Comments on: Word and Spirit in the Early Church http://timmybrister.com/2008/10/17/word-and-spirit-in-the-early-church/ Trusting God :: Treasuring Christ :: Triumphing the Gospel Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: D.L. Kane http://timmybrister.com/2008/10/17/word-and-spirit-in-the-early-church/#comment-38377 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:51:53 +0000 http://timmybrister.wordpress.com/?p=2692#comment-38377 Timmy – This is a very important message for the Church-especially in “Reformed” circles. I have noticed such a fear of “Charismatic Chaos” that churches and pastors rarely even mention the Spirit of God from the pulpit. Few even pray that God’s Holy Spirit would open the eyes and hearts of the people in the pews. (Heaven forbid if God should visit his people in a powerful way).

I attended one church for a year and a half and only heard the Holy Spirit being mentioned from the pulpit on 7 occassions. Grace was always talked about–to the point where one might come away thinking that perhaps “Grace” had replaced the Holy Spirit as the third person of the Trinity.

Thanks for this post. I am encouraged.

D.L. Kane

]]> By: Dennis Muse http://timmybrister.com/2008/10/17/word-and-spirit-in-the-early-church/#comment-38375 Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:00:37 +0000 http://timmybrister.wordpress.com/?p=2692#comment-38375 I love what you said, the Word of God and the Holy Spirit must be central in the foundation of a church, and you are right anyone can start an institution and call it a church, and make it successfully and even have 10′s of thousand attendees, but that does no make it a real church. Great entertainment, kick butt rock bands singing the latest POP songs, video clips, great great feel good sermons that tickles your ears. All of that and a Starbuck’s in the lobby do not make church, it might draw big crowds of unbelievers and lukewarm believers, makes for great entertainment centers but not for real church. The Word and the Spirit make for real church, for me they are a must, without them, why would I even go there!

]]> By: Word and Spirit : The Daily Scroll http://timmybrister.com/2008/10/17/word-and-spirit-in-the-early-church/#comment-38369 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:36:19 +0000 http://timmybrister.wordpress.com/?p=2692#comment-38369 [...] Brister writes on the interplay of these in the Book of Acts at Provocations and Pantings: “The paradigm of Word and Spirit together [...]

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