On its own, counterfeit bills can be very difficult to detect. They often look and feel very much like genuine currency. Only when placed alongside the real do the discrepancies begin to emerge. What was difficult to see on its own becomes clear when placed alongside the original. For most of us, trying to determine […]

Here is the link to my guest post over at Kurt Willems blog entitled, Evangelicalism: A Boundless-Centered Theology. Drop by and share your thoughts. The post also made it on to Rachel Held Evan’s Sunday Superlatives (July 29, 2012). Thanks to Kurt and Rachel for your support. Very much appreciated!

This is a guest post from a friend of mine, Dr. Brad Noel. Bradley Truman Noel serves as Director of Pentecostal Studies for Tyndale University College and Seminary. He is ordained with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Newfoundland and Labrador. When not at Tyndale, he and his wife Melinda make their home in Springdale, Newfoundland. He […]

Do contemporary expressions of Pentecostalism share the same focus as those on the Day of Pentecost? As the primary reference point for all major forms of Pentecostalism, do our gatherings reflect the same emphasis of those who experienced the first outpouring of the Spirit in Acts, the account we claim to follow and seek to […]

I wanted to share a snapshot of my Christian journey over the past 15 years or so because I’ve experienced a number of significant changes along the way. You may be thinking, ‘this could take a while,’ but believe me, it won’t. I’ll reduce the details and highlight only the major shifts in my theological […]

1. Could Pentecostalism be catering to the contemporary cultural quest for a spiritual experience by promoting extravagant divine encounters as the normative trajectory of Christianity? For example, are we simply giving them what they want when our slogans invite people to come for a worship experience? 2. Have we perhaps unintentionally restricted the work of […]

I’ve been reading Michael Hyatt’s new book Platform lately and came across a quote that made me think. Even though the context of the statement centered on website construction, I began to reflect on it in another light. Specifically, contemporary church design and the loss of symbolism. Here is the quote, Never let the design […]

The Problem of Pain Pain – We are all equally subject to it. It is vitally important, therefore, to establish a view of pain, suffering and evil that does justice to God’s character, the witness of scripture and our experience of it. I once heard someone make this comment in relation to our attempts to […]

Here are two brief videos from New Testament professor Ben Witherington on women in ministry that every person should listen to and reflect on. He does an outstanding job in his commentary on the texts that speak directly to the issue and what the historical and theological reading of those texts mean for us in […]