from the earth today, most of the church’s work would continue unabated.” In other circles, nearly everything that happens is attributed to the Holy Spirit, though much of what happens there has nothing to do with him. In this chapter, therefore, we begin with one of the less controversial but, nevertheless, crucially practical questions: How can we recognize the Spirit? The answer to this question must affect our discussion of the gifts of the Spirit later in the book, our discussion of the Spirit’s