The author attends primarily to Willie Jennings' reading of Pentecost described in his commentary on Acts and other publications. The author crafts his response around major themes critical to Pentecostal readers. He expresses his belief that Jennings is a prophet. Pentecostal scholars and pastors need to hear Acts according to Jennings, specifically, that the Spirit released on the Day of Pentecost sets in motion the tale of a relentless and loving God.
The author attends primarily to Willie Jennings’ reading of Pentecost described in his commentary on Acts and other publications. The author crafts his response around major themes critical to Pentecostal readers. He expresses his belief that Jennings is a prophet. Pentecostal scholars and pastors need to hear Acts according to Jennings, specifically, that the Spirit released on the Day of Pentecost sets in motion the tale of a relentless and loving God.
The Holy Spirit and the Eagle Feather: The Struggle for Indigenous Pentecostalism in Canada. By Aaron A. M. Ross. Advancing Studies in Religion, 16. Montreal, Canada: McGill Queen's University Press, 2023. xi + 365 pp. 36.99 paper.
In this essay, I propose a Pentecostal theology of vocation that extends out of the Full Gospel and prophethood of all believers. Though Pentecostals devote considerable attention to church-related/religious vocations, Pentecostals must reimagine vocational implications for fullness of the Spirit on all believers. All Pentecostals are called to embody the dual impulses of the Fivefold Gospel. They are being saved, sanctified, baptized in the Spirit, healed, and living in eager anticipation of Jesus’ return. At the same time, all Pentecostals become saving agents with Christ; they perform holy love; they engage in Spirit-inspired witness; they offer healing balm for a broken world; and they work toward the full consummation of God’s kingdom. Prophethood, an extension of Luther’s axiom, “priesthood of all believers,” concerns the implementation of dreams and visions given by God to the young and old, rich and poor, male and female. Pentecostals live out these vocations daily in their families, workspaces, communities, and churches.
