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One of the most exciting recent developments in theology has been an unprecedented interest in the person and work of the Holy Spirit. In fact, Veli-Matti Karkkainen describes this phenomenon as a "pneumetalogical renaissance." But such discussion should be informed, he contends, by two overarching principles. First, we must acknowledge the variety of approaches to the experience of the Holy Spirit ecumenically: "No church can claim a monopoly on the Spirit, and no tradition is specifically 'spi...

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The church has been called to participate in God's mission in the world. But without a robust, biblical sense of the Spirit's action, how can we be sure we're fulfilling that call? Gary Tyra employs a biblical theology of the Holy Spirit to deepen and inform our understanding of life as the church, the people of God. Since the church's mission to and into the world is both evangelistic and prophetic, the task calls for the working of the Spirit in our preaching, proclamation and service. Tyra b...

It’s time to Discover Your True Worth. Join Lindsay Roberts as she invites you to step into your God-given purpose and become all that He has called you to be.  Before his death, Oral Roberts commissioned his daughter-in-law Lindsay with what he believed to be a mandate from God: Lindsay was called to help women discover who they are in Christ, establish them in their powerful identity in Him, and help them become the women God created them to be—women of true worth. Since that day, Lindsay ha...

The Holy Spirit is sculpting you. Like the work of an artist who molds a lump of clay into its intended shape, the Spirit's sanctifying work lies in shaping people into the image of Christ. Avoiding either a "Spirit-only" or a "Spirit-void" theology, Leopoldo Sánchez carefully crafts a Spirit Christology, which considers the role of God's Spirit in the life and mission of Jesus. This understanding then serves as the foundation to articulate five distinct models of sanctification that can help Ch...

This volume publishes the papers delivered at a Consultation that was held at the Monastery of Bose, Italy (14-20 October 2002) and organised by the Cardinal Suenens Center of Cleveland. Twenty visiting scholars from Europe, North America, and South Africa, representing a cross section of Christian communities - Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, Reformed, Methodist, Mennonite, Pentecostal and Quaker, explore the multi-faceted dimensions of the work of the Holy Spirit which contribute...

El doctor John MacArthur ensena sobre el Espiritu Santo y muestra algunas acciones del movimiento carismatico que deshonran a Dios.Cuando Nadab y Abiu ofrecieron un "extrano fuego" al Senor (Levitico 10.1-3), cuando los fariseos le atribuyeron la obra del Espiritu a Satanas (Mateo 12.22-37) y cuando Ananias y Safira mintieron al Espiritu Santo (Hechos de los Apostoles 5.1-6), cada una de estas acciones constituyo una ofensa que produjo graves consecuencias, incluso la muerte. La Biblia es clara...

Central to this work is the theme that certain crucial parallels do exist between process theology and significant aspects of the Christian mystical tradition as represented in writings such as Theologia Germanica and those of Boehme, Dionysius, Eckhart, and Suso.

Since the nineteenth century, many philosophical and theological commentators have sought to trace lines of continuity between the Trinitarian thought of Augustine of Hippo (354-430) and G. W. F. Hegel (1770-1831). Many contemporary Christian theologians have also criticized Augustine's Trinitarian theology generally and his doctrine of the Holy Spirit more specifically through this historical lens. At the same time, Hegelian Trinitarian conceptual dynamics have come to exert a strong influence...