By Paul Alexander
Combining own tales and sound scholarship, Paul Alexander, a tender student with a Pentecostal history, examines the outstanding world wide good fortune of Pentecostalism. whereas such a lot different works at the topic are both for lecturers or believers, this booklet speaks to a broader viewers. Interweaving tales of his personal and his family's stories with an account of Pentecostalism's heritage and tenets, Alexander offers a special and available point of view at the move.
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I think there are four simple reasons that the Pentecostal approach to healings and miracles appeals to hundreds of millions of people around the world: almost everyone experiences difficulties, almost everyone needs hope, healing stories are in the Bible, and healing stories abound in contemporary life. First, almost everybody in the world has at least one problem they’d like to have solved or fixed, whether it is physical, JUST ASK: A WORLD OF MIRACLES AWAITS 15 emotional, financial, relational, or occupational.
Pentecostalism, like blues, has praise songs, hollers, shouts, and chants. Blues came from a context of suffering, and so did Pentecostalism. While others were singing with reserve, slaves were singing the blues; while others were worshiping in straightback pews, Pentecostals were clapping their hands, tapping their feet, moving to the music, and shouting. But Pentecostalism is especially like jazz. ”47 What a crazy combination—it’s a mutt without a pure pedigree. Wynton Marsalis, reflecting on the fact that such an influential style of music came from African Americans, says, “That’s how it always is.
22 If you have a boring job, why go to a boring church? That doesn’t make sense. If you have a boring job, go to an interesting or exciting church. Some theologians claim that God should be worshiped for God’s own sake. But can most people afford such a detached aesthetic? ” approach sounds so selfish, but maybe God does want worship to do something for us. We’re the ones who live it out every day, who need the joy and strength to make it through. Maybe worship works for God when it empowers and encourages us as we glorify God in praise.
