"No other theologian on the contemporary scene has labored so untiringly to establish the intellectual credibility of Christian theology, nor shown a wider intellectual breadth in dialogue not only with biblical, historical, and contemporary Christian views, but also with philosophy, science, history of religions, and cultural disciplines. This is in keeping with his advocacy of a coherent theology of truth. Everything is to be related to the whole." Page 124, Wolfhart Pannenberg: Trinity as "Public Theology".
That is one of the quotes that Veli-Matti Karkkainen makes about Systematic Theologian Wolfhart Pannenberg in his book The Trinity and Global Perspectives. Being outside of America for the last 2+ years I've had the privilege of seeing the world with my own two eyes and have experience breaths of fresh air being in the new heartland of Christianity. Also with those privileges, I've been able and open enough to study European theologians and read some of the best Pentecostal theologians also.
Even though I am Reformed, Reformed theology and theology in general isn't confined to a certain group of individuals from California who act like small popes. Theology is never healthy in a vacuum. With that said, cessation isn't accepted by the majority of scholars around the world, but only in certain pockets.
To conclude, it's been a joy to work through Pentecostal theologian Veli-Matti's books.
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