Papers by John Christopher Thomas
Australasian Pentecostal Studies, Jun 9, 2021
Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 1996
Pneuma, 2021
This study seeks to trace the role and significance of pneumatology within the Gospel according t... more This study seeks to trace the role and significance of pneumatology within the Gospel according to John and 1–2 John using a narrative, literary approach that has emerged with an amazing amount of consistency among a variety of biblical scholars who have sought to discern an approach to the interpretation of Scripture worthy of the Pentecostal tradition. This exploration draws heavily from and builds upon my previous studies on this theme within the broader Johannine literature.
An 80-year-old lady was follow up in retina clinic for right only eye with Pigment Epithelium Det... more An 80-year-old lady was follow up in retina clinic for right only eye with Pigment Epithelium Detachment (PED). She had a history of left eye occult choroidal neovascularization, developed macula scar and legal blindness years ago despite repeated anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (anti-VEGF) injection. Upon regular follow-up, her right eye macula developed serous PED centered at fovea, enlarging with time (Figure 1A, Figure 1B, Figure 1C and Figure 1D) throughout 2-years. There was no leakage, nor polyps/abnormal branch vascular network all along on serial Fundus Fluorescein Angiography (FFA) and Indocyanine Green Angiography respectively, thus anti-VEGF injection was never given to her right eye, or photodynamic therapy.
Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 2020
This piece offers a review and assessment of scholarly trends in the study of the role of the Spi... more This piece offers a review and assessment of scholarly trends in the study of the role of the Spirit in the book of Revelation focusing on five major sections. The identity of “the seven Spirits” of God as either angelic beings or the singular Spirit of God is explored. The phrase “I was in the Spirit” is examined as a literary structural marker and as a description of John’s experience of the Spirit, which has been explained as an ecstatic or trance like state, as spirit possession, as denoting a prophetic revelatory experience, and/or as indicating a context of worship. The “in the Spirit” phrase is also explored in relationship to John’s activity of writing “in the Spirit” to determine if such writing should to be understood as a literary fiction or as an actual expression of the church’s spiritual experience. An examination of “the Spirit of Prophecy” explores the issue via the identification of the book’s literary genre and its relationship to: the witness or testimony of Jesus...
The Spirit of the New Testament, 2005
The Spirit of the New Testament, 2005
The Spirit of the New Testament, 2005
1 John, 2 John, 3 John, 2011
Journal of Pentecostal Theology, 1994
... My good friends William and Peggy Bridges continue to include the support of Pentecostal scho... more ... My good friends William and Peggy Bridges continue to include the support of Pentecostal scholarship as part of their faithful ... of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2nd edn, 1958) BDF Friedrich Blass, A. Debrunner ...
Journal of Pentecostal Theology
Seeking to construct the implied readers of Keener’s volume, the author focuses upon Keener’s rat... more Seeking to construct the implied readers of Keener’s volume, the author focuses upon Keener’s rather vague discussion of the role of the Spirit, his view of original meaning as the key to hermeneutics, the book’s rhetorically charged tone, and a certain imprecision that occurs throughout. The second part of this essay concludes with the identification of several areas in which the work missed opportunities for significant engagement within this area of hermeneutics, including the absence of original Pentecostal source materials, the absence of intentional engagement with the origins and development of contemporary Pentecostal hermeneutics, and the absence of specific examination of several NT texts that reveal much about concrete ways in which the Spirit functions in interpretation.
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Papers by John Christopher Thomas