Released in the UK July 2015
Released in the US September 2015
Large trade paperback | 144 Pages
9781781916018 • £9.99 $15.99
BISAC – REL080000
Preaching With Spiritual Power
Calvin’s Understanding of Word and Spirit in Preaching
Ralph Cunnington
Is the Spirit present wherever and whenever the Word is preached?
Explores this question in relation to Calvin’s understanding
A book sure to cause debate!
The nature of the relationship between the Spirit of God and the Word of God has been debated among believers for centuries. Is the Spirit present wherever and whenever the Word is preached?
Ralph Cunnington explores this and in particular the narrow historical theological question of what the Protestant Reformers, in particular John Calvin, actually taught on this topic. With careful and incisive scholarship, and writing that is both clear and cogent, we travel through this question.
Ralph Cunnington
Ralph Cunnington is co-pastor of City Church Manchester. He is a member of the Theological Teams of FIEC and Affinity and editor of Affinity?s theological journal Foundations.
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Mentor
This is a book that all who preach and teach God's word should read. Being confident that the Spirit of God is at work when the Word of God is taught will make us work hard in our preparation and will make us more dependent on God in our prayers.
Justin Mote
Associate Minister St Andrew's Church and Director of the North West Ministry Training Course, Leyland, England
... timely and persuasive... Cunnington has made a valuable contribution to the debate. More than that, however, it is an encouraging reminder that God himself attends the Word in the presence of the Spirit, and in this confidence his ministers may speak and labor with holy boldness.
David Strain
Senior Minister, First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi
... brings to this helpful study a clear mind, scholarly thoroughness and deep pastoral concern... the implications for our understanding of Calvin and also for our practice of preaching are significant.
David McKay
Professor of Systematic Theology, Ethics and Apologetics, Reformed Theological College, Belfast, Northern Ireland
... the first book-length treatment of an important issue that has been simmering just under the surface of British Evangelicalism for a number of years... I hope this will not lead to a full-blown controversy, but to a closer examination of the Scriptures.
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Chancellor’s Professor of Systematic Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi