Orientation<br >~e ago a well-known author introduced his latest book with<br >i "Whv another book on spiritual gifts?" I ask a similar<br >ly another book on the Holy Spirit? Much excellent material<br >itten on this topic， and yet I have noticed a thirst for more.<br >~aan university professor and Lutheran theologian ltchnut<br >koted from British Baptist Charles Spurgcon， who bcgan a<br >ae Holy Spirit by saying， "I have selected a topic upon whicll<br >lifficult to say anything which has not been often said before:<br >eme is of the highest importance， it is good to dwell upon it<br >nd even if we bring forth only old things and nothing more，<br >se to put you in remembrance of them." Over the past year<br >$0 or 40 books about the Holy Spirit， as well as surveying at<br >we. Some have been deep theological theses witll words that<br >rching dictionaries in a half dozen languages. ()thcrs have<br > devotional， bringing mc to mv knees to open my heart<br >or the blessings of the Spirit. A fc~ have bccn argumentative，<br >d ax to grind. These sometimes left me feeling perplexed and<br >raged.<br >:empting to steer a course through these various approaches<br >:t I have not tried to compete with the depth and breadth ()t<br >s on this topic by such recognized authorities as R. A. Torrcy，<br >:ray， and L. E. Froom， to name a few.<br >ray discussions of the Holy Spirit throughout the past year<br >of church leaders， pastors， and lay members in eight ()r nine<br >mmber of specific needs and questions have arisen， such as:<br >we have study guides on this topic? Arc there some recent<br >! the working of the Holy Spirit? Why don t wc really know. <br >rit as a person rather than a theory or a topic? How can wc<br >:tremes of emotionalism and cold negativism? What is the<br > nce that a person has been filled with the ttoly Spirit?"<br >f these and many similar questions 1 detect an earnest desire<br >~dcrstanding of the Holy Spirit in various and sometimes<br >laces. While I was conducting a Holy Spirit Fellowship for<br > vmivcrsiW campus a number of students expressed regret<br >