BOOK CRITIQUE

Book Critique on Gordon D. Fee's Paul the Spirit, and the People of God

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Book Critique on Gordon D. Fee's Paul the Spirit, and the People of God

Introduction

As a Scholar of Pentecostal, Gordon D. Fee is redefining the conditions of discussions related to the Holy Spirit thorough an approach that it exceeds paradigm of today's non charismatic and charismatic orientation. The author Gordon D. Fee is a PhD, from the Southern Californian University. Godon D. Fee is a wellknown professor of emeritus of innovative evidence studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British Columbia. The book “Paul the Spirit, and the People of God” is a reminder for every Christian what God wants the church to be, through his Holy Spirit. Fee cross examines the biases of denominational and his efforts are directed towards what the Apostle Paul taught and believed in regards to Holy Spirit. Fee through his work is trying to make an effort to guide people back to the Bible and gives a boost to how the Spirit assembles the believer's of the local church community.

Brief Summary

The Holy Spirit for many Christians is a nebulous icon, there is not a lot of knowledge they have about him. There is a lot of unfamiliarity with his work and person; most of the believers have a little experience about the life of the Spirit. This problem is accumulated by majorly neglecting the set of guideline belonging to the church and academic settings. The latest book of Gordon D. Fee, “Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God” is an attempt to fill the increasing gap hole in the life of church while working on the presuppositions of Paul and according to the thirteen canonical letters presented in the teaching of the Spirit. The book is created to be interesting and easily accessible for the laypersons. People with knowledge of the present scholarship on Paul would notice how Fee has interacted with a variety of takes on Paul, while reader with little or no knowledge will face the hindrance in understanding the work of this book.

There are multiple features in this books that are beneficial and note worthy to conclude. The most initial and possibly the most prominent feature of this book is Fee states with the expectation of cultivating the church in the Spirit. The idea behind the book is not to create to an academic exercise in fact it is a mere effort of how God himself wants the church to be in his scripture. This book provides the regular guidelines for the material implication of the life in a church and this book has been designed solely for the church and to provide a model for conducting theology.

Gordon D Fee in his book is emphasizing on the features related to the Spirit in the experiential, the writer never presented the experience of being not consistent with the Spirit of God which is also mentioned in the scripture. The movements of Spirits has an ...