Hearing Gods Voice Towards A Theology Of Contemporary Pentecostal Revelatory Experience

Author : Tania M. Harris
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004682414
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearing God’s Voice: Towards a Theology of Contemporary Pentecostal Revelatory Experience written by Tania M. Harris and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revelatory experience or in common parlance, “hearing God’s voice,” is prized by Pentecostal-Charismatic Christians for its contribution to spirituality, yet remains one of the most problematic areas of church life. Theological tensions and pastoral fallout have plagued the experience since the time of the New Testament. Drawing on the tools of practical theology, this book presents the findings of a unique and ground-breaking study among Australian Pentecostals. With a theological framework modelled on New Testament practice and undergirded by the accountability of the local church, many of the problems associated with revelatory experience can be addressed and the experience fully harnessed for kingdom purpose.

Author : Tania M. Harris
Publisher : Global Pentecostal and Charism
ISBN 13 : 9789004682405
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearing God's Voice: Towards a Theology of Contemporary Pentecostal Revelatory Experience written by Tania M. Harris and published by Global Pentecostal and Charism. This book was released on 2023-11-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 'hearing God' experience is a prized feature of Pentecostal-Charismatic spirituality, yet one that is often shrouded in controversy and confusion. Drawing on the findings of a unique and ground-breaking practical theological study, this book provides a theological framework and ministry strategies so that the experience can be fully harnessed for kingdom purpose.

Author : Tania Harris
Publisher : Authentic
ISBN 13 : 9781780781884
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book God Conversations written by Tania Harris and published by Authentic. This book was released on 2017 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do I know it's God? is one of the most commonly asked questions of new and mature Christians alike, and the aim of God Conversations is to both equip and inspire the reader and show them that hearing the voice of the Spirit is accessible to everyone who chooses to follow Jesus. Most Christians know that God speaks, yet struggle with how to recognise his voice in their everyday lives. What does God's voice sound like? How do we know if what we're hearing is from God? Stories of God talking to his people abound throughout the Bible, but we usually only get the highlights. We read; "And God said to Joseph; 'Go to Egypt'," and then; "Mary and Joseph left for Egypt." We don't get a blow-by-blow description of how God spoke. We don't receive a detailed explanation of how they knew it was God, and we don't get to see what was going on inside their heads as they acted on what they'd heard. In God Conversations, international speaker and pastor Tania Harris shares insights from her own journey about hearing God's voice. You'll get to eavesdrop on some contemporary conversations with God in the light of his communication with the ancient characters of the Bible. Part memoir, part teaching, this unique and creative collection of stories will help you to recognise God's voice when he speaks and how to respond when you do.

Author : Tania Harris
Publisher : Paternoster Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781788932462
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Church Who Hears God's Voice written by Tania Harris and published by Paternoster Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After experiencing the transforming power of hearing God's voice in her own life, Revd Dr Tania Harris set out to unlock the questions Christians have debated for centuries: How does God speak? How do you know it's God? and What difference does it make to the church? As the central feature of the Spirit's outpouring at Pentecost and the grand prize of the New Covenant, the prospect of universal access to the Spirit is a powerful but pastorally risky concept. Drawing on insights from theology, sociology and her ground breaking PhD research, Harris skilfully presents a comprehensive theology and pastoral strategy for how the church, whatever the tradition, can hear the Spirit's voice for themselves. Revd Dr Tania Harris enables church leaders to safely and effectively lead their people into a powerful experience that was intended to be a normal part of every Christian's life. Content Benefits: Revd Dr Harris helps church leaders to transform their local church into a place where everyone can hear the Spirit's voice for themselves. - Combines theology and experiential practice - Explores the relationship between Spirit and Scripture - Unpacks the challenge of Cessationism - Explains the authority of contemporary revelatory experience - Addresses the pastoral issues associated with hearing from the Spirit - Scholarly yet accessible style - Helpful for church leaders who want their congregations to hear from God - Suitable for Christian thinkers who want to understand the role of the Spirit in the Bible and today

Author : Frank A. DeCenso
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0768489881
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearing and Understanding the Voice of God written by Frank A. DeCenso and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine gifted and God-loving authors share their personal experiences on topics ranging from supernatural and out-of-body experiences in the third heaven to prophecy and discernment. You will quickly realize through reading these thrilling stories that hearing God happens in many different ways, and you can learn how you can tune in to Him yourself. Incredible things happen when you listen for God’s voice—and when you ignore His promptings. Powerful and compelling stories challenge you into a deeper understanding about how to truly communicate with God.

Author : Christopher C. H. Cook
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429750943
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearing Voices, Demonic and Divine written by Christopher C. H. Cook and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781472453983, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative 4.0 license. Experiences of hearing the voice of God (or angels, demons, or other spiritual beings) have generally been understood either as religious experiences or else as a feature of mental illness. Some critics of traditional religious faith have dismissed the visions and voices attributed to biblical characters and saints as evidence of mental disorder. However, it is now known that many ordinary people, with no other evidence of mental disorder, also hear voices and that these voices not infrequently include spiritual or religious content. Psychological and interdisciplinary research has shed a revealing light on these experiences in recent years, so that we now know much more about the phenomenon of "hearing voices" than ever before. The present work considers biblical, historical, and scientific accounts of spiritual and mystical experiences of voice hearing in the Christian tradition in order to explore how some voices may be understood theologically as revelatory. It is proposed that in the incarnation, Christian faith finds both an understanding of what it is to be fully human (a theological anthropology), and God’s perfect self-disclosure (revelation). Within such an understanding, revelatory voices represent a key point of interpersonal encounter between human beings and God.

Author : Andrew R. Hardy
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1666794384
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Ordinary Mission of God Theology written by Andrew R. Hardy and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-04-13 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mission church literature seems to be dominated by idealized conceptions of the benefits of equipping congregations to participate in local mission work. This investigation challenges this idealism, by paying critical attention to congregants’ ordinary theologies that develop in reaction to the communication of Missio Dei theology to them. Their voices are absent from the formal literature. The study employs rescripting methodology to modify key assumptions made in the formal ecclesiological literature by drawing on insights that come from Christians’ ordinary theological voices. The study traces how the introduction of a Missio Dei theology to a British Reformed congregation had a significant impact on them. A small team of Christian leaders communicated Missio Dei theology to this church over a period of six years. It found that mission changes came at substantial personal cost to the church’s members: 1) a schism occurred when congregants attempted to remove the leader responsible for these changes from his office as church pastor, and a third of congregants left the church because they did not want to embrace the church’s new mission identity; 2) three divergent groups then emerged—two of them wanted different kinds of churches that seemed incompatible; 3) two thirds of members supported and participated in the church’s mission activities, which put strains on some of their families; 4) unresolved tensions continued to impact the congregation throughout the whole change process; 5) unexpectedly, for a Reformed church, a third group made up of women developed prophetic practices that arose due to the mediation of Missio Dei theology. Vitally, this thesis challenges the notion that helping churches to become mission-focused will make them thrive.

Author : Lee Roy Martin
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004397094
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unheard Voice of God written by Lee Roy Martin and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the wealth of colorful characters described in the book of Judges, scholars and general readers alike have a strong fascination for Israel’s leaders in its earliest days. Theologians and biblical scholars from Luther on have found it difficult to relate to these figures. From a Pentecostal point of view, in particular, those characters can sometimes be an embarrassment, as their personal lives appear to be in stark tension with the purity-conscious, holy life to be expected of those touched by the Spirit of God. Apart from the moments of power, where is God in the lives of these characters? As the title suggests, it is time to listen and learn from God’s role and perspective in these stories, who in faithfulness to his covenant acts with constant patience to save his flawed servants. Through a fresh hearing of The Unheard Voice of God the positive message of the book of Judges can become more apparent and accessible. Readers are shown a crucial part of the book’s dynamics which they may have missed.

Author : Brian Neil Peterson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532655304
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hearing the Voice of God written by Brian Neil Peterson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowing when God is speaking to you is sometimes easier said than done. Indeed, many people question how God speaks to believers today or, in some cases, if he does at all. Yet, for the believer, hearing God’s voice is vital for direction in one’s life and for spiritual development. In this book, Peterson offers a practical guide for hearing God’s voice by presenting numerous anecdotal accounts demonstrating how this has played out in his own life. At the same time, Peterson’s instruction is securely anchored in the precedent of Scripture.

Author : Steven M. Studebaker
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467436542
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From Pentecost to the Triune God written by Steven M. Studebaker and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-19 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In From Pentecost to the Triune God Steven Studebaker puts forth a provocative Pentecostal Trinitarian theology, arguing that the Holy Spirit completes the fellowship of the triune God and therefore shapes the identities of the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit, Studebaker maintains, is not simply a passive end-product of a procession from the Father and Son but, rather, a dynamic person who plays an active role in the Trinity and a constitutional, consummational role in the history of redemption. In the course of his study, Studebaker shows the theological yield of the Pentecostal experience of the Holy Spirit and uncovers the biblical narratives of the Spirit from creation to Pentecost. A constructive and ecumenical contribution to Trinitarian theology, From Pentecost to the Triune God also engages major historical and contemporary figures such as Augustine, the Cappadocians, Weinandy, and Zizioulas, as well as representatives from the evangelical and charismatic traditions. Finally, Studebaker applies his Pentecostal Trinitarian theology to the theology of religions and creation care, proposing that Christians embrace an inclusive posture toward people of other religious traditions and have an earth orientation that sees creation care as Christian formation.