I Believe in the Holy Spirit: Biblical Teaching for the Church Today (The Eerdmans Michael Green Collection)

by Michael Green

Publisher:

Eerdmans

, 2023

Overview

How do we understand the Holy Spirit?

Though countless Christians through the ages have confessed “I believe in the Holy Spirit,” the Spirit has often remained an elusive figure, relegated to the fringes of many Christians’ faith. Yet the charismatic movement made the Holy Spirit the focus of heated controversy. In this second edition of his widely popular book, Michael Green explains the biblically rooted doctrine of the Holy Spirit. He also discusses baptism and the gifts of the Spirit and addresses the dynamic, ongoing work of the Spirit today. Enriched by Green’s extensive pastoral and personal experience, I Believe in the Holy Spirit remains one of the most readable and balanced books on the third person of the Trinity.

Key Features

• Explains the biblically rooted doctrine of the Holy Spirit
• Discusses baptism and the gifts of the Spirit
• One of the most readable and balanced books on the third person of the Trinity

Contents

• Preface
• 1. The Holy Spirit
• 2. The Spirit in the Old Testament
• 3. The Spirit of Jesus
• 4. The Spirit and Jesus
• 5. The Spirit in Mission
• 6. The Spirit in the Individual
• 7. The Spirit in the Church
• 8. The Spirit’s Baptism
• 9. The Spirit’s Fulness
• 10. The Spirit’s Gifts
• 11. What Are We to Make of the Charismatic Movement?
• 12. The Holy Spirit and the Future of the Church

Praise for the Print Edition

Highly recommended. . . . Helpful not only for simply meditating on the meaning of the Spirit in all of its implications for the church but also for discovering an ample supply of useful insights for preaching and teaching.

—Reformed Review

Michael Green is always worth reading, and this goes for his I Believe in the Holy Spirit. It treats virtually every aspect of the Holy Spirit, along with a chapter on the charismatic movement. . . . Lots of solid material.

—Restoration Review

Green is a scholar with a remarkable gift for lucid and lively exposition of great Christian matters. . . . He has put all Christian readers most deeply in his debt.

—Church Times

Product Details

• Title: I Believe in the Holy Spirit: Biblical Teaching for the Church Today
• Author: Michael Green
• Edition: Revised edition
• Series: The Eerdmans Michael Green Collection
• Publisher: Eerdmans
• Print Publication Date: 2023
• Logos Release Date: 2023
• Pages: 350
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• Subject: Holy Spirit
• ISBNs: 9780802882561, 0802882560
• Resource ID: LLS:BLVHLYSCHRCHTDY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-10-24T17:40:41Z

About Michael Green

Michael Green (1930–2019) was one of the best-known British evangelical theologians and preachers of his generation. A scholar with degrees from the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Toronto, Green had a passion for evangelism and a rare talent for communicating complex ideas in easy-to-understand language. In 1996, Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey granted Green a Lambeth degree of Doctor of Divinity. He led university missions on six continents, pastored St. Aldate's Church Oxford, and introduced innovative approaches in seminary education. He authored more than seventy books across a range of fields, including evangelism, apologetics, biblical commentary, and academic theology.