The UNANSWERED QUESTION about Pentecost
Subtitle: What Does This Mean?
Publisher: PUBLISH AMERICA (both books)
Published: (1) c. 2010 published April 2010; (2) c. 2011 published March 2011
Place of publication: Baltimore, Maryland
Language: eng
Format: Both in Paperback & Hardcover
Number of pages: 183
Description: Distinctively, this book places the phenomena of Pentecost in their broad biblical context, pointing up their importance for evangelism and world missions. Rachinski evaluates the quest for a post-regeneration experience called the baptism in the Holy Spirit. The exegetical conclusion is: The potency of Pentecost is not glossolalia! Pentecost initiates the Spirit-empowered bring of good news to the nations of the world in their own languages rather than a message of ecstatic tongue speaking for the faithful.  This extensive study has produced a needed focus on the significance of Pentecost in the great sweep of biblical history of redemption from the fall of men and women to the return of the Savior and Lord of all.  Gordon R. Lewis, Ph.D., Sr. Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Denver Seminary
Table of contents: title: PREFACE  9; title: chapter 1   I   A Preview of the Holy Spirit    I  17; title: chapter 2   I   The Holy Spirit in Christ's Incarnation    I   25; title: chapter 3   I   The Holy Spirit in Christ's Earthly Ministry   I   35; title: chapter 4   I   Early Rain Versus Latter Rain   I   58; title: chapter 5   I   The Promise of the Father   I   69; title: chapter 6   I   From Promise to Fulfillment   I   80; title: chapter 7   I   What Does This Mean?   I   90; title: chapter 8   I   The Meaning of Baptisms   I   113; title: chapter 9   I   Evidences of the Spirit-filled Life   I   134; title: chapter 10   I   The Eschatological Outcome of Pentecost   I   147; title: ENDNOTES   i   178