Glossolalia

I was standing in the middle of the hall at Church on the Rock in Toronto, Canada, a completely foreign environment where I knew no one other than my father who stood beside me throughout a religious experience that has in some sense, changed my outlook on Christianity. From a young age my father had instilled the importance of faith within our household, motivating my family and I to attend church every Sunday and most importantly, to read the Bible and apply the principles to our daily life.…

IV. Guglielma and her Familiga: In response to the possibility of the Guglielmites “spiritual dreams” being crystalized into heresy through the inquisition, Barbara Newman writes: But certain tenets and practices appear to have been shared by all: a reverence for Guglielma as a uniquely Spirit-filled person, even physical embodiment of the Spirit; an interest in gender complementarity; a belief in the priestly capabilities of women; an inclusive ecclesiology embracing the ultimate salvation of…

1:1–5 Luke introduces his letter to Theophilus and provides the beginning context. Title: Greeting and Jesus’s Departing Speech  Title: A Continuation of Luke’s Gospel and Jesus is Leaving, but His Spirit Remains Luke, the writer of both the Lukan Gospel and the book of Acts, commences the book of Acts by revealing that this book will differ from the Gospel: in the Gospel, Jesus personally taught; in Acts, Jesus teaches by His Spirit through His people. Seeing their Master on the verge of…

There is a divine calling on Theologian’s Ken Archer’s life. Born in Ohio, his parents, Ken and Charlotte Archer were always very loving, supportive and encouraging of anything he wanted to do. He is very thankful towards them for all that they have done for him. At the age of nineteen, Dr. Ken Archer accepted the Pentecostal way of life, it is evident that God has a plan like no other on his life and has used him in many glorious ways. His in-laws, Revd Norman and Nancy Beetler, introduced him…

CM3100-Week Two Devotional There is so much violence today. A lot of it comes from an angry heart. A heart filled with bitterness, envy, and malice that fuels and burns from an angry spirit. Our devotional today seems like it is a very simple solution to a problematic society that projects its anger toward all and has taken several innocent lives to the grave. There are a lot of angry people in this world. I believe this passage of scripture calls for a change of heart that comes by way of…

The subject of Spiritual Gifts has been a much misunderstood topic even for Christians. It has unfortunately caused divisions among the church, especially when it comes to their definition and purpose; when they are received and how they are evidenced; and their use for today. In 1 Corinthians 12 , the apostle Paul gives us several truths about spiritual gifts: 1. given to believers, confess that Jesus is Lord 2. variety of gifts, but given by same Spirit 3. God empowers them in every…

Charismatic Communicators There are many charismatic communicators around the world. Many are now dead and left a legacy of being a charismatic communicator and others well they are on their way. The definition of Charismatic is “Spiritually endowed; divinely inspired or having power to command” (The Readers Digest Great Encyclopedia Dictionary622). Another definition of charismatic is “A spiritual gift or talent regarded as divinely granted to a person as a token of grace and favor and…

Recently I was tasked with the assignment of going to a place of worship to experience another style different then the type of church I go to . I attend Rollins Church of Christ in Longview, Texas where the pastor is Reverend Ricky Lawler. We are a small place of worship which holds usually 85 to 100 people on Sunday Service. We had the option to choose to go to a Catholic church or Charismatic church. On November 5th, 2014 a fellow classmate and I decided to attend Wednesday night service at…

According to Women in Scripture, “Although these versus are not missing in any New Testament manuscripts, v. 34 and 35 are found after v. 40 in several bilingual Greek/Latin manuscripts.” Consequently, there is ongoing debate about whether Paul wrote these versus or not and these judgements will continue to be discussed in Christian communities to this day. There are numerous issues as evident that Paul’s argument about women’s coiffure in Church, which is ambiguous and two-sided. As a result,…

Cecil Robeck’s The Azusa Street Mission and Revival offers the response of on African American church to the social and religious segregation we learned from last weeks reading of Methodists and the Crucible of Race. As a licensed Nazarene pastor, I enjoyed that we were also given a reading that revealed the Holiness movement’s response to the dark times of segregation in our country. In The Azusa Street Mission and Revival Cecil Robeck’s explains that the worship practices of the black church…