Essays on apostolic themes : studies in honor of Howard M. Ervin, presented to him by colleagues and friends on his sixty-fifth birthday

Essays on Apostolic Themes: Studies in Honor of Howard M. Ervin Presented to Him by Colleagues and Friends on His Sixty-Fifth Birthday ESSAYS ON APOSTOLIC THEMES HENDRICKSON PUBLISHERS CONTENTS EDITOR’S PREFACE TABULA GRATULATORIA BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH ABBREVIATIONS FOREWORD THE METHODOLOGY OF PENTECOSTAL THEOLOGY: AN ESSAY ON HERMENEUTICS WILLIAM W. MENZIES The Inductive Level The Deductive Level The Verificational Level THE HOLY SPIRIT IN THE HERMENEUTICS OF THE REFORMATION AND THE RADICAL REFORMATION GEORGE ALLEN TURNER The Role of the Spirit in Biblical Interpretation The Witness of the Spirit in Christian Experience HERMENEUTICS: A PENTECOSTAL OPTION HOWARD M. ERVIN THE SPIRIT IN THE LETTER TO THE GALATIANS F. F. BRUCE The Reception of the Spirit The Promise of the Spirit Justification and the Spirit The Spirit of Adoption The Leading of the Spirit The Fruit of the Spirit ROMANS 7:14-25 IN THE THEOLOGY OF PAUL JAMES D. G. DUNN A Reappraisal An Eschatological Tension Paul’s View of Death in the Christian Experience PREACHING GOD’S WORD “IN DEMONSTRATION OF THE SPIRIT AND OF POWER” HOWARD ROBERT YIM Conclusion THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WISDOM OF GOD JERRY HORNER The Significance of Pentecost Worldly Wisdom and Divine Wisdom The Transmission of Divine Wisdom The Origin of the Wisdom (vv. 6-13) THE PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP OF OLD TESTAMENT BELIEVERS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT JOHN REA Regeneration Indwelling of God’s Spirit IRENAEUS AND “PROPHETIC GIFTS” CECIL M. ROBECK, JR. Prophetic Gifts in Montanism Conclusion CALVIN AND THE SPIRITUAL GIFTS Introduction Conclusion THEOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL ORIGINS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT Cultural Origins LEWI PETHRUS AND THE SWEDISH PENTECOSTAL MOVEMENT I VAR LUNDGREN The Message: Christ A Daily Newspaper: Dagen Social Concerns N eo-Pentecostals DONALD GEE: THE APOSTLE OF BALANCE LOIS GOTT Apostle of Balance JAMES T. CONNELLY, CSC Initial Responses to Charismatic Phenomena ECUMENICAL REFLECTIONS ON CHRIST’S EUCHARISTIC PRESENCE DONALD L. GELPI, SJ The Omnipresence of God Can Be Legitimately Interpreted Panentheistically Because We Exist in God We Are Free to Choose Not Whether but How We Exist in Him Humans Can Choose to Exist in God in One of Three Ways: Naturally, Graciously, or Sinfully JOHN AMSTUTZ Manifestation of Love Priesthood of All Believers Expanding Base of Leadership Indigenization Cultural Sensitivity Multiplication of Disciples INDEX OF NAMES INDEX OF REFERENCES THE OLD TESTAMENT THE NEW TESTAMENT