Rachinski takes readers on an exciting journey in the who, what, when, and where of the Christian believer's transition from the temporal to the eternal. (Christian)
Distinctively, this book places the phenomena of Pentecost in their broad biblical context, pointing up their importance for evangelism and world missions. Rachinski evaluates the quest for a post-regeneration experience called the baptism in the Holy Spirit. Then chapters on the promise of the Father and its fulfillment on the day of the Jewish feast of Pentecost, lead to asking the question of Acts 2:12, "What does this mean?" The potency of Pentecost is not glossolalia! Pentecost initiates the Spirit-empowered bringing of good news to the nations of the world in their own languages rather than a message of ecstatic tongue speaking for the faithful. This extensive study has produced a needed focus on the significance of Pentecost in the great sweep of a biblical history of redemption from the fall of men and women to the return of the Savior and Lord of all." --Gordon R. Lewis, Ph.D., Sr. Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Denver Seminary
About the Book The Armenian Genocide traces developments which led to the arrest, detention, and finally, the release of Young Turks and their allies accused of committing war crimes during and after World War 1 against the Christian population of Ottoman Turkey – and most notably Armenians. The primary focus of Walter Bandazian’s work concerns the role played by British authorities in the Near East in addressing the Armenian Genocide and initiating the first international effort to bring war criminals to trial, even before the Nuremberg trials of 1946-49. However, as Bandazian also shows, the anticipated trials never materialized because of several key factors, including the lack of appropriate legal mechanisms, difficulties in securing evidence on the ground, and political opposition from different quarters. Most of the present work is composed of documents which informed British authorities of the guilt of such civil, parliamentary and military functionaries as Memduh Bey in Erzinjan, Arif Fezi Bey in Diyarbakir, Mustafa Abdul Halik in Bitlis, Suleiman Faik Pasha in Harpoot, and others. About the Author Walter C. Bandazian was born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised in Philadelphia. He was an assistant professor of history and government at Beaver College in Philadelphia (1967-1972); Dean of Haigazian College in Beirut, Lebanon (1972-1975); and executive-director of Karagheusian Foundation based in New York City (1975-2014).
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