This post interacts with a recent article published by The Friends of Israel ministry entitled “Stop Praying for Patience: Changing Our Perspective on the Fruit of the Spirit.” I don’t normally do this sort of thing, but I happened to click on the above essay by Sarah Fern, and as I have been teaching intensively on The Fruit of the Spirit at the Church I pastor I thought I would see what Mrs Fern had to say. It has to …
Category: Holy Spirit
The Spirit and Plurality in the Godhead What is clear from the second verse of the Bible is that the Spirit of God was superintending the process of creation. The word for “was hovering” or “brooded” (merakhepet, 1:2) implies a determination to act. It strains credulity to think that the Spirit brooded over a glob of matter for billions of years before deciding to do something with it. There is no logic to starting the work of creation by bringing …
