The Prelude To Pentecost

The power to witness effectively in these troubled times is the basis for this book in which Speaks challenges today's church to offer more than pep pills of personal piety, laxatives of racial tolerance, and the surgery of social revolution. Speaks dares the church to build temples of love on the dung hills of hate, to build a new community of brotherhood upon the shifting sands of racism, and to build a new society of peace upon the wastelands of human strife.

How did Pentecostalism become the fastest growing movement within Christendom in the twentieth century? Faupel contends that Pentecostalism was propelled onto the world stage when early adherents felt commissioned by God to announce that Christ would soon return to establish his kingdom on earth. The gift of tongues would equip them supernaturally to proclaim this message to the nations in the language of the people. Although this expectation was soon disproved, the eschatological hope nevertheless remained the motivating force for Pentecostalism’s rapid growth. This book has been prescribed reading on the Pentecostal hope for many years. This edition makes it available once again to a worldwide readership.

How many ways can your church’s worship equip the congregation for its mission? Worship changes through the seasons, from Christmas, through Lent and Easter, and beyond. The way worship relates to your church’s mission should change, too. This book explores those seasonal changes by examining both worship and mission as aspects of union with Christ. Just as we are to follow Christ through the various stages of his life and work in worship during the church year, we can follow him in our mission through these same stages of his life and work.

What does the Wesleyan message have to say to the greater theological world? This is a question that Laurence Wood has taken up as his concern throughout his career. In order to honor his work, this collection takes up this question through a series of essays designed to show how Wesleyan Theology, while distinctive, has a continued relevance to the wider world of theological scholarship. This collection does this in two ways. First, by showing how the Wesleyan distinctives have been present throughout the history of theology. And secondly, the collection brings the Wesleyan distinctives into conversation with various contemporary theological conversations, ranging from theological hermeneutics and the science-religion dialogue to the practice of preaching and spirituality. The result is a volume that puts Wesleyan theology into continued dialogue with the broader theological world, showing its vitality and importance for the contemporary situation.

Why read Dove's Song? The world is fascinated with Aliens from other planets. Also, this book handles our concerns: 1. Market Crash 2. Recession 3. Loss of Jobs 4. Unwed Pregnancies 5. Late Term Abortions 6. Secular Churches 7. Dirty Water 8. Power Failure 9. Food Shortages 10. Anthrax 11. Bad Parenting 12. Media Immorality We read to entertain and for our help. Short Synopsis: I promised Dove I'd write this true story. In June, early in the twenty-first century, I, Elias Rees, ranch owner in rural Oklahoma, heard strange music at my buffalo wallow; but nowhere else. I saw no one. That day the Superintendent at Buffalo Community High School fired me from teaching the new Quantum Physics. Teaching made me forget the market crash, food shortages, the recession; even about losing custody of my beloved daughter, Fleur, to my former wife, Thora. I lost my fight with the Superintendent, too. Why oh why didn't I choose Alice, my high school sweetheart, instead of Thora (flirt turned drunk)? No wonder Fleur got pregnant by a kid named Lewis. My black friend, Gabe, football Coach, Computer Science teacher, and Manager of my ranch, tried to help. Alice urged me to come back to our country church. The minister was all money; no spirituality. The strange music at my buffalo wallow turned out to be the mission statement of beautiful Dove, who saved me from despair. How can I explain this missionary from some faraway place she wouldn't reveal? She wore a body suit with a scarf around her waist, and thongs. Each day when I rode around the ranch checking fences, it wasn't her beauty but her spirituality that brought me peace. I was happy when Thora brought Fleur to live at the ranch, though Fleur was five months pregnant with a son. When Lewis was killed in a suitcase bombing, I tried everything to save my grandson from a late term abortion. But Fleur didn't want a kid with no father. Me losing again? Fleur got sick with anthrax. When Doc gave her only a few days to live, I was devastated. Dove finally got me to pray; to see Fleur as perfect whatever she said or did. For a moment in time I had absolute faith that MIND healed her. Doc's next exam showed her perfectly well. Dove convinced me that MIND can do anything. We danced around the circle of the wallow. Dove hadn't been kissed before. The U.S. was hit with a ballistic missile. Food, water, and power shortages made life miserable. Dove urged sharing with the community my deep well water, fish in my lake, even my cattle; although Gabe warned we might all starve. Despite the horrible drought, Alice's apple pies brought Fleur and me to the July 4th church picnic where Gabe played his guitar. We sang. God, I hated taking Fleur to that abortion Doc. Dove just smiled. 'See her as perfect in MIND's image' It worked before. So, I did. When we got there, Fleur said, 'I can't do this. Let's go home.' We hugged and cried. With Dove's and my help, Fleur had her baby at home. Then Dove admitted she was an alien. Just before Dove vanished for her home on a distant planet near the tail of the Little Dipper, Thora got a picture of Dove's changed body (as she looked on her own planet). Those pictures made Thora (the photographer) and Fleur (the owner of the camera) wealthy. Dove's scarf, which wrapped the baby, was woven of threads never found on earth. It was bought and displayed in the U.S. Museum of History in Washington, D.C. The Wall Street Journal's article and most of the media accepted Dove's validity. At nine months, my grandson, Zane, loves riding horseback. I hold him in front of me as I check the cattle. When Alice's husband passed on, she and I were happily married. The whole Buffalo Community is coming out of the depression with the faith of Dove's messages. On my Web site for all questions about Dove, I have answered people from thirty-seven nations. A music arranger taped Dove's song,

In this book you will be challenged to look at Pentecost through different eyes than perhaps you have before. Traditionally, the Church has always viewed Pentecost as how it has affected her, here it will be examined differently. If the church could get a glimpse of Pentecost from the devil's point of view we would realize what we have in a whole new light. We would have a greater appreciation for what God has provided for us in the Pentecostal experience. You will discover: - The Prelude To Pentecost - The Pouring Of Pentecost - The Power Of Pentecost - The Problem Of Pentecost Did you know that many in the Church have believed the subtle lies of the Devil in regard to Pentecost? Read inside what they are and as you know the Truth be set free.