Fall 2018: Other Significant Articles

Richard R. Hammar, “Creating Sexual Harassment Policies for Church Workplaces: The growing numbers of allegations highlight the need for appropriate responses” Church Law & Tax Report (March/April 2018).

Jim Linzey, “5 Valuable Leadership Principles from Psalm 37” Ministry Today (May 30, 2018).

Brian Neil Peterson, “Does Genesis 2 Support Same-Sex Marriage? An Evangelical Response” JETS 60:4 (December 2017).

Abstract: “The rapid moral and cultural changes in Western society have not left the evangelical church unscathed. Instead, an increasing number of scholars, self-professed evangelicals included, are lining up to offer their affirming interpretations of the key biblical texts related to the same-sex discussion. One area in particular that has seen a seismic shift within evangelical circles in the push for the acceptance of ‘Christian’ same-sex marriage. The purpose of marriage to combat loneliness as found in Genesis 2 vis-à-vis the mandate of procreation in Gen 1:26-28 represents the heart of the debate. Does Genesis 2 support same-sex marriage on the basis of kinship ties as opposed to procreation as taught in Gen 1:26-28? This paper argues that affirming scholars have misinterpreted Gen 2:18-25 as promoting only kinship ties and not procreation as well. Moreover, Gen 2:18-25 must be read in light on Gen 1:26-28. Indeed, Gen 2:18, 20, and 24 serve as the basis for promoting procreation and physical fittedness within marriage. This paper will also show how a number of ancillary arguments used as biblical ‘support’ for same-sex marriage are either false dichotomies or are simply wrong when placed against the rubric of Scripture. Only one paradigm for marriage appears within the Bible, namely, heterosexual marriage established by God himself in Gen 2:24 and reaffirmed by Jesus in Matthew 19 and Mark 10.”

Beth Coetzee, “Tzaneen: One woman and her thirty year mission” Letaba Herald (September 29, 2018).

John Lathrop writes: “Here is an article from an African newspaper about Nancy Hudson, who is a missionary in my denomination, and CASA Ministries” (Christian Assemblies of South Africa).

Kate Shellnutt, “Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Christian Doctor Who Heals Rape Victims: Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege is on a crusade for women’s dignity” Christianity Today (October 2018).

Revisiting a classic: Richard M. Riss, “Singing in the Spirit in the Holiness, Pentecostal, Latter Rain, and Charismatic Movements” Pentecostal-Charismatic Theological Inquiry International (July 28, 1995)

Jonathan Merritt, “It’s Getting Harder to Talk About God: The decline in our spiritual vocabulary has many real-world consequences” New York Times (October 13, 2018).

Thanks to PneumaReview.com author William De Arteaga for pointing out this article.

“Franklin Hall Collection Deposited at Flower Pentecostal Heritage Center” iFPHC.org (October 18, 2018).

Interview with Roger Olson about 14th Edition of The Handbook of Denominations in the United States Bible Gateway (October 30, 2018).

Now available online: The full text of Kurt Koch, Wine of God: The Holy Spirit Leads in All Truth (1974).

Pastor John Lathrop writes: “Kurt Koch’s book, The Wine of God, is about revivals in Indonesia, Formosa, the Solomon Islands, and South India. The book was published in 1974.”

Roger E. Olson, “The Prophethood of Every Believer” Patheos (November 13, 2018).

“Every Christian church ought to encourage every Christian to speak God’s Word, as he or she hears it, and give him or her a platform (metaphorically speaking) for expressing that message. Every mature Christian ought to speak out in some forum, in some form, about injustices among the church and/or secular rulers. When the prophetic ‘forthtelling’ message is given to the congregation, the elders (whether called that or not) ought to discern prayerfully whether it is from God. When it is given to the secular rulers only the priesthood of the believer prevents the prophet’s congregation from interfering even if they disagree with the message.”

Edd L. Hyatt, “How Socialism Very Nearly Destroyed the Pilgrims” CharismaNews.com (November 19, 2018).

Mike Mariani, “Catholic Exorcisms Are Gaining Popularity in the U.S.” The Atlantic (December 2018).

Of particular interest may be the data referenced in Frank Newport and Maura Strausberg, “Americans’ Belief in Psychic and Paranormal Phenomena Is up Over Last Decade: Belief in psychic healing and extrasensory perception top the list” (June 8, 2001) and more recently, Katie Jagel, “Poll Results: Exorcism” YouGov (September 17, 2013).

Andrew Wilson, “How to Tell the Difference Between a Prophet and a Crank: Truly biblical prophecy strengthens the church—without adding anything to the Bible” Christianity Today (November 27, 2018).

William De Arteaga comments: “Wonderful article on modern prophecy from Christianity Today.”

Roger E. Olson, “‘We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us’: Thoughts about American ‘Evangelicals’” Patheos (December 1, 2018).

Historian of Religion, Roger Olson, decries that Evangelicalism is the new Fundamentalism. “American evangelicalism today has become its own worst enemy. Evangelicals (in America) have rightly gained a reputation for being against things rather than being for Jesus and the gospel and compassion for the weak and vulnerable people Jesus cared for.”

“As With Elijah, God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things: An Interview with R.T. Kendall” BibleGateway.com (December 4, 2018).

In this quick read, R. T. Kendall speaks with Bible Gateway about his 2013 book, These Are the Days of Elijah: How God Uses Ordinary People to Do Extraordinary Things.