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Howard M. Ervin, Conversion-Initiation and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1984) 172 pp., paperback $9.95, ISBN 0-913573-12-4

Howard M. Ervin, Conversion-Initiation and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, (Peabody, MA:... 60 Howard M. Ervin, Conversion-Initiation and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1984) 172 pp., paperback $9.95, ISBN 0-913573-12-4 Reviewed by David A. Dorman Two books were published in 1970 which together effectively challenged the spread of Pentecostal theology on many of the world's seminary campuses. James D. G. Dunn's revised Cambridge dissertation, Baptism in the Holy Spirit (SCM), and F. Dale Bruner's A Theology of the Holy Spirit (Eerdmans), offered comprehensive critiques of the Pentecostal appeal to Scripture in support of a baptism in the Spirit for empowerment subsequent to regeneration. Bruner's treatment was deliberately theological (pp. 7-8), although it leaned heavily on exegesis. Dunn's inquiry via the discipline of NT theology was widened to include, as well as Pentecostal issues, the formal separation which exists in sacrament- alism between (baptismal) regeneration and (confirmational) endument. These two studies have been acknowledged singly or together in many subsequent writings as having attended definitively to the claim for a second, Pentecostal work of grace (e.g., C.F.D. Moule, The Holy Spirit [Eerdmans, 1978] p. 85, esp. n. 2). The continued dramatic growth of the Pentecostal/charismatic movement has indicated that not all comers are convinced. But http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Pneuma Brill

Howard M. Ervin, Conversion-Initiation and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1984) 172 pp., paperback $9.95, ISBN 0-913573-12-4

Dorman, David A.
Pneuma , Volume 8 (1): 60 – Jan 1, 1986
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Brill
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© 1986 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0272-0965
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1570-0747
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10.1163/157007486X00066
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60 Howard M. Ervin, Conversion-Initiation and the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, (Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., 1984) 172 pp., paperback $9.95, ISBN 0-913573-12-4 Reviewed by David A. Dorman Two books were published in 1970 which together effectively challenged the spread of Pentecostal theology on many of the world's seminary campuses. James D. G. Dunn's revised Cambridge dissertation, Baptism in the Holy Spirit (SCM), and F. Dale Bruner's A Theology of the Holy Spirit (Eerdmans), offered comprehensive critiques of the Pentecostal appeal to Scripture in support of a baptism in the Spirit for empowerment subsequent to regeneration. Bruner's treatment was deliberately theological (pp. 7-8), although it leaned heavily on exegesis. Dunn's inquiry via the discipline of NT theology was widened to include, as well as Pentecostal issues, the formal separation which exists in sacrament- alism between (baptismal) regeneration and (confirmational) endument. These two studies have been acknowledged singly or together in many subsequent writings as having attended definitively to the claim for a second, Pentecostal work of grace (e.g., C.F.D. Moule, The Holy Spirit [Eerdmans, 1978] p. 85, esp. n. 2). The continued dramatic growth of the Pentecostal/charismatic movement has indicated that not all comers are convinced. But

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