{IN THE LETTERS}
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{PAUL'S EPISTLES}
- Life-Giving Spirit - {PDF Copy} - (There is no life without the Spirit of God, for it is His Spirit that creates, animates, sustains, and restores life, both natural and spiritual)
- The Era of the Spirit - {PDF Copy} - (The gift of the Spirit is part of the New Covenant and the first fruits of the New Creation, the gathering of the nations, and the resurrection)
- Resurrection and the New Creation - {PDF Copy} - (Paul links the bodily resurrection of believers to the New Creation since both are integral to the promised redemption)
- Resurrection and the Spirit - {PDF Copy} - (The gift of the Spirit is the first fruit of the bodily resurrection and the foretaste of the promised New Creation)
- The Spirit of Life - (It is the Spirit of God that imparts life, especially the everlasting life in Jesus of which the gift of the Spirit is the foretaste and guarantee) - {PDF Copy}
- Having Started in the Spirit - (The receipt of the Spirit while in an uncircumcised state is irrefutable proof that Gentiles are accepted by God AS GENTILES) - {PDF Copy}
- The Promised Spirit - (The promise of the Spirit is part of the blessing of Abraham for the nations and the children of Abraham) - {PDF Copy}
- Warfare in the Spirit - (Disciples wage spiritual warfare through right conduct, acts of love, and by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ) - {PDF Copy}
- Do All Speak in Tongues? - (Does the New Testament teach that all believers receive the gift of tongues when they are baptized in the Spirit?) - {PDF Copy}
- True Spirituality - (Christ crucified is the pattern disciple of Jesus are summoned to emulate, and the test of genuine faith in him) - {PDF Copy}
- The Spirit of Christ - (Paul summarizes what God did for us in Jesus and prepares for his explanation of the present status of the Jewish people – Romans 8:18-39) - {PDF Copy}
- Spiritual Power - {PDF Copy} - (The power and wisdom of God are revealed in the proclamation of a Messiah who was crucified on Calvary)
- Joint Heirs of the Resurrection - {PDF Copy} - (Central to the hope of the apostolic church was the bodily resurrection of the dead at the end of the age when Jesus returns)
{GENERAL EPISTLES}
- The Superior New Covenant - (In his death, Jesus inaugurated the vastly superior new covenant, rendering the old one obsolete) - {PDF Copy}