Pentecostals: Most Asked Questions

Let’s see what Google’s Autocomplete says are the questions people are asking about Pentecostalism.
00:00 Introduction
00:35 What do Pentecostals Believe About Baptism?
01:40 What do Pentecostals Believe About Speaking in Tongues?
03:28 What do Pentecostals Believe About Salvation?
04:09 What do Pentecostals Believe About the Trinity?
04:43 When did Pentecostalism Begin?
05:42 Can Pentecostals Cut Their Hair?
06:12 Can Pentecostals Drink Alcohol
06:46 What are Pentecostal Denominations?
07:18 Are Pentecostals Protestants?
07:53 Are Pentecostals Evangelicals?
08:27 Are Pentecostals Arminian?
09:02 Are Pentecostals Reformed?
09:24 Are Pentecostals Fundamentalist?
10:22 Do Pentecostals Go to Doctors?
10:45 Do Pentecostals Celebrate Easter?
11:08 Is Pentecostalism Growing?

[Godsglory]

As a Christian with pentecostal roots (not oneness, but trinitarian) I appreciate your unbiased knowledge. Thanks.

[thophilus]

I for one would love more of these commonly asked questions videos.

[InvestmentJoy]

Growing up, I was mostly in pentecostal churches. Generally they can span quite the realm of theology, granted I've never met a Calvinist pentecostal.

[EcclesiastesLiker-pyts]

You keep changing formats, and so far they're all great.

[MikeCTRVLR]

When exercising, I typically watch your videos as well as those from my RC church. Two months ago YouTube put Friday and Saturday services from New Yorks Central Synagogue in my feed. I was amazed at the difference. Their (reformed) service is very social, warm and friendly while ours is “sit down, shut up and be reverent”. The Bat and Bar Mitzvahs are something to watch as kids take on the responsibilities of Jewish adults. This might be a good topic for you to explore.

[timboslice]

I love these videos. Information on the different denominations is really fascinating. In my spiritual life I've bounced around a lot, baptized and raised methodist, was agnostic for about 10 years, then I came to believe in God and then christ all on my own, started church hopping and trusted the holy spirit to guide me into truth and out of error. First I went non denom for about 6 months, then to a gay affirming church, for one blasphemous service, then to a money hungry Baptist church for a service, then I landed in with jehovahs witnesses for 9 months till I realized the truth about the new world translation, then I discovered apologetics went to pentacostals for 6 months till I was pressured to have some experience in front of everyone and i felt nothing. Their eschatology was crazy too i eventually became convinced of calvinism and became a Presbyterian for 10 years.

That whole time, I still didn't have the best grasp of reformed theology. Some doctrines just didn't line up with scripture. I had a pretty powerful experience one day when things were really rough and I thought I would lose my wife and kids and I prayed to God to help me fix this. Show me where I went wrong, show me what the right path is. Anyway after a dream about a catholic priest I sort felt confused. I was a pretty staunch anti catholic... there's no way they're the right church... I started looking into the apologetics and debates fully expecting the catholics to get crushed by it seemed like they had an answer for everything and 75% of what I was told catholics believe was a complete lie.

I could write a book of all the things I was wrong about when it it came to what I was told they believe. What other church is so brazenly misrepresented? Anyway that was over a year ago and I was just confirmed catholic this easter I've never felt more satisfied with scripture, more loved by my congregation, and closer to Christ. I feel like he's really there and when I bow it's because I'm in the presence of christ. When the priest absolves me of my sin I truly feel forgiven. The state of grace feels much better than having good reason to assume you're elect.

[biscuits]

Cool format, would love to see this sort of vid for other denominations

[amazingbibleantiquities]

Thank you Joshua, I am from Church of God in Christ. I still have many many friends in that faith. On my Dad's side they are Oneness Pentecostals. God bless! ❤❤

[jrw]

I'm so glad I was brought up and still am a member of UCC. By the way, you always look so put together, and love that beautiful red hair!!

[falnica]

He was so pleased with his second board tomfoolery

[woodmason]

I was raised Pentecostal but became an Episcopalian as an adult. In fact, I'm ordained in the Episcopal Church. This is a very good survey of the movement

[justinfiorenzio]

When I came into relationship with the the LORD, it was under the influence of Vineyard/ Calvary Chapel / AOG, it was there that I received teaching on the Holy Spirit, and received that gift spiritual tounges

[nan]

A friend of mine took me to a women’s retreat that turned out to be Independent Pentecostal, with lots of speaking in tongues. Speaking in tongues isn’t a gift of mine, but SINGING is something I do easily. It’s a left-brain right-brain thing, sort of like country singer Mel Tillis except that I don’t stutter. (Mel Tillis sang like an angel but he had a horrible stutter when he spoke.) My friend hadn’t been taught about singing in tongues (1 COR 14:15 and other verses: I will pray with the spirit… I will sing with the spirit.) I also discovered that I have the gift of interpretation when I hear someone speaking in an unfamiliar language. Interpretation is a gift I’ve used both in a religious setting (where it was validated by others in the group) and in a secular setting where I can assist people who don’t speak English.

During the retreat we were all asked to stand together and pray in tongues. My Independent Pentecostal friend had a hard time accepting that I had the gifts of singing in tongues and of interpreting, but not the gift of speaking in tongues. I tried instructing her from the Bible. But since her pastors had harped so heavily on speaking in tongues as the most important gift (which is NOT biblical) she found my singing disruptive and went elsewhere to pray.

Side note: I was taught Catholic Greek and Latin prayers as a child. (Yes, I am that old.) At this retreat we were sent to small groups with leaders who tried to get us to “release” the gift of speaking in tongues. After I got thoroughly frustrated with their efforts I recalled those old Catholic prayers, recited a couple of them, and was widely praised for finally letting the gift of speaking in tongues manifest itself. I thought it was funny that, with all their emphasis on bible study using ancient biblical languages, nobody recognized spoken Greek and Latin. Not even Kyrie Eleison - Christe Eleison which is often used in popular music and in movies.

[peterstoddard]

It is amazing how many different sects came out of one simple truth in Acts. Jesus arose and stuck around for many to see. Then the Upper Room apostles and disciples experienced the Pentacost. My head spins when I try to learn more. Yet thank you and bless you for this that helps me to learn more.

[christopherflux]

‘Do Pentecostals go to the Doctor?’

Some Pentecostals ARE Doctors!

[DanSme]

In my 55 years as a born-again believer and autodidact student of theology and church history, the most powerful and concise refutation of Pentecostal/charismatic errors was THE LINE DRAWN written by Miles J. Stanford (1919-1999).

[alexEMP]

All your explanations were spot on as an ex Conservative Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal.

[giggler-wn]

Growing up Pentecostal, all the churches ive been to have yearly or biyearly missionary trips where random volunteers, often 16-25 year olds, from the church would go to Africa or a latin American country for about two weeks for a missionary trip. Many churches even worked together to setup permanent churches in africa.

[laziestslacker]

I really liked this format, would be great to see you cover other denominations like this

[asmundgjystdal]

I was raised in the Pentecostal Movement in Norway, and even though I now attend the Norwegian Missions Church, most closely relates to The Evangelical Free Church of America and the Evangelical Covenant Church, I really appreciate your thorough and unbiased look at Pentecostalism.