We kick off Season 4 with Bishop Todd laying a strong foundation for our 2021 theme—Life in the Spirit. Bishop Todd shares a biblical understanding of the Holy Spirit and His role, why power and formation are intricately connected, and how we can discern when the Spirit is speaking to us.
On the first half of the podcast, Bishop Todd and host the Rev. Erik Willits discuss:
- Bishop Todd’s charismatic background
- What the Bible says about the Holy Spirit
- Why the Spirit is central in Bishop Todd’s life
- The interplay of the Holy Spirit and our spirit
On the second half of the podcast, the conversation turns to:
- The connection between the Holy Spirit and our formation
- How to think about prophecy
- Why charismatic Christianity has nothing to do with style of church
- The Christian leader’s relationship to power
Resources Mentioned
Gordon Fee
God’s Empowering Presence: The Holy Spirit in the Letters of Paul
Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God
Listening to the Spirit in the Text
The First Epistle to the Corinthians
Richard Foster
Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith
James D.G. Dunn
Scot McKnight
Open to the Spirit: God in Us, God with Us, God Transforming Us
Raniero Cantalamessa, former preacher to the pope
Sober Intoxication of the Spirit: Filled With the Fullness of God
Basil the Great
Chris Green
Toward a Pentecostal Theology of the Lord’s Supper: Foretasting the Kingdom
Amos Young
Renewing the Church by the Spirit: Theological Education after Pentecost
The Spirit Poured Out on All Flesh: Pentecostalism and the Possibility of Global Theology
N.T. Wright
The New Testament and the People of God
The Crown and the Fire: Meditations on the Cross and the Life of the Spirit
