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Recover evangelicalism's foundations by returning to its architect.None doubt the influence of Carl F. H. Henry, the "theological architect" of contemporary evangelicalism. Through his prolific writing and editorial role in Christianity Today, Henry is known for addressing contemporary theology, individual and social ethics, and cultural criticism. But he has been critiqued for an underdeveloped pneumatology.In Carl F. H. Henry on The Holy Spirit, Jesse M. Payne argues that Henry cannot truly be understood apart from his mature pneumatology. The Spirit plays a vital role in three major areas of Henry's theology: revelation, ecclesiology, and ethics. These seemingly disparate topics are tied together by his view of a Spirit--inspired Bible ordering a Spirit--enlivened body composed of Spirit--filled believers. Readers will gain a more holistic view of Henry, the role of the Spirit in his life and thought, and early neo--evangelical theology.

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CARL F. H. HENRY on THE HOLY SPIRIT
JESSE M. PAYNE
STUDIES IN HISTORICAL AND SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY
Carl F. H. Henry on the Holy Spirit
Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology
Copyright 2021 Jesse M. Payne
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To Marissa, the lovely
Macy, the kind
and Violet, the merry
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
1. Carl F. H. Henry on … The Holy Spirit?
2. Carl F. H. Henry’s Pneumatology (Contours and Context)
3. A Spirit-Inspired Bible (Pneumatology and Revelation)
4. A Spirit-Enlivened Body (Pneumatology and Ecclesiology)
5. A Spirit-Filled Believer (Pneumatology and Ethics)
Conclusion: Carl F. H. Henry as a Theologian of the Spirit
Bibliography
Subject / Author Index
Scripture Index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thank you to Dr. Jason Duesing and Dr. Owen Strachan for overseeing the dissertation that led to this book. I first heard the name Carl F. H. Henry in Dr. Duesing’s master’s level Baptist history course. I immediately knew two things: I wanted to study Henry further, and I wanted to do so under Dr. Duesing’s supervision. Little did I know that, about a decade later, this book would come to fruition. It has been a privilege to learn from Dr. Duesing’s academic and institutional service. I was grateful to have Dr. Strachan speak into these pages, as he has contributed much to studies of Henry. Numerous other professors deserve recognition, including Dr. John Mark Yeats, Dr. Thor Madsen, Dr. Rodney Harrison, and Dr. Radu Gheorghiță. And thank you to the unsung heroes: the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Doctoral Office and the librarians and research assistants at Midwestern Seminary, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School’s Rolfing Library, and the Billy Graham Center Archives at Wheaton College.
One of the greatest blessings of Midwestern’s PhD program has been the development of friendships with fellow students that traverse state and national borders. Thank you for your insight and encouragement over our years of study together.
To Lakeland Baptist Church, thank you for your steadfast support while this book was underway. I am forever grateful for you. And to First Baptist Church of Burkburnett, thank you for the privilege of being your pastor. I pray that the Spirit reflected upon in these pages would be very active in our life as a church.
My parents, Mike and Jodi Payne, have supplied love, support, and encouragement throughout my writing. My heart bursts with appreciation for you both. To my siblings Ryan and Carly, their spouses Kelsey and Jason, and our extended family, thank you for being a refreshing support system throughout this journey. Kyle, Mitzi, Tanner, Travis, and Kayla Lyons have been tremendous blessings in countless respects.
To Todd Hains and the stellar team at Lexham Press, thank you for believing in this project and for your cheerful assistance along the way. Despite juggling countless editorial demands, Todd was quick to reply to my stream of questions with kindness and humor—ingredients that made this process a true joy. It’s been a delight partnering with gifted men and women who love the Lord, love their work, and love the church.
And to those for whom words are hardly enough: thank you to Marissa, Macy, and Violet. Marissa has been my closest companion through every level of theological education, and her investment of time and patience rendered this book possible. She is a godly force of grace, beauty, and wisdom, and her willingness to listen to me process these pages out loud deserves a heavenly reward. Macy and Violet, you have made this season of writing all the sweeter. Thank you for being understanding when I needed to work and for being persistent when I needed to play.
Finally, thank you to the God of all grace (1 Pet 5:10). The words of Gregory of Nazianzus in Oration 31 have been before me throughout this process, and I pray these pages echo his call: “We receive the Son’s light from the Father’s light in the light of the Spirit: that is what we ourselves have seen and what we now proclaim.… We shall extol the Spirit; we shall not be afraid.” 1
ABBREVIATIONS
CFHHP
Carl F. H. Henry Papers
The Carl F. H. Henry Papers, including correspondence, notes, and sermons, are housed in Rolfing Library at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. Citations for these documents provide box and file references, which are accurate as of December 2018. According to library staff, the papers were in an active state of organization and classification at the time of writing. Researchers should be aware that further organizational efforts may relocate some documents.
GRA
God, Revelation and Authority
Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire,
Let us Thine influence prove;
Source of the old prophetic fire,
Fountain of Light and Love.
Come, Holy Ghost, for moved by Thee
The prophets wrote and spoke,
Unlock the Truth, Thyself the Key,
Unseal the sacred Book.
Expand Thy wings, celestial Dove,
Brood o’er our nature’s night;
On our disordered spirits move,
And let there now be light.
God, through Himself, we then shall know,
If Thou within us shine;
And sound, with all Thy saints below,
The depths of love divine.
— Charles Wesley, 1740
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CARL F. H. HENRY ON … THE HOLY SPIRIT?
In the January 30, 1961, issue of Christianity Today , editor Carl F. H. Henry devoted a section to what he feared was a growing neglect of the Holy Spirit in modern theology. He wrote, “In twentieth century Christianity the Holy Spirit is still a displaced person .… Whenever the Church makes the Spirit of God a refugee, the Church—not the Spirit—becomes the vagabond.” 1 He was convinced that inattention to the Spirit would result in believers wandering helplessly throughout a lost world. Six years later, in the pages of the same magazine, Henry reiterated that the church is ever-dependent upon the Lord and Life-Giver, the Holy Spirit:
If the Church is stricken today, it is not the soul that is dying. The Spirit is alive. There may yet be healing. There may yet be resurrection. It will depend on whether the churches really want this outpouring of the Holy Spirit in our day. Do we? Or do we merely want to get along as we have always done? 2
Henry posed questions like these consistently to thousands of readers throughout his tenure at Christianity Today (1956–1968) . He devoted the entire January 4, 1963 , issue to the Spirit, along with numerous other articles and editorials throughout his twelve years at the helm. Further, he addressed the topic of the Holy Spirit in academic works such as Christian Personal Ethics and the six-volume God, Revelation and Authority , as well as in journal articles, monographs, and unpublished documents and correspondence. Henry was tapping into an evangelical impulse toward the Spirit that had characterized the movement since its earliest days, 3 but since had seemed to dissipate in the haze of modernism.
But the Holy Spirit was never a subject of mere academic inquiry for Henry. He had a deep desire for the ongoing presence of the Spirit of God. In his 1986 autobiography, Henry recalled his own dependence upon the Spirit throughout his decades of ministry:
I have always been open to some so-called mystical aspects of the Christian life … when God becomes my God, when divine revelation penetrates not only the mind but rather the whole self, when the Spirit personally illumines the believer, dynamic fellowship with God opens possibilities of spiritual guidance in which the Holy Spirit personalizes and applies the biblical revelation individually to and in a redeemed and renewed life. 4
Henry recognized that the Spirit was not only vital for personal growth, but for kingdom growth, too. Though remembered as an ambitious institutional builder, Henry maintained that, apart from the Spirit, evangelicalism’s efforts would amass to nothing:
It is a truism—though one we continually need to learn—that there can be no effective Christian work apart from the empowering of the Holy Spirit. We can build congregations. We can supply impressive buildings. We can accomplish organization. We can promote and finance activity on a scale unprecedented, and we can harness new and effective instruments. Ministers and workers can even have the most detailed kind of training. But the fact remains that the work of regeneration is still the work of the sovereign Spirit, and a genuine reviving of Christian life, vigor, and evangelism may be expected only as the Holy Ghost gives life and power to all that we bring for his service. 5
Throughout his career, Henry returned to the present reality of the Spirit and the need for Christians to remain utterly dependent upon him in the interim between Pentecost and Parousia. Nothing of eternal consequence was possible without the Spirit’s power and blessing.

QUESTIONS OF HENRY AND PNEUMATOLOGY
This book offers a critical examination of the pneumatological thought of Carl F. H. Henry, the “theological architect” of the twentieth-century neo-evangelical movement, 6 and undoubtedly one who left a lasting imprint on American evangelicalism. 7 The broad research questions this book will seek to answer are: How doe