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Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Guarantor

The Spirit is the strange, personal presence of the living God himself, leading, guiding, warning, rebuking, grieving over our failings and celebrating our small steps toward the true inheritance.

Reflection Reflection | December 12, 2011

Coop's Column- Spirit at Work: Sender

This Good News - as every lesser piece of good news - is meant to be shared. And shared everywhere, always, by all who believe it.

Reflection Reflection | November 30, 2011

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Engifter

The Triune God, through the Spirit's ongoing work, equips each member of his body for being suitable helpers to each other.

Reflection Reflection | November 04, 2011

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Assurer

Doubting is cool nowadays—it’s “in.” Some Christians, a few pastors among them, seem to take no small delight in announcing that they’re no longer sure about the centralities of the faith.

Reflection Reflection | October 19, 2011

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: The Transformer's Instruments

God’s Word teaches that the Spirit employs four principal means for shaping Christians: Scripture, the sacraments, a person’s life experiences, and time.

Reflection Reflection | October 05, 2011

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Transformer

“The Holy Spirit is writing us into the revelation, the story of salvation. We find ourselves in the story as followers of Jesus. … Our task is to obey—believingly, trustingly obey.”

Reflection Reflection | September 20, 2011

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: The Transformer's Aim

The Spirit’s aim is to give people aim in life. He seeks to direct them along a path which shall enable them, at their life’s close, to have marked progress in learning Christ’s deeper ways, in growing to love him more and more.

Reflection Reflection | September 20, 2011

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Guide

With “two hands,” said St. Irenaeus, third-century bishop of Lyons, God teaches and guides his people—with the Word and the Spirit. In the last column we focused on the Spirit’s role in writing the Word. In this column we look at the Spirit’s work in guiding God’s people as they read and apply it.

Reflection Reflection | September 01, 2011

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Revealer

How do we humans know what we know or, at least what we think we know? The question of knowledge is one of the most centrally important—and vexingly complex—issues facing humankind today, and cries out for a solid, appropriate answer.

Reflection Reflection | August 18, 2011

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Protector

The source of this sturdy confidence, this quiet tranquility and hope? It is anchored in the confident trust Jesus’ community puts in his promise to them: “Be of good cheer, for I have overcome the world.”

Reflection Reflection | August 05, 2011

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Illuminator

In order for God’s Word to achieve its Divinely intended purpose and effect, such an “Aha! That’s me!” response must happen within the hearts of those who read and hear it.

Reflection Reflection | July 18, 2011

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Exceptional

We focus on the Spirit’s work in creation—more specifically, on his act of creating each human being as a mirror of God.

Reflection Reflection | June 17, 2011

Coop's Column - Spirit at Work: Power to Make Our Lives Anew

When, as part of their Sunday worship, Jesus' followers join to declare, "I believe in the Holy Spirit," they’re saying a mouthful - a large mouthful.

Reflection Reflection | May 31, 2011