On November 16, 2018, I presented the following lecture at the Evangelical Theological Society in Denver, CO.
This presentation and others from the same session will eventually appear in a book with the title Karl Barth and Pentecostal Theology: A Convergence of the Word and the Spirit, co-edited by Frank D. Macchia, Terry L. Cross, and myself. It will be published, likely in 2020, by T & T Clark in the series “Systematic Pentecostal and Charismatic Theology.”
Because this is an academic lecture, I do use a number of big words, like marshmallow and wheelbarrow.
Typically someone else introduces me when I present at academic conferences, but I was the moderator of the session, so I also had to introduce myself, just as I did for the other presenters in the session.
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Andrew K. Gabriel, Ph.D., is the author of Simply Spirit-Filled: Experiencing God in the Presence and Power of the Holy Spirit as well as three academic books, including The Lord is the Spirit. He is a theology professor at Horizon College and Seminary and serves on the Theological Study Commission for the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. You can follow him on Facebook or on Twitter.
In a nutshell, I was left with the concept that the probability of God’s Impassivity is as great as the probability of God’s non existence. I was struck in the lecture that the doctrine of God’s empathy as outlined in Trinitarian or even Christolgical contexts, helps us to make sense and indeed better weather the storms and sufferings we may experience in this life. I would add that these sufferings are on such a small scale and minut compared to the sufferings of indeed the Godhead, that we can take solice in the active movability on Gods part to help us along the journey of life. indeed the lecture strongly points out that this is not a journey we as humans take alone.
Indeed. I’m glad you got that from the lecture. Thanks for sharing, Ron.