The Doctrine of the Two-Natures of Christ: A Historical and Critical Analysis

During the spring term of 1991 , while studying the develop­ment of Christian thought in the modern period under Dr . W. Stanley Johnson , I began research for my M.A. thesis on the Christology of Oneness Pentecostalism following a suggestion by Dr . Susie Stanley made in light of my background as a Pente­costal. Almost immediately , I came upon the definitive work of David Reed , The Origins and Development of the Theology of Oneness Pentecostalism in the United States\u27\u27 (Ph.d Diss. , Boston University , 1978), where in he identified Oneness Christology as primarily Nestorian in character , thus introducing me to the decisive christological controversies of the patristic age . Over the the next six months, while wrestling with his work , I did further research in an attempt to determine the validity of his thesis . When I finally submitted my initial proposal to the faculty of We stern Evangelical Seminary , my intention was to undermine the validity of the Oneness view of the Godhead by exposing the fallacious christological premises--basically Nestorian , fol lowing Reed--upon which it was enacted ; this I sought to do by way of a historical evaluation of the Nestorian heresy , both in its ancient as we ll as in its modern dress . At this point , the thesis committee recognized the importance of the history of doctrinal development to my study , and requested that I work closely with Dr . Johnson in completing this project . In view of his expertise and interest in the history of the development of ideas--which was transferred to me as a student in the spring term of 1991 as noted above--I received this turn of event s as a sign of divine graciousness and attention to my theological development . While the following purports to be nothing more than a historical survey-analysis of the doctrine of the person of Christ , it is presented with the anticipation that it is just the beginning of a lifetime of investigation into the fascinating subject of the development of ideas and doctrine , both in the area of Christian theology and philosophy as we ll as in the history of religions

Speaking in Scientific Tongues: Which Spirit/s, What Interpretations?

Response to Review Essay

The Spirit, Christian Practices, and the Religions: Theology of Religions in Pentecostal and Pneumatological Perspective

The discussion of Christian theology of religions has focused primarily so far on the question of whether or not the Christian understanding of salvation is available through other religions to their adherents. The predominant responses of exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism have shaped the debate and serve as a typology for organizing the various theologies of religions. While Pentecostals have generally fallen into the exclusivist category - e.g., that salvation is available only to those who have converted to Christian faith - there are also other resources related to their views regarding the universal work of the Holy Spirit that have not yet been adequately explored for the purposes of developing a more distinctive set of not only Pentecostal beliefs about other religions but also Christian practices related to people in other faiths. The first two parts of this essay survey the basic threefold typology and assesses the strengths and limitations of each position. The concluding section presents the contours of the emerging pneumatological paradigm informed by the Pentecostal idea of the Holy Spirit who has been poured out on all flesh, and suggests how this approach might enrich Christian beliefs about the religions and invigorate a more hospitable form of practices related to people of other faiths

Global Diasporas and Mission

In this volume, we endeavor to view the world through the lens of the global diasporas and their missiological implications in the twenty-first century. Combining both the numbers of their countries of birth and their current places of residence, this work’s 21 contributors represent 13 nations and four continents – Asia, Europe, North America, and South America.https://scholar.csl.edu/edinburghcentenary/1007/thumbnail.jp

Science and spirit:A critical examination of Amos Yong’s Pneumatological Theology of Emergence

This paper is a critical examination of Amos Yong's pneumatological use of emergence theory. In seeking to bridge the divide between the worldviews of science and Pentecostalism, Yong sees emergence theory as a fruitful mediating discourse. We will argue for the following: 1) the supernaturalism of Yong's Pentecostal theology renders the concept of emergence obsolete; 2) the ontological independence of various types of spirits in Yong's theology breaks his commitment to supervenience theory; and 3) Yong's transference of scientific concepts into the normative discourse of theology is potentially problematic. These criticisms should be seen as a call for Yong to depart from emergence theory ( and supervenience) in his admirable ambition to harmonize the spirit-filled imagination of Pentecostalism with the scientific culture of the 21st century

Book Reviews

BibleWorks. DVD-ROM and CD-ROM, version 8 2009. BibleWorks, LLC. $349 Reviewed by Michael D. Matlock and Bradly T. Johnson Paul A. Hartog, ed. The Contemporary Church and the Early Church: Case Studies in Ressourcement Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2010 Reviewed by Charles Meeks Gary B. McGee Miracles, Missions, and American Pentecostalism American Society of Missiology series 45 2010. Maryknoll: Orbis Books Reviewed by Amos Yong John R. Levison Filled with the Spirit Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2009. Reviewed by Joseph B. O. Okello Constance M. Cherry The Worship Architect: A Blueprint for Designing Culturally Relevant and Biblically Faithful Services 2010. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic Reviewed by Kandace Brooks Michael P. Graves Preaching the Inward Light: Early Quaker Rhetoric 2009. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press Reviewed by J. Ellsworth Kala

Microspinning: Local Surface Mixing via Rotation of Magnetic Microparticles for Efficient Small-Volume Bioassays

The need for high-throughput screening has led to the miniaturization of the reaction volume of the chamber in bioassays. As the reactor gets smaller, surface tension dominates the gravitational or inertial force, and mixing efficiency decreases in small-scale reactions. Because passive mixing by simple diffusion in tens of microliter-scale volumes takes a long time, active mixing is needed. Here, we report an efficient micromixing method using magnetically rotating microparticles with patterned magnetization induced by magnetic nanoparticle chains. Because the microparticles have magnetization patterning due to fabrication with magnetic nanoparticle chains, the microparticles can rotate along the external rotating magnetic field, causing micromixing. We validated the reaction efficiency by comparing this micromixing method with other mixing methods such as simple diffusion and the use of a rocking shaker at various working volumes. This method has the potential to be widely utilized in suspension assay technology as an efficient mixing strategy