New Series: A Few Thoughts on the Holy Spirit

Hello again, my friends.

Someone recently asked if I had written anything on the Holy Spirit, and while I'm sure I've written something, I wanted to produce some fresh material on the subject since it has been awhile and my perspective has evolved/ shifted/ whatever.

I want to share with you all of my certainties, doubts, and best guesses as to the nature, work, and even gender of the Holy Spirit.

To do this, we will look at the Bible, my personal experience, and a few cherished books from my past.

I don't know how long or short this series will be, but I'll write until I'm done.

Growing up, I was taught the Word-Only view of the indwelling of the Spirit. From this perspective, the only literal indwelling of the Holy Spirit that exists is miraculous indwelling. There is no such thing as a non-miraculous indwelling of the Spirit. Since we cannot practice miracles today, the Holy Spirit must not literally dwell within a person. Instead, the Spirit dwells in us through the Word.

This was the position I held since I was first interested in the subject, but my view on the indwelling of the Spirit has shifted, but there are still a lot of questions I have. I'll share those with you in the coming days.

Until then, what do you think? Does the Spirit literally dwell within the believer? What does that mean? What does that look like? Can we do miracles today? Can you do miracles today? What is a miracle? Is the Spirit male or female? Does the Spirit even have a gender? What is the role of the Spirit in prayer? Singing? Preaching? Are there prophets today?

If you can answer all these questions with 100% certainty, then you are doing better than me!