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‘Son of man’ in the Gospel of Mark
(AOSIS, 2017)
What are the origin and source, as well as the meaning of the term Son of man as it appears in Mark? Is the background of the term to be found in the Old Testament, in Ezekiel and Daniel 7, or in the apocalyptic figure ...
Pentecostal talk about God: attempting to speak from experience
(AOSIS, 2017)
Pentecostals have their own ethos to bring to the theological table. Although they represent a diverse spectrum of beliefs, they share a basic preference for experience co-determining their theology, along with their ...
Re-enactment leading to transformation: a critical assessment of the distinctives of Pentecostal preaching
(Pieter de Waal Neethling Trust, 2017)
The article aims to define what the most distinctive characteristics of Pentecostal preaching are in order to assess these elements critically. Pentecostal preachers argue that their message is concerned with the Bible as ...
'Pentecostal theology' as contradictio in terminis: a perspective on the past and present
(University of Stellenbosch, 2017)
The Pentecostal movement, especially in its early days, has been accused of anti-intellectualism and a lack of a developed theological tradition, and it is conceded that it is justifiably so. In the early movement, to speak ...
The Pentecostal movement's view of the continuity of tongues in Acts and 1 Corinthians
(AOSIS, 2017)
Pentecostals see a continuity between the speaking in languages as a part of the filling or baptism with the Spirit in Acts 2 and the other four incidents in Acts (8, 9, 10, 19). This is also the case of the phenomenon ...
Pentecostal hermeneutical considerations about women in ministry
(The Church History Society of Southern Africa, 2017)
At first, the Pentecostal movement made no distinction between genders in the ministry. Anyone anointed by the Spirit was allowed to minister, whether to pray for the sick, testify about an encounter with God, preach or ...
"Apostoliese tye as onherhaalbaar en uniek": Pinksterkerke en Lukas-Handelinge
(Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2017)
Some Christians' scientifically-informed worldview leave little room for supernatural phenomena or divine interventions outside the accepted system of explainable cause and effect. They do not expect a supernatural/divine ...
Church and war: a change in hermeneutical stance among Pentecostals
(AOSIS, 2017)
At its inception and for the first 40 years of its existence, Pentecostalism was a pacifist movement preaching non-violence and non-retaliation. At the end of the Second World War, the movement changed its stance, in many ...