I am somewhat perplexed at the way many contemporary
Christian writers whose works I am reading who are longer using
a capitalised S in their references to the Spirit. One that does this rather
surprisingly is N. T. Wright, for example in his recent tome on Paul where he
constantly refers to the Spirit as spirit. One of my colleagues at Laidlaw
recently published a book and followed the same pattern. Why are these writers
doing this? I am intrigued. What does this say about their view of the Trinity?
Or am I missing something? Is there a nuance here I have not discerned such as
sometimes they capitalize and sometimes they don’t? If there is, it is
interesting because when God is mentioned whether it be as Lord, the Almighty,
etc, most use the capital. Similarly, when Jesus is mentioned by name or as
Christ, or Lord, or even Saviour, most use the capital. I must say I don’t like
this new trend, I find it irritating and cuts at the heart of belief in the
Trinity.
I am involved in a group called Presbyterian Affirm. It is an evangelical group within the NZ Presbyterian Church which seeks to promote the gospel and the renewal of churches. A group of us under the leadership of Stuart Lange have worked to put together a statement on same-sex marriage. Our hope is that the government will not pass the legislation, believing that the legislation is not necessary and strays from God’s ideals for humanity. Here is the recently released statement. I would appreciate your thoughts on it. PRESBYTERIAN GROUP OPPOSES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL Presbyterian AFFIRM, a widely-supported conservative network within the Presbyterian denomination, is speaking out against the Bill which would allow same-sex couples to marry, declaring its views in a “Statement on Marriage” (see below). Presbyterian AFFIRM believes that “marriage is a unique human institution and treasure” which has “always been about the pairing of a man and a woman”, and that re-def...
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