Against Revivalism

a response to Joseph Lear's Resurrecting Worship

Earlier this year, I was in Waco for the yearly Society of Pentecostal Studies meeting. On the first afternoon, I offered a response to Joseph Lear’s book Resurrecting Worship.

I am a cradle Pentecostal, so it will surprise exactly no one for me to say I’ve seen all kinds of nonsense over the years. Rahner is undoubtedly right: the fire of God produces …