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Evangelical. Sacramental. Pentecostal. Christian communities tend to identify with one of these labels over the other two. Evangelical churches emphasize the importance of Scripture and preaching. Sacramental churches emphasize the importance of the eucharistic table. And pentecostal churches emphasize the immediate presence and power of the Holy Spirit. But must we choose between them? Could...

Christians actually threatening to leave the conference. With gratitude we need to recognize the huge role that Professor James Packer played in that congress, assuring those present that we are all called, to quote the Pauline line that Packer uses for a book title, to “keep in step with the Spirit.” But do we need to choose? Or can we be pentecostal, evangelical, and sacramental? Indeed, I wonder if we need to be, if in fact we want to appropriate as fully as possible the grace of the ascended
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