Gordon Smith - Welcome, Holy Spirit

2021-12-25

Gordon Smith explains how the Holy Spirit works in creation and in the life of the believer. How do we know that we have the Holy Spirit? Gordon Smith is President and Professor of Systematic and Spiritual Theology at Ambrose University and Seminary in Vancouver, Canada. (1:50) Why the Spirit has been open to manipulation and abuse. The Holy Spirit and Christ, Scripture, Creation and the Church – the need to keep all four in balance (3:30) The work of the Holy Spirit in creation ignored and underplayed. The influence of neo...

Gordon Smith explains how the Holy Spirit works in creation and in the life of the believer. How do we know that we have the Holy Spirit?

Gordon Smith is President and Professor of Systematic and Spiritual Theology at Ambrose University and Seminary in Vancouver, Canada.

(1:50) Why the Spirit has been open to manipulation and abuse. The Holy Spirit and Christ, Scripture, Creation and the Church – the need to keep all four in balance
(3:30) The work of the Holy Spirit in creation ignored and underplayed. The influence of neo-Platonism
(4:10) The Scriptures are all about stuff – we are embodied souls
(5:00) The way our church experience shapes the way we think about the Spirit
(10:10) Let’s not forget about Jesus. We have the Spirit so that we might know, love and serve Jesus. Emotional excess as an end in itself
(13:15) A Trinitarian view of the Spirit
(14:45) Ambrose of Milan, the Arian and Sabellian heresies
(17:40) Are parts of the modern church Sabellian? The Holy Spirit emphasized at the expense of the Father and the Son
(19:30) Jesus satisfies the deepest longings of the heart
(20:55) How do we know whether we have the Spirit?
(22:50) The Spirit often present in quiet and subtle ways
(24:58) Charismatic gifts in the church today – the third way
(29:30) How the Spirit inspires artists and musicians
(31:05) How do we incorporate a Trinitarian view in our worship services?