Joel Daniels, Author at Engaged Pentecostalism

Bible & Theology Everyday Living

Pandemic Pentecostal: Panic Attacks (Part 2)

I defended my dissertation one week before the pandemic shutdown. Five years of focused work finally concluded. The plan was to take some time, perhaps work on turning my research …

Everyday Living

Pandemic Pentecostal

One of the central aspects of “Engaged Pentecostalism” is engagement. Of course, the pandemic caused us to forfeit our interactive engagement in order to save lives. Over the past year, …

Ethics

Basics: What do we do with other religions?

Pentecostalism grew due to the work of enthusiastic believers, spreading the message of God’s liberating Spirit around their communities and world. At its core, Pentecostalism is evangelical, professing salvation through …

Bible & Theology Ethics

Basics: Have we gotten evangelism and missions wrong?

With mission trip season in full bloom, we’d be wise to step back and survey Pentecostal-Christian faith related to evangelism and missions. What is the “Great Commission” and why do …

Everyday Living

Basics: Do Christians have to tithe?

This series of posts is dedicated to (re)considering basics of Christian faith, and today we examine one regularly misconstrued topic: tithing. Tithing Mandate? The Church persistently preaches that Christians must …

Bible & Theology

Basics: Palm Sunday

My next few posts are dedicated to Christian basics like Palm Sunday (today’s topic), the validity of tithing, evangelism, and inter-religious interaction. Communal Beginning with Palm Sunday, we are presented …

Arts & Culture

Church Planting: Entrepreneurs Encouraged to Apply!

Over the past few weeks, two blog posts – both from the Send Institute – have been written about church planting and entrepreneurialism. Their basic point is this: church planting …

Bible & Theology

Pentecostalism is Nothing

I want to consider a very basic question in this post: What exactly is Pentecostalism? And, perhaps surprisingly, I’m going to argue that it is, in fact, nothing. Something Over the …

Ethics

Overpopulation: Ecological Threat or Unjust Suppression?

With yet another report on environmental degradation, we must once again ask how people of faith should respond. Here we tackle the very controversial issue of overpopulation. Overpopulation Perhaps you’ve …

Bible & Theology

“We’re Under Attack” Theology

I grew up in various pentecostal churches, each providing a unique flare and flavor of the Spirit––some were more “progressive,” offering diverse voices from the pulpit and church leadership while …

Author: Joel Daniels

Pandemic Pentecostal: Panic Attacks (Part 2)

Pandemic Pentecostal

Basics: What do we do with other religions?

Basics: Have we gotten evangelism and missions wrong?

Basics: Do Christians have to tithe?

Basics: Palm Sunday

Church Planting: Entrepreneurs Encouraged to Apply!

Pentecostalism is Nothing

Overpopulation: Ecological Threat or Unjust Suppression?

“We’re Under Attack” Theology

Pandemic Pentecostal: Panic Attacks (Part 2)

Pandemic Pentecostal

You Don’t Have the Right! Religious Freedom and COVID-19

Leviticus 25, Covid 19 and the triumph of Hope

Basics: What do we do with other religions?