The Fourfold Gospel from a Pentecostal Historical Perspective

It is my humble opinion that the gravest errors of Pentecostalism are in the following two areas: exegesis and hermeneutics. We have relied upon other Christian denominations to fill this gap. Most evangelical groups have developed their hermeneutical and exegetical approaches to their persuasion of theology. Interesting to me was the discovery that the late great theologian and author Dr. Donald W. Dayton alluded to this fact. During the last half of the 1970’s two Assemblies of God scholars joined forces to begin addressing this issue: Dr. Gordon D. Fee and Dr. Russell P. Spittler we have shown that there has been an historical approach in Pentecost which embraced a four-fold theology of the Gospel from its inception. It was articulated from both the Topeka, Kansas Revival and the Azusa Street Revival in Los Angeles, California. This was included the Articles of Constitutions, Statements of Faith, the development of Bible Institutes, Schools and Colleges, as well as their writings which includes textbooks. It is my present observation that this present generation of young Pentecostal ministers, in America, are on the verge of abandoning their historical roots (out of text)