Volume I, Issue I

• Beginnings, and Christmas Thoughts - Welcome to the inaugural issue of Publius Theologicus

• Breaking the Silence - The following account of God's miracle healing power will touch your heart, and bolter your faith. Truly an amazing story!

• God Doesn't Waste Anything - from Bethany Christian Services
  Robert Frost penned a line in a poem which epitomizes the quintessential definition of a home, "Home is where, when you have to go there; they have to let you in." This true story of Job-like faith should challenge you to ask the question, "Is my house just a house, or is it a home?"

• A Crowd Isn't A Cloud: Where God Leads Isn't the Same for Everyone - by Daniel A. Brown, Ph.D.
  Marveling at other people's ministries causes me to second-guess the legitimacy of my own. I don't mean that I am especially tempted to compare my labors with theirs in terms of whose is greater—though carnal bragging rights are occasionally a vain question: Whose work for God is better?

   

• The Spiritual Discipline of Christian Stewardship - by Rev. Rick Walston, Ph.D.
  

• Impartation, Anointing, and Manifestation - by Leonard Bay
  Without pushing the comparison too far, the idea that special believers can impart spiritual gifts parallels shamanism more than it does Christianity.
  Plus: This article includes a column by Bay that traces the "river of God" and "catch the fire" movements.

• An Extraordinary Popular Delusion - by Benjamin Wilson, MD
  Crowd activity seen in the "animal magnetism" era and the manifestations seen in the Toronto/Brownsville "revival" are quite striking. Crowd associated hysterical laughter, seizure like activity, and somnambulism are certainly not unique to the late 20th century "Revival" movement. Instead, it shares it manifestations with a long line of "magnetic healers." As the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes (1:9) has so aptly stated, "There is nothing new under the sun."

• New Move of God, or Old Move of Man? - by Rev. Chip Brogden
  
  Part Four: I Found Jesus But Lost My Church (Coming: Next Issue)
  Part Five: Get Into The Word of God And Judge For Yourself (Coming: Next Issue)

• A Review of Grant Jeffrey's "The Signature of God: Astonishing Biblical Discoveries"
  Scott Bullerwell opines that, The Signature of God is Grant Jeffrey’s apologetic focus for Biblical inspiration and inerrancy, delivered in the familiar tradition of Josh McDowell. Its audience appears to be both the unbeliever, who as John McArthur Jr. says "never has enough truth" (cf. Luke 16:31) and the popular evangelical mind in search of that little bit extra.

• A Review of Michael Brown's "Counterfeit Criticism"
  Shawn Sauve notes in his review that Michael Brown’s basic position is that "Counterfeit Revival" has little or no redeeming value, and that is the supposition with which he writes his review.

• A Review of Margaret Poloma's "By Their Fruits . . .: A Sociological Assessment of the 'Toronto Blessing'"
  According to Shawn Sauve, the study suffers from selection bias, lack of control groups for meaningful comparison, and questions that have been carefully tailored for the intended audience.