Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Spirit Trinity
The face of the Spirit in the communion of the Holy Trinity

2 Spirit in Creation
The Spirit as Lord and giver of life, who touches creation and moves it toward completion

3 Spirit Christology
The Spirit anointed Jesus of Nazareth to heal human brokenness from the inside and bring about atonement

4 Spirit Church
The Spirit indwells the church and is present sacramentally and charismatically to endow it for mission

5 Spirit Union
The goal of salvation is to live in loving union with God and to participate in the triune nature through the Spirit

6 Spirit Universality
God desires all to be saved and is found graciously present with every person in every place by the Spirit

7 Spirit Truth
The Spirit leads the church into truth along the path of mission, enabling it to be timely and fruitful in ministry

Conclusion

Notes

About the Author

Clark Pinnock was Professor Emeritus of Systematic Theology at McMaster Divinity College in Hamilton, Ontario. Widely regarded as one of evangelicalism's most stimulating theologians, he produced several widely discussed books, including The Wideness of God's Mercy and (with four other scholars) The Openness of God. He passed away in August, 2010.

Reviews

"I greet Clark Pinnock's book with praise for his seriousness and intellectual courage. Flame of Love is evangelical: a biblically grounded systematic theology for our time with an ecumenical openness to the truth about the Holy Spirit in other Christian traditions and the newer Pentecostal movements."
*Jürgen Moltmann, University of Tübingen*