Man’s Marian Future
by Peter J. LeithartOnly through tribulation does hope have its advent in the world, and all this comes to literal fulfillment in Mary. Continue Reading »
The Church is a Free Speech Movement
by Peter J. LeithartChristians who walk in the Spirit, who pray for parrhesia, who stay with Jesus, can be confident the Spirit will teach them irrefutable words to speak at just the right moment. Continue Reading »
The Remarkable Experience of Stephen H. Bradley of the Power of the Holy Spirit on the Second Evening of November, 1829.
by Aaron PoochigianAfter the wild revival in the naveI went home feeling stupid since the resthad got it. Why was I no good to save?My brain was grasping like an atheist: how can you know one climbed out of a tomband all the dead will wake as if they’d slept?“You back?” came probing from my brother’s room.I . . . . Continue Reading »
Grace, Continued
by Patricia SnowThen, for three years, I traveled wherever Grace traveled. Wherever she went, I went, and after she prayed for my husband in Tarrytown, he wanted to go with me, for reasons I assumed were the same as mine. For three years her ministry was our church, and Ross came, too, and read some during the . . . . Continue Reading »
Grace
by Patricia SnowOn a hazy afternoon in late May 1986, I wait, as I wait every weekday afternoon in a parking lot in Branford, Connecticut, for my son to be dismissed from school. While I wait, I listen to Ceci, another mother new to the school, whose son is in my son’s class. She is telling me about her car. From . . . . Continue Reading »
On the Baptism of Our Second Granddaughter
by Thomas H. Hubert“And just as he was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens torn apart and the Spirit descending like a dove on him.” –Gospel of Mark 1: 10 (NRSV) “And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” –Gospel of Matthew 28: 20b (NRSV) To see you, child, to gaze into your . . . . Continue Reading »
The Polyglot Politics of Pentecost
by Peter J. LeithartPentecost sounds like a repeat of Babel, but, unlike Babel, Pentecostal tongues communicate rather than confuse. Continue Reading »
Samson’s Spirituality
by Peter J. LeithartSamson is the most Spiritual man in the Old Testament, the most Pentecostal of Israel’s heroes. Continue Reading »
Evangelicals, Heresy, and Scripture Alone
by Mathew BlockTwo years after a study found most Evangelicals hold views condemned as heretical—especially on the Holy Spirit—an update has been released. And the numbers are in some ways even worse. So who—or what—is to blame? Continue Reading »
Seven Spirits of God: A Pentecost Exhortation
by Peter J. LeithartWhat do we have when we have the Spirit? We have everything.All the treasures of God, hidden away in the depths of God from before the foundation of the world, become ours through the Spirit of Pentecost. He is the Gift from the Father and the Son, the Gift above all gifts, the Gift containing all gifts. At Pentecost, God gives God: What more could we ask? Continue Reading »
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