Pentecostalism

Ever hear of a preacher telling his congregation, “The Spirit said to me…”? Or people attending a worship service falling to the ground and rolling in “holy” laughter or talking gibberish and claiming that to be “speaking in tongues”? Or both preacher and congregation busily engaged in “faith healing”? These are the kinds of scenes and happenings one would find in a church worship service influenced by the Pentecostal movement of the past century. A reputed scholar from the Pentecostal...