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The power of Pentecost
We are in Eastertide season and also the 50 days leading to the Day of Pentecost. I am in a men’s Bible study that is currently going through 1 Corinthians and will then go through a book about spiritual gifts in the local church… as Anglicans. I love what the Spirit does in every corner of the Church world!
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Pentecostal Orthodoxy — real presence
“While others have come to the concept of real presence through faith and or propositional biblical truths, I came to real presence through experience.” — Emilio Alvarez, Pentecostal Orthodoxy
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The “fad” of liturgy
Early on in my journey into a more liturgical life I remember reading from other friends on Facebook about their exploration into liturgical worship. I remember when I was “hooked” by the Eucharist. Others, the more I read, really liked the typical “evangelical” worship model (concert level professional worship, topical sermons), but when they wanted some quiet, they loved going…
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Pentecostal Orthodoxy — I had been playing around
My reading has me in Emilio Alvarez’s new work: Pentecostal Orthodoxy: Toward an Ecumenism of the Spirit. As I am in the early pages, I find myself evaluating where I was on my personal timeline compared to Alvarez. There are a few conclusions I draw from my timeline.