Who Is the Holy Spirit?: A Walk with the Apostles (A Paraclete Guide)

Where and how is the Holy Spirit at work in our world? The Holy Spirit is invoked in scripture, sermons, and bible studies, but do we really know how to recognize the Spirit's presence and activity in the world? What does it mean that the Holy Spirit is at work among us? How and where do we read the signs of the power of the Holy Spirit in our lives and the world? One of this country's most dynamic teachers of the New Testament, Amos Yong offers this incisive look at what the apostles have to say. Beginning with Luke, the most illuminating Gospel writer on the topic, Yong offers a series of meditations on Luke and Acts to show how the winds of the Spirit blew in the lives of Jesus, his disciples, and the earliest Christians--all so that we can see and participate in the work of the Spirit today. "Yong's work tackles science, ethics, world religions, language, nature, and a host of other contemporary issues." - Roger E. Olson, Christianity Today Amos Yong is J. Rodman Williams Professor of Theology at Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, where he also directs the PhD in Renewal Studies program. He earned his PhD from Boston University. He has authored over a dozen books including The Spirit of Creation: Modern Science and Divine Action in the Pentecostal-Charismatic Imagination. This book grew out of a much-discussed article that he wrote in 2006 for Christianity Today titled "A Wind that Swirls Everywhere." "Presents the Orthodox perspective on who the Holy Spirit is, where the mystery of God comes alive. Delving deep and subtly into Orthodox tradition and theology, The Giver of Life articulates the identity of the Holy Spirit as the third Person of the Trinity as well as the role of the Holy Spirit in the salvation of the world. Written with a poetic sensibility, Fr. Oliver begins with Pentecost, an event uniquely celebrated in Orthodoxy as a time when greenery of all kinds is brought into churches.'The splash of green foliage calls to mind not just life, but a special kind of life. It is the life that transcends biological existence and flows from the very Godhead Itself; it is life that's a state of being—immortal, everlasting, changeless. Ferns and flowers fade and die, but souls filled with this ‘life from above' flourish forever. 'Reflecting on the relationship of the Holy Spirit to the Church, to the world, and to the human person, Giver of Life looks to the impressive biblical and liturgical tradition of Orthodox Christianity. This is a book weighty in content but accessible in tone, not an academic study of the mind, but a lived experience of the heart."--Publisher Presents the Orthodox perspective on who the Holy Spirit is, where the mystery of God comes alive. Delving deep and subtly into Orthodox tradition and theology, Giver of Life articulates the identity of the Holy Spirit as the third Person of the Trinity as well as the role of the Holy Spirit in the salvation of the world. Written with a poetic sensibility, Fr. Oliver begins with Pentecost, an event uniquely celebrated in Orthodoxy as a time when greenery of all kinds is brought into churches. The splash of green foliage calls to mind not just life, but a special kind of life. It is the life that transcends biological existence and flows from the very Godhead Itself;it is life thats a state of beingimmortal, everlasting, changeless. Ferns and flowers fade and die, but soulsfilled with this life from above flourish forever. Reflecting on the relationship of the Holy Spirit to the Church, to the world, and to the human person, Giver of Life looks to the impressive biblical and liturgical tradition of Orthodox Christianity. This is a book weighty in content but accessible in tone, not an academic study of the mind, but a lived experience of theheart. This clear guide will help you understand what is distinctive about Protestant perspectives on who the Holy Spirit is and what the Holy Spirit does in our lives. After an introduction that broadly compares Protestant views on the Holy Spirit with Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox models, the understandings of importan theologians and figures in Protestant tradition are explored: Martin Luther The Anabaptists (Meno Simons, Balthasar Hubmaier, Conrad Grebe, Jacob Hutter) John Wesley Friedrich Schleiermacher Abraham Kuyper Karl Barth And then living theologians such as Jurgen Moltmann, Wolfhart Pannenberg, Clark Pinnock, and Michael Welker. Christians talk about the Holy Spirit, but rarely know how to recognize the Spirit's presence and activity in the world. Luke is the most illuminating gospel writer on the topic of the Holy Spirit. Luke writes about Jesus as the messiah anointed by the Holy Spirit, and about the church as the Spirit-empowered fellowship in the Mediterranean world of the first century. These meditations on Luke-Acts attempt to discern how the winds of the Spirit have blown in the lives of Jesus, his disciples, and the earliest Christians so that we can track and participate in the works of the Holy Spirit in the global village of the 21st century Reflecting on the relationship of the Holy Spirit to the Church, the world and the human person, Giver of Life looks to the impressive biblical and liturgical tradition of Orthodox Christianity. This book is accessible in tone, not an academic study of the mind, but a lived experience of the heart. After an introduction that broadly compares Protestant views on the Holy Spirit with Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox models, this clear guide explores the understandings of important theologians and figures in Protestant tradition. Martin Luther The sixteenth-century Anabaptists John Wesley Friedrich Schleiermacher Lbraham Kuyper Karl Barth J. Rodman Williams Jürgen Moltmann Wolfhart Pannenberg Clark Pinnock Michael Welker. Martin Luther The sixteenth-century Anabaptists John Wesley Friedrich Schleiermacher Abraham Kuyper Karl Barth J. Rodman Williams Jürgen Moltmann Wolfhart Pannenberg Clark Pinnock Michael Welker.