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Holy Spirit
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Purifying the prophetic (39 minutes)
Audio interview with Randall Bach (the Feb. 4, 2021 posting)
Grateful to have these new books out in 2020
Grateful for the opportunity to publish these new books in 2020 (the largest being my Acts commentary with…
Contextualization and Scripture: Understanding the Nature of Cross-Cultural Communication
I asked my dear friend, neighbor, and missiology colleague at my former seminary, Samuel Escobar, where biblical studies…
Discerning the Spirit’s Voice by Engaging in Multiple Cultures
Why is it that bicultural Hellenist believers such as Stephen (theologically) and Philip (practically; Acts 6-8) were able…
Pentecost as a Reversal of Babel
Reading from the vantage point of Pentecost also means a cross-cultural, globally sensitive reading. Pentecost is for all…
The election prophecies
Most charismatic Christians did not prophesy a specific outcome of the US election; they just prayed and worked…
Samaritans and the Spirit–Acts 8:14-17 (21 min)
This message recorded in Asbury Seminary chapel on October 8 is available both in audio and video format…
Jesus the Spirit-baptizer shows us what the Spirit-filled life is like–Mark 1:8-13 (12 min)
In Mark 1:10, the Spirit descends on Jesus, the Spirit-baptizer of Mark 1:8, and Jesus thus provides an…
Revival is Part of the Christian Life
If God poured out the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, then much of what we envision as…
A Humbling Message for the Elite Regarding Spiritual Revival
When Peter, filled with the Spirit (Acts 4:8), confronts Jerusalem’s elite in Acts 4:8-12, the latter observe that…
Empowered for a Missional Reading of Scripture
Jesus’s promise of the Spirit for Pentecost was a promise of empowerment for mission (Luke 24:48-49; Acts 1:8).…
Richard Lovelace’s advice for different parts of Christ’s body
Usually I supply all my own posts here, not because I don’t value those of others but because…
The Empowerment of All Jesus’s Followers for Prophecy
Although building on what came before, Pentecost ushered in something new. The experience of Pentecost in Acts 2…