G. Campbell Morgan (1863–1945)

G. Campbell Morgan is able to paint such a beautiful picture of God because he learns the brushstrokes from the Bible itself. In this book he will stretch your heart and stretch your theology as you see the suffering heart of God, longing to see his redeemed people walking in holiness, walking with him. But as always he exposits the Word with reverence and simplicity.

The first couple of sermons deal with Hosea's suffering as prophet. There are many in the middle dealing with the defection of show more the people and its causes and course. The last few sermons were in my opinion the best as he talks about the love of God for his people, how he cannot give them up to a life without Him, but sent His missionary Son to pursue His straying lover, His prodigal son--His people. show less

Morgan examines each element of the trinity thoughtfully and explains in clear and poetic language the role that each element of the trinity plays in enabling the ideal practice of prayer. He identifies a tantalising human emotionality in Christ, the capacity for mercy in God and the inspiration for prayer that he attributes to the Holy Spirit.

El primer libro escrito por G. Morgan Campbell, Discipulado, es un recurso que no está dirigido a los teólogos, sino que está escrito con la intención de alentar a cualquiera en la búsqueda de una relación con Jesucristo. Definiendo “discípulos” como todos los que “se reúnen alrededor del Maestro y son entrenados por Él”, Campbell continúa diseccionando los orígenes bíblicos y las implicaciones de la palabra. Este libro, inmensamente práctico, cubre la cuestión de cómo show more ser un discípulo de Cristo en todas las circunstancias: en el hogar, en el trabajo, en relación con quienes nos rodean, en los buenos momentos y en las circunstancias menos ideales que la vida nos trae a todos. show less

An analysis of the Holy Spirit: His personality, His interactions with man from the beginning until the time of Christianity, and the role of the Spirit in Christianity.

The author's perspective is of value since he writes before the Pentecostal movement really got going in America; one can therefore perceive how a person interested in the Holy Spirit could seek to understand His work yet not in terms of speaking in tongues, modern day prophesying, and the like.

On the other hand, the author show more makes too clean a division between water baptism as the baptism of John and Holy Spirit baptism as the normative baptism of the NT; such is inconsistent with the evidence. The NT explicitly identifies only two events as the baptism of the Holy Spirit, Acts 2 and Acts 10; the baptism of the Spirit is something done by God and cannot be accomplished by man, and yet throughout the NT the examples of baptism are done by man. The author also maintains an early ecumenical perspective. show less