The PAOC has published another booklet: Generosity Changes Everything…Even Us: Perspectives from a Benevolent Fellowship (2014). I am encouraged to see that the PAOC recognizes that discipleship includes more than just telling people to read the Bible and pray—among other things, it also includes helping people to form proper attitudes and actions. This small book […]
I gave a talk recently on Christianity and the World Religions. My presentation focused on the three most popular world religions outside of Christianity: Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. As I prepared my talk, two things struck me. 1. Pluralism doesn’t work I’m defining pluralism here as the idea that there are various religious paths to […]
This evening I’m doing a presentation on the Trinity at a local church. I’m posting the notes here for those who would like to have them. Download the notes here: God, the Trinity. Outline for the talk: Why Does it Matter? Recognizing the “Trinity” Questions For those who might like to read further, see here.
I’m pleased to announce the publication of my next book: Gabriel, Andrew K. Barth’s Doctrine of Creation: Creation, Nature, Jesus, and the Trinity. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2014. On the Amazon USA site, you can view the table of contents, cover, and inside the book here. For those not in the USA, the book is also available […]
Many people think of eschatology only with respect to events surrounding the return of Christ. However, the coming of the Spirit at Pentecostal is eschatological in as much as it both fulfills previous expectations regarding the coming of the Spirit and represents a promise of the future eschatological work of God. There are many places […]
Here is an excellent article on the idea of apostles in the NT, throughout history, and today, by a well respected and Pentecostal senior scholar: http://pneumareview.com/apostolic-practice-by-vinson-synan/ It isn’t a short one but it is worth the read.
What makes a Pentecostal a Pentecostal? …particularly a PAOC Pentecostal. In the earliest days of the Pentecostal movement in Canada, most of the people attending a Pentecostal church would have spoken in tongues. In fact, the reason that many Christians joined a Pentecostal church was that they were no longer welcome in their previous churches […]
I’ve had a number of people ask me what my favorite books are or who my favorite authors are, so I figured it was due time to post this on my blog. Though I certainly don’t agree with each of them in a number of areas, some of my favorite authors are Clark Pinnock, Karl Barth, […]
My second published book arrived today: Johannine Writings and Apocalyptic: An Annotated Bibliography, co-authored with Stanley Porter, Johannine Studies 1 (Leiden: Brill, 2013). For more info see the Brill web page. It’s so expensive that I don’t expect you to buy it (see here!), but you can view much of the contents on googlebooks here. […]
Ephesians 5:24-25 says, “Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” Usually verse 24 gets all the attention, but I pondered recently what it might mean for me to […]