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Susan Rohrer is a graduate of James Madison University where she studied Art and Communications, and thereafter married in her native state of Virginia. A professional writer, producer, and director specializing in family-friendly entertainment, Rohrer’s credits in one or more of these capacities include: an adaptation of God’s Trombones; 100 episodes of drama series Another Life; Humanitas Prize finalist & Emmy winner Never Say Goodbye; Emmy nominees Terrible Things My Mother Told Me and The Emancipation of Lizzie Stern; anthology No Earthly Reason; NAACP Image Award nominee Mother’s Day; AWRT Public Service Award winner (for addressing the problem of teen sexual harassment) Sexual Considerations; comedy series Sweet Valley High; telefilms Book of Days and Another Pretty Face; Emmy nominee & Humanitas Prize finalist If I Die Before I Wake; as well as Film Advisory Board & Christopher Award winner About Sarah.
Reviewed by Lynette Fowlston for Readers' Favorite
The Holy Spirit: Amazing Power For Everyday People by Susan Rohrer is a powerful book well worth reading. In many churches today there is very little teaching on the Holy Spirit, although He is part of the Trinity. No matter what stage of Christianity you are in, whether a new Christian or one who has been a Christian for the better part of your life and are not sure of the Holy Spirit, you are about to take a journey...a journey to learn more about the Holy Spirit and how He is involved in your life, from the gifts that He gives to you to learning how to hear and discern the voice of God. As a step by step guide, this book will help the reader grow into a relationship with the Holy Spirit. One already has a relationship with God the father and Jesus the son, but very few realize they also need to have a relationship with the Holy Spirit. Most Christians quench the Holy Spirit without even realizing it. There are many tough questions posed with straight answers from the scriptures.
This book, to me, was very informative and made me stop and think. The author uses many scripture verses, which is a plus to help one understand. I felt relieved when, in Chapter Four, Ms. Rohrer states that many actions preformed in churches today are not behaviors associated with the Holy Spirit. I do stress, however, that the reader first seek the wisdom of God and not just jump in and start reading and to also study the scriptures that the author uses. There are many different versions of the Bible available today so the verses may read differently than the one the author used. I, myself, prefer the King James and for this particular book, used a Hebrew Greek Bible. I will admit that for review purposes, I did not do as deep a study that would be more time consuming but will go back and study deeper. I found this book to be a very enlightening, helpful book dealing with a subject most find difficult to embrace, especially the gifts of the Spirit. I do advise when someone starts saying to you they have this gift or that gift, test the spirit. II Thessalonians tells us Satan will try and counterfeit all nine gifts of the Holy Spirit. Miracle working is not always necessarily evidence of God's power. With Bible and marker in hand, I would recommend this book for all Christians, new and old.
