Randal W. Deese, M.Th., is a Ph.D. candidate at Trinity Theological Seminary and a former Adjunct Professor of Greek at Messenger College (Pentecostal Church of God) in Bedford, Texas. His research interests focus on the reception of the Holy Spirit in the New Testament, the theology of the book of Acts, 1 Corinthians, and the development of pneumaceptology within biblical and historical theology. Additionally, he has served as a pastor and as a chaplain for the police, the Army, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW).