Spirit hermeneutics

reading scripture in light of Pentecost

Plot

A theological reading toward praxis and mission -- Reading experientially -- reading from the vantage of Pentecost -- Global readings -- Global reading: the biblical model of Pentecost -- Global reading: contextualization and Scripture -- Needing other cultures' input -- Some valuable majority world insights -- Connection with the designed sense -- The measuring stick-- Do ancient meanings matter? -- Room left for authors? -- Both-and -- Epistemology and the spirit -- An epistemology of word and spirit -- Biblical epistemology and hermeneutics -- Reading the Bible as truth -- Intrabiblical models for reading Scripture -- How Jesus invites us to hear the Bible -- Reading the Torah as the law of faith -- Christological reading or personal application? -- Whose charismatic interpretation? -- Naive "Pentecostal" readings vs. biblically sensitive Pentecostal readings -- Global pentecostal community as a safety net? -- Scripture speaking personally - and historically