The Gospel of the Ascension: Good News from Within the Veil! by Delmer R. Guynes, Ed. D. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Calvary Church Press, 1986; paperback, $7.50; 308 pages.

Books published over 5 years ago are seldom the subject of a review. But some books are an exception. After leaving his position as president of Southwestern Assemblies of God College (to which he has recently returned), Delmer Guynes entered into an international preaching/teaching ministry he called the Institute of Ascension Ministry. With his wife Eleanor, who is also qualified, he produced several volumes as texts for that ministry. These include The Apostolic Nature of the Church; The Transformed Ministry; The Human Side of the Ministry; In Search of Philadelphia: a Church With Throne Room Ministry; and the present volume. In addition, Eleanor Guynes authored How To Live Like a Queen. Published in Malaysia, these books were not widely distributed in the United States.

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Christ in Us:  The Exalted Christ and the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit How does the Holy Spirit indwell the believer, and why should one seek that experience?  In this collection of articles based on over twenty years' personal experience as well as academic study, the author relates Spirit Baptism and spiritual gifts to their source, the exalted Jesus Christ.  He describes this Exaltation of Christ and constructs a theory of how the Holy Spirit indwells the believer, drawing from psychology and medical science as well as Scripture.  Finally, he proposes a new Theology of Exaltation that sees the whole sweep of church history as the ongoing glorification of Christ and Redemption of the world. ISBN 978-0-6151-3840-4 paperback, 192 pp., 6 x 9 in., with index and appendices.

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