Reflections on Pentecost and Gifts of the Holy Spirit

Pentecost and Outpouring of the Holy Spirit

• The Grace of Pentecost: What does Pentecost mean for us today? by Steve Clark
• Ascension and Pentecost – Participation in the Nature of God by Bruce Yocum
• The Magnificent Stranger, by Carlos Mantica
• The Holy Spirit and a New Society, by Jerry Munk

• Pentecost: The Way to Conversion and Unity, by Raniero Cantalamessa
• The Holy Spirit Keeps Us in Perfect Peace, by John Henry Newman
• Pentecost: The Way to Conversion and Unity, by Raniero Cantalamessa
• The Indwelling Spirit, by John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

• The Signs of the Work of the Holy Spirit – Part 1 Being Spiritual People, by Steve Clark
• The Signs of the Work of the Holy Spirit – Part 2 An Experiential Relationship with God, by Steve Clark
• Empowered to Live in Community, by Bob Tedesco

Early church fathers on the Holy Spirit

• The Living Water of the Holy Spirit, by Cyril of Jerusalem
• The Glory of the Holy Spirit, by Gregory of Nyssa
• The Sending of the Holy Spirit, by Irenaeus of Lyons
• The Spirit Restores Paradise to Us, and Treatise On the Holy Spirit, by Basil Caesarea

Prayers addressed to the Holy Spirit 

• “Come, Holy Spirit” – A selection of prayers and invocations
• Prayer to the Holy Spirit, a poem by Edith Stein
• Sweet Manna from the Son’s Heart, verse by Edith Stein

Charismatic Renewal and Being Baptized in the Holy Spirit

• Baptized in the Holy Spirit, by Steve Clark
• The “Breath” of God and Gifts and Graces of the Spirit, by Steve Clark
  The Century of the Holy Spirit, Origins of the Pentecostal / Charismatic Movement, by Vinson Synan
• The Baptism in the Holy Spirit – A Grace for the Whole Church, by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa

• 50 Years of Charismatic Community: Reflections on a Remarkable Work of God, by Bruce Yocum
• Why God Wants Every Christian to Be Filled with the Holy Spirit, by Don Schwager
• The Holy Spirit and the Proclamation of the Word in Evangelism, by Raniero Cantalamessa
• The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Proclaiming the Gospel Message, by Sue Cummins

• Submitting to the Spirit, by Mark Challies
• The Fire of the Holy Spirit, by Don Schwager
• Preparing Children for a Spirit-filled Life, by Jerry Munk

Gifts of the Spirit

• Spiritual Gifts, by Steve Clark
• Spiritual Gifts – An Orientation, by Bob Tedesco
• Have the Gifts of the Spirit Ceased? by Jerry Munk
• The Gift of Speaking in Other Tongues, by Don Schwager
• Yielding to the Gifts of the Spirit, by Don Schwager
• Godly Hobbits: On the Pentecostalism of Tolkien’s Inspired Heroes, by Lance Nixon

Prophecy: Exercising the Prophetic Gifts of the Spirit in the Church Today
Book by Bruce Yocum

• A Brief History of the Role of Prophecy in the Church
• Assessing Prophecy and Charismatic Renewal Today 
• The Importance of Christian Prophecy and Its Purposes for Us Today
• The Prophet’s Role
• The Discernment of Prophecy 
• The Forms of Prophecy
• Growing in Prophetic Service

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