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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...

the last days the gift of the Spirit is as potentially universal as the gift of grace (2:39). Fourth, the gift of the Spirit is attested by wonders and signs (Acts 2:19). On the day of Pentecost these include wonders in the sky above—that is, the sudden sound like that of a violent wind “from heaven” (2:2). They also include signs on the earth beneath—namely, “the tongues as of fire” and disciples speaking the mother tongues of the Pentecost pilgrims (2:3, 4). The first two signs (metaphorical “wind”
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