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Author Archives: Rick Wadholm
What Is Your Story?
I don’t know about your church, but in mine we typically have an open testimony time (hey, we are Pentecostal after all). We like to tell our stories and that sure works well (sometimes not so much) in a post-modern … Continue reading
A Brief Snake Handling Journey
I visited Tennessee this week to meet with my PhD supervisor (who is based in Cleveland even though my school is Bangor University, Wales). I had decided this visit that since I was “in the neighborhood” of the origins of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Pentecostal, snake handling
Tagged A. J. Tomlinson, Church, Church of God, history
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Student FAQ for the Society for Pentecostal Studies
While this is not an official FAQ of the Society for Pentecostal Studies (SPS), I offer it in response to a series of questions I was asked by a friend who is a student member wishing to submit a proposal … Continue reading
Posted in FAQ, Society for Pentecostal Studies
Tagged academic society, Paper Presentation
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SPS 2017 Proposal Submitted
I just submitted my proposal for the 2017 Society for Pentecostal Studies annual meeting in St. Louis, MO. It is always a bit daunting preparing for a presentation at a scholarly society, but I have always found the effort well … Continue reading
Thinking Big About Pastors of Small Churches
I am delighted with the growing interest in helping small church pastors be the best pastors (and their congregations the best congregations) they can be. Serving faithfully wherever God calls. One recently discovered resource is offering a plethora of helps … Continue reading
Where He Leads I'll Follow
I never cease being surprised by the many places the Lord will take those who follow his calling. One could never conceive what such a journey might look like. Following Jesus is an adventure. As a newborn I was prayed … Continue reading
Posted in Mission of God, Prayer, preaching
Tagged Missions, Preaching, testimony, Trinity Bible College
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A Sermon No One Should Preach
I know it’s often easier to critique than to offer positive contributions, but I was just meditating again on the story of David and Goliath in 1 Samuel 17. And I was remembering poor sermons I have heard over the … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Samuel, preaching
Tagged David, Goliath, Hermeneutics, Lord, Preaching, truthiness, Veggie Tales
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Prayer (Poetics of Meaning) – A Maundy Thursday Devotion
He whom I bow to only knows to whom I bow When I attempt the ineffable name, murmuring Thou; And dream of Pheidian fancies and embrace in heart Meanings, I know, that cannot be the thing thou art. All prayers … Continue reading
Posted in C.S.Lewis, Prayer
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Why Prayer Is Not Important
Once again, our adult Sunday School class was studying prayer in the Scripture this morning and my mind was taken with the many directions of our conversations with the Scripture. But one thing that came to me in all of … Continue reading