
Christology from above begins with the divine nature and asks of the disciple what cannot be demonstrated: faith. On what that starting point wins, and what it risks.
The Gospel of Mark: A Theological Synthesis of the First Gospel
Mark is the leanest of the Gospels and the most direct about the mission of Jesus: to announce the Kingdom. A theological synthesis of the first account.
