Fall 2009: Other Significant Articles
Philip Jenkins, “Unenthusiastic About Enthusiasm: Modern suspicions about charismatic Christianity trace back to controversies over the French Prophets 300 years ago” (ChristianHistory.net).
Speaking in tongues, the sick being healed, the dead raised to life, the soon coming apocalypse … in 1709.
Read the article online at: www.christianitytoday.com/ch/bytopic/movementsdenominationstraditions/unenthusiasticabout.html
Bruce Hindmarsh, “And Can It Be?: Charles Wesley gets his turn” Books & Culture (May/June 2009).
Charles’ later ecclesial and theological differences with his brother John and John’s disciples led to Charles’ monumental contributions to early Methodism being downplayed and forgotten.
Find the full article online at: www.christianitytoday.com/bc/2009/mayjun/andcanitbe.html
Francis MacNutt, “God has the power to Heal” Charisma (May 2009), pages 40-43.
At the time of printing, the full May issue was available at: http://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=14861
Chris Armstrong, “When Details Get You Down: Maintaining a spiritual life amid war, famine, and plague is what made Gregory the Great” Leadership Journal (Feb 2009).
What can we learn from the monk-pope that faced so many crises and yet made choices that led to such lasting change? “Pastors, insisted Gregory, must live a higher life, one that combines both action and contemplation.”
www.christianitytoday.com/le/thepastor/soulspirit/whendetailsgetyoudown.html
