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Article: The forgotten God: rediscovering the Holy Spirit.(THEOLOGY 101)
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- Presbyterian Record
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- June 1, 2009
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The Holy Spirit has sometimes been referred to as the Cinderella of Christian theology; when the other two "sisters" of the Trinity were taken to the party, the Spirit was left at home.
We begin, therefore, by asking whether the Holy Spirit is an invited (dare I say welcome!) guest in our churches. The Canadian Presbyterian theologian Walter Bryden once offered this friendly provocation: "The average church member would not be a little upset were a fellow worshipper to insist on speaking to him in regard to the 'joy' to be had in the Holy Spirit."
It is true that speaking about the Holy Spirit, even amongst ministers, ...