Loading…

The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke: Trajectories from the Old Testament to Luke-Acts is unavailable, but you can change that!

What is the meaning of the Holy Spirit’s activity in Luke-Acts, and what are its implications for today? Roger Stronstad offers a cogent and thought-provoking study of Luke as a charismatic theologian whose understanding of the Spirit was shaped wholly by his understanding of Jesus and the nature of the early church. Stronstad locates Luke’s pneumatology in the historical background of Judaism...

has also sparked a number of responses from biblical scholars in the pentecostal tradition.5 These winds of controversy rage most strongly over the interpretation of the “baptism in the Holy Spirit” that happened on the day of Pentecost and throughout the book of Acts. Traditionally, the church has associated the baptism in the Holy Spirit with conversion and has identified it with incorporation into the body of Christ.6 However, beginning primarily with John Wesley’s seminal teaching on sanctification,
Page 2
Buy this book at Logos.com