Chapter 1: Open and Shut
Humans are not open to the Holy Spirit because we would rather stay the way we are.
A LITTLE SHUT AND PRETTY MUCH NOT OPEN AT ALL. A story about Scot at age 4.
WEIRDNSS LED TO BEINF SHUT RATHER THAN OPEN. Scot had a weird experience as a teen in a charismatic church that shut him off from the Holy Spirit.
ARGUMENTS FOR BEING SHUT OFF WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOLY SPIRIT. Arguments against Holy Spirit openness in his upbringing.
UNLOCKING THE CLOSED-IN WAY OF LIFE. The Spirit works in 100,000 ways. Our only responsibility is is be open to flow of the Spirit in our world.