Eight articles from seven issues, 1999 to 2021
B. B. Warfield called Calvin pre-eminently the theologian of the Holy Spirit. Burnett walks through what Calvin actually taught, why Presbyterians have argued about pneumatology ever since, and where the tradition's habits of thought still serve and where they leave gaps.
Where do our prayers go, and why do we pray in the name of Jesus? Gerrit Dawson follows prayer through the life of the Trinity: the Spirit carries it, the Son takes it up and offers it, and the Father answers.
How should the church speak about sex when the culture can talk of little else? David Swanson preaches on 1 Corinthians 6 and argues that the body matters, that it is a temple of the Holy Spirit, and that it belongs to the Lord.
What if beauty is a person before it is a quality? Louis Mitchell follows Jonathan Edwards from the harmony of a symphony to the life of the Trinity, and shows why for Edwards a saving experience of God is an experience of beauty.
Can a memorial service with a Jewish cantor and a reading stripped of the name of Jesus still be Christian worship? Tim Janiszewski weighs four arguments that the Spirit works through every religion’s worship, and answers each from Scripture and the Trinity.
Were the first Presbyterians people of revival? Keith Beebe traces a line of spiritual awakening from Knox’s Scotland through Ulster and the American colonies, and argues that fervent preaching and communion seasons belong to the Presbyterian inheritance from the start.
What marks the preaching God uses in times of awakening? Philip Keevil surveys sermons from Chrysostom and the Puritans to Whitefield, Finney and Spurgeon, and concludes that the common thread is the unction of the Spirit rather than any technique.
What does the Holy Spirit do in a believer, and what do people wrongly ask of him? Theresa Ip Froehlich turns to the Reformed confessions to describe the Spirit as the Sanctifier who awakens, changes and keeps the saints, and lists the marks of the new life.
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