Charismatic Theology In time, Lutheran charismatic pastors felt the need to produce a charismatic theology that would situate the Pentecostal experience and phenomena within the Lutheran theological system. In 1976 a book was published by Larry Christenson titled The Charismatic Renewal Among Lutherans. In this volume, Christenson traced the history of the movement and offered what he called an organic view of the baptism in the Holy Spirit (as contrasted to the classical Pentecostal second blessing,