Original Research - Special Collection: Tjaart van der Walt Commemoration Lecture
Prophetic witness in weakness: A response to Prof Robert Vosloo from a Pentecostal perspective
In die Skriflig/In Luce Verbi | Vol 53, No 4 | a2419 |
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/ids.v53i4.2419
| © 2019 Marius Nel
| This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 15 October 2018 | Published: 27 February 2019
Submitted: 15 October 2018 | Published: 27 February 2019
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Marius Nel, Unit for Reformational Theology and the Development of the South African Society, North-West University, South AfricaAbstract
In his article about the prophetic witness of the church, Vosloo emphasises the necessity that it should always be done in solidarity with society to represent the perspective of weakness as a form of performative resistance. In response to Vosloo, this article utilises a Pentecostal perspective to think about the church’s prophetic witness. ‘Prophecy’ means something else for Pentecostals. They hold a non-cessationist or continuationist approach to the Bible, implying that they are committed to a Spirit-centred, miracle-affirming, praise-oriented version of Christian faith where prophets still play an important role. The role of the prophet is defined in two ways: bringing a word from God related to the present situation, and engaging in prophetic politics to help solve society’s challenges.
Keywords
Prophecy; prophetic politics; continuationism; cessationism; prophetic politics
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