TY - BOOK AU - Turner, Max TI - The Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts : then and now SN - 8173624828 U1 - 231.3 PY - 2003///, ©1996 CY - Secunderabad, India PB - OM Books KW - Bible. -- New Testament -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. Holy Spirit. Gifts, Spiritual N1 - Questions regarding the role of the Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts in the life of the believer and the church today continue to be asked. Professor Max Turner suggests the place to begin answering such questions is the New Testament. What do the writers of the New Testament say about the work of the Holy Spirit, and how can we understand spiritual gifts for today? Turner looks carefully at the gospels of Luke and John and the writings of Paul and explores how they took over and developed Old Testament and intertestamental notions of the Spirit. Then he asks how looking at ancient witnesses informs our contemporary understanding ER -