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.
Constantine’s Conversion to Christianity: A Brief Historical Analysis
Constantine’s conversion changed the machinery of the Church more than its faith. A historical analysis of what the emperor actually altered, and at what cost.
Conceptions of the Human Body in the Greco-Latin and Jewish Perspectives
Greek and Hebrew disagreed about what a body is. Christian anthropology inherited both answers, and still lives inside the tension.
Theological Analysis of the Book of Ezra and its Relationship with the Theological Thought of the Pentecostal Movement
Ezra leads the return from exile and the rebuilding of the temple as both priest and scribe. Two roles that contemporary Christian leadership insists on separating.
Pentecostal Spirituality and its Relationship with Academic Theological Formation
Faith is the starting point of theological work, not its obstacle. On what Pentecostal spirituality adds to academic formation, and what it demands of it.
Understanding the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Brazilian Pentecostalism
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity, not the third in importance. How Brazilian Pentecostalism understood that distinction, and where it stumbled.
Relationships between Retribution Theology and Prosperity Theology in Brazilian Pentecostal Religion
Prosperity theology did not fall from the sky: it came out of retribution theology. Tracing that origin is the most effective way to disarm it.
Contributions of Pentecostal Theology to Biblical Hermeneutics
Pentecostal hermeneutics is not devotional reading under another name. What it adds in method to biblical interpretation, and what it still lacks.
The Place of Hope in Pentecostal Eschatological Reflection
Eschatology cooled in the Middle Ages and Pentecostalism warmed it again. This piece asks what room is left for hope when the end becomes a timetable.
