This book is for both the Christian believer who has no extensive knowledge of theology or church history and for the student who needs to acquire significant theological and historical background to Christian spirituality.

The revelation of God in Christ has a living character that calls on the church to constantly re-examine its ideas, institutions, and programmes and to be renewed according to Scripture and by the wisdom and power of the Spirit. This book is dedicated to the divinely intended goal of believers being well formed as possessors of holy love reigning in the heart.