Enquiring Pentecostal Minds
Pentecost after 100 years: The stories, the reflections and the lessons
Friday, November 02, 2018
4.2.1.3 Provision of religious, educational, health and welfare facilities
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Theology and the Spirit in some Pentecostal circles
A situation of heated debates resulted from the above. All I seemed to hear was an equation of theological naivity to conduciveness for Spirit's indwelling and work. I could not accept limits on theological inquiry in the quest to retain the Spirit as right. I felt that knowledge comes because we ask and ask sincerely, unashamedly and deeply, seeking to understand; that what one claims to know or understand is soon challenged by new and different situations such that the 'knower' is sent to the drawing board repeatedly.
Today's world is changing fast. The questions we ask today might be irrelevant tomorrow. The answers which seem satisfactory today may turn totally unconvincing tomorrow. The nature and process of knowing itself is being thrown into question as the world undergoes these pervasive changes. So how can one not pursue understanding and sharpness in theological matters? This does not mean that I have attained the above, but that I press on towards attainment of understanding. My persistent questioning has brought me funny labels. I told a friend that the remaining label is being called the devil.
I think it is sad that some people among Pentecostals can be so anti-theology. It is probably the same attitude that has gotten us into so much confusion. I find it scandalous that some Pentecostals think that they can lead and pastor God's people without any intellectual preparation; that because they have the anointing of the Spirit, they need not be taught by 'men'; that the same people would rebel and lead others into rebellion should they be challenged on their assumptions.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
DIVINE HEALING: Beware the popular teaching
- The fraudulance of popular teaching on divine healing
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Friday, August 10, 2007
Thursday, August 09, 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2007
God still heals today: A short study
This paper concerns itself with the statement that 'God still heals today'. This statement presupposes doubt and worst a negation of healing as integral to God's activities today. In the light of such doubt or negation, the statement affirms God's healing activity for our time. The debate around the genuineness of the healing ministry today takes place among Christians. What differentiates them as they debate whether the healing ministry as experienced today is genuine or not, is the context in which they do their theologising. Both camps have access to the same biblical data and their dealings with it differ because the questions they ask borne by their contexts differ. Now, if the statement was to be turned into the following question: 'does God still heal today?' How would one go about answering this question? In answering it, we would need to take notice of the following:
1) That the question does suggest if not acknowledge God's healing activity in the past.
2) That our knowledge of God and his past activity are recorded in Scripture.
3) that our self understanding as the people of God today is borne out of and sustained by Scripture thus calling us to continual reflection on our experiences in the light of Scripture for either validation or invalidation thereof.
4.2.1.3 Provision of religious, educational, health and welfare facilities
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This paper concerns itself with the statement that 'God still heals today'. This statement presupposes doubt and worst a negation...
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The cost of maintaining belief in popular teaching on divine healing The teaching or belief that "all people prayed for are heale...