Baptism in the Spirit: Luke-Acts and the Dunn Debate
Overview
This book is about that treasured doctrine of Pentecostalism: baptism in the Holy Spirit, understood as a work subsequent to conversion to Christ. Since James Dunn’s publication of Baptism in the Holy Spirit, there has been heated response from Pentecostals in defense of the doctrine. Key players are Roger Stronstad, Howard Ervin, David Petts, James Shelton, Robert Menzies, and ex-Pentecostal Max Turner. This book reviews Pentecostal criticisms of Dunn with respect to Luke-Acts, concluding that Pentecostals are right: for Luke, receiving the Spirit was not the inception of new covenant life. It was a powerful enabling for prophecy and miracles; for the church’s outward mission and its internal life. After placing Luke-Acts in a wider canonical context, the book closes with some practical lessons from Luke-Acts for today’s Pentecostal churches.
Top Highlights
“the Lord’). This use of the dative with pisteuein (‘believe’) signifies mere intellectual” (Page 12)
“Spirit baptism is not perceived uniformly across the whole of Pentecostalism. Nevertheless, Macchia’s brief characterization of Spirit baptism as ‘an empowerment for ministry distinct from regeneration or initiation into Christ’” (Page 3)
“the Pentecostal scholar Roger Stronstad, and it is with his reflections that I will begin my study of the” (Page 18)
“Rather, the Spirit’s arrival was an attestation of this new life.47” (Page 36)
- Title: Baptism in the Spirit: Luke-Acts and the Dunn Debate
- Author: William P. Atkinson
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2018
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Baptism in the Holy Spirit › Biblical teaching; Dunn, James D. G., 1939-; Pentecostalism
- ISBNs: 9781608999712, 1608999718
- Resource ID: LLS:BPTSMSPRTDNNDBT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:18:53Z