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The PAOC’s Identity Crisis (Part 6 of 6)

Stephen Barkley — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:45:58 +0000

We’ve made it to the last of the MPS Papers. Just a reminder, the stated intent of these papers is to “provoke thought and discussion”, not to layout the PAOC’s official position on these matters. The last paper is written by J. Martini regarding the boundaries between Classical Pentecostals (CP) and the Charismatic Movement (CM). [...]

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The PAOC’s Identity Crisis (Part 5 of 6)

Stephen Barkley — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:54:39 +0000

Let’s continue our look at the MPS Papers. Just a reminder, the stated intent of these papers is to “provoke thought and discussion”, not to layout the PAOC’s official position on these matters. Paper no. 5 was written by Jim Lucas, the president of Canadian Pentecostal Seminary. The last line of the document reads, “For [...]

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The PAOC’s Identity Crisis (Part 4 of 6)

Stephen Barkley — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:23:11 +0000

Let’s continue our look at the MPS Papers. Just a reminder, the stated intent of these papers is to “provoke thought and discussion”, not to layout the PAOC’s official position on these matters. Paper number four was written by William Sloos, a guy I went to Bible College with back in the ’90s. Let’s have [...]

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The PAOC’s Identity Crisis (Part 3 of 6)

Stephen Barkley — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:34:41 +0000

Let’s continue our look at the MPS Papers. Just a reminder, the stated intent of these papers is to “provoke thought and discussion”, not to layout the PAOC’s official position on these matters. The third paper was written by our very own Dean of Master’s Pentecostal Seminary, Van Johnson. I fortunate enough to take a [...]

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The PAOC’s Identity Crisis (Part 2 of 6)

Stephen Barkley — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:15:13 +0000

Let’s continue our look at the MPS Papers. Just a reminder, the stated intent of these papers is to “provoke thought and discussion”, not to layout the PAOC’s official position on these matters. The second paper was written by respected pentecostal scholar, Roger Stronstad (author of The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke and co-editor of [...]

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The PAOC’s Identity Crisis (Part 1 of 6)

Stephen Barkley — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:02:42 +0000

The Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada has set up a Theological Study Commission (described here, near the bottom of the page). The first-fruits of this commission have arrived. Masters Pentecostal Seminary has released a series of six papers that can be downloaded here. The stated intent of these papers is to “provoke thought and discussion”, not [...]

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