... man's, well, my causticity runneth over. Oh, the four topics just mentioned in the previous sentence, they are the topics I'd like to deal with as I reflect on my own dark side. I was baptized in the 'Holy Ghost', as He used to be called, in the spring of 1960. Since that time He has been the filter through which all my learning, all my living, have come. As a believer reared in a committed Pentecostal family, I still see anyone's effort at theologizing without giving the Spirit His place as presenting a truncated reality at best and flagrant error at worst. No matter how hard McIntosh and Rima may try, when they exclude or dilute the Holy Spirit's role in counsel or guidance they have ignored The Wonderful Counselor Himself to the detriment of those they are trying to assist! To hold a full-orbed perspective on life and ...

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