This book by John Stott I admittedly mostly speed-read, as it was about as intellectually challenging as a typical Christianity Today article scaled up to a full book - that's not meant to sound disparaging, it's a signifier of how accessibly and readably Stott writes, while never losing the merit of soundness and authority with which he can dispense such rich theological wisdom. The core topic covered in this book is the "fillingness" by which Christ bestows the Holy Spirit on his adopted brethren; how by the sign of the water we open ourselves to spiritual baptism from heaven that sanctifies us in the sight of God and helps us on our walk in space-time by grounding us in the light of eternity. A profoundly encouraging book and one I would highly recommend to new Christians, or the friends of these, to dig out the vibrant and heartwarming truths Stott so deftly lays out about our newfound identity and flourishing through Jesus.
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