The Mystery of the Holy Spirit (Book Review)
R.C. Sproul, The Mystery of the Holy Spirit , Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1990, ISBN 0-8423-4378-4, pp. 191, $15. I picked up this book with a lot of hope, looking for light to understand the Holy Spirit and to be better informed about his role in my life. What I found was a well assimilated theological presentation about the Holy Spirit, written in layman’s terms. The author in his introduction specifically states that the ‘book is written for the serious layperson and seeks to avoid undue theological technicalities.’ Indeed it doesn’t emphasize on the theological technicalities but it sure doesn’t omit them. In fact, the author presents the theology of the Holy Trinity and of the Holy Spirit, to some extent, in simple language. His source is mostly biblical but he does make references to the writings of John Calvin, whose theology he obviously endorses. Nevertheless, he strives to present as catholic a view as possible. The book consists of 10 chapters. The c...