A Theology of the Holy Spirit.

CONTENTS:

PART ONE : THE HOLY SPIRIT IN PENTECOSTAL EXPERIENCE.
I. The Contemporary Place and Significance of the Pentecostal Movement.
A. A General Introduction to the Pentecostal Movement.
B. The Pentecostal Movement in Self-Perspective.
C. The Pentecostal Movement in Representative Ecumenical Perspective.
D. Summary and Conclusion.

II. The Background and the Beginnings of the Pentecostal Movement.
A. The Background of the Pentecostal Movement.
B. The Beginnings of the Pentecostal Movement.

III. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit in the Pentecostal Movement.
Introduction : The Setting of the Pentecostal Doctrine of the Holy Spirit.
A. The Doctrine of the Subsequence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
B. The Doctrine of the Initial Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
C. The Doctrine of the Conditions for the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.
Appendix to Chapter Three : Representative Experiences of the Pentecostal Baptism in the Holy Spirit.

IV. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit in the Pentecostal Movement.
Introduction.
A. The Pentecostal Meeting : The Locus of the Gifts.
B. The Individual Gifts.
Summary and Conclusion.

PART TWO : THE HOLY SPIRIT IN NEW TESTAMENT WITNESS.
Preliminary Remarks
V. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit in the Acts of the Apostles : A Comparative Study.
A. Acts 1:1—2:3 : The Baptism of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost : Its Promise and Its Occurence.
B. Acts 2:14-39 : The Means of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit Established at Pentecost : Christian Preaching and Baptism.
C. Acts 2:40-47 : The Evidences of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit Established at Pentecost : Christian Baptism and Life.
D. Acts 4:31; 5:32 : Prayer, Obedience, and the Holy Spirit.
E. Acts 8:4-24 : The Baptism of the Holy Spirit at Samaria.
Extended Note : The "Second Work" of Markus Barth, of Some Anglo-Catholics, and of Traditional Roman Catholicism.
F. Acts 8:26-40 : The Ethiopian Eunuch's Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
G. Acts 9:17-19 : Paul's Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
H. Acts 10:44-48; 11:13-18 : The Baptism of the Holy Spirit of Cornelius and His Household in Caesarea.
I. Acts 14:19-28 : Paul's First Strenthening Message.
J. Acts 15:1-29 : The Further Work of the Circumcision Party and the Jerusalem Conference.
K. Acts 16:11—18:11 : Six Greek Conversions.
L. Acts 18:24-28 : Apollos and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
M. Acts 19:1-7 : The Ephesian Disciples and the Baptism of the Holy Spirit.
N. Acts 20:17-38 : Paul's Final Strengthening Message.
O. Acts 22:16 : Paul's Testimony to His Baptism.
Additional Note : The Synoptic Accounts of Jesus' Baptism and the Subsequent Temptations in Their Relevance to Pentecostal Doctrine.

IV. The Way of the Holy Spirit According to the New Testament and the Consequences for Pentecostal Doctrine : A Systematic Survey.
A. The Condition of the Spirit : The Work of Christ — Release from Law.
B. The Means of the Spirit.
C. The Evidence of the Spirit : Christian Faith.

VII. Huper : The Relevant Spiritual Problems in Corinth.
A. I Corinthians 12-14 : The Sphere of the Spirit as the Body of Christ.
Additional Note : I Corinthians 15:1-11.
B. II Corinthians 10-13 : The Sphere of the Spirit as the Believer's Weakness.

Documents : A Repository of the Modern Theological Sources of the Pentecostal Doctrine and Experience of the Holy Spirit.

Bibliographic Remarks and Bibliography [pp. 342-376]
Indexes