Pentecostal Influence - The Role of the Holy Ghost in the Church

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I went to Pepperdine University as a church of Christ school from Texas and at the time I was born again. So it was kind of the non-denominational Jesus movement. We're not, we don't belong to any church. It's just me and Jesus. That's really the key defining aspect of it. They believe that the Holy Ghost is actively involved in the world and in people's lives.

Shermer and Hardy discuss: Hardy’s religious journey (raised Catholic, now agnostic) • origin of Pentecostalism and its biblical basis Pentecostalism in Korea North and South, and Israel • the structure of the Pentecostal church and how it differs from other churches • Seven Mountain Mandate • how religions grow • pentecostalism and politics • the psychology of the believer • dispensationalism and the Rapture • prophecy • glossolalia • snake handling • eschatology and end-times theology • sin and redemption • prostitution • Jordan Peterson and secular religion.

Elle Hardy is a journalist and foreign correspondent who has reported from the United States, the former USSR and North Korea, among a long list of places. Her work has appeared in GQ, Lonely Planet, Foreign Policy and Business Insider, and on ABC Australia. Her new book is Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity is Taking Over the World.