Pneumatic reverberations: transformational Pentecostalism

"PNEUMATIC REVERBERATIONS: TRANSFORMATIONAL PENTECOSTALISM"

I. O PNEUMATIC DILEMA

A. A DICHOTOMY BETWEEN REMA AND PRAXIS
B. A SINCRETISM BETWEEN SACRED AND PROFANE
C. CONFLICT BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EXPERIENCE

II. A BIBLICAL ANTHROPOLOGY

A. A SOCIAL BEING IN NEED OF RELATIONS – SOMA
B. A FRAGILE AND VULNERABLE BEING – FLESH
C. A RATIONAL BEING CAPABLE OF REFLECTIVE THINKING - MIND
D. A MOTIVATED AND EMOTIONAL BEING – HEART
E. A MISTERIOUS BEING – PSYCHE
F. A SPIRITUAL BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE OUTER WORLD – PNEUMA

III. A RADICAL METAMOROPHOSIS:

A. SUBSTITUTES FOR TRANSFORMATION

 Ignorance – Experience without knowledge
 Indiference – Information without experience
 Populism – Charisma without character
 Imorality – Religion without holiness
 Legalism – Zeal without love
 Imitation – Religion without Relationship
 Imaturity – Activity without Vision

B. A PNEUMATIC TRANSFORMATION
1. DEMOLITION EPH. 4:22-24
2. RECREATION 2COR. 5:17
3. REZIDENCE John 14:23
4. DECORATION GAL. 5:22-23