Jul 21, 2026 · 23 min · 9 segments
Who is the Holy Spirit—and what does He do? This episode explores the Holy Spirit in the Nicene Creed as Lord and giver of life, sent by the Father and the Son. Through the book of Acts, we see how…
Murray SmithGuest
Sydney TeethHost
I think often in the life of the church, we don't recognize or celebrate their sentience and its significance as much as we should.
When people start thinking about Jesus' return, they get kind of scared off it because of how it has been speculated about.
I guess what I'd want to encourage people is to focus where the New Testament focuses, which is on Him.
And you start to try to imagine what's the world like without hatred, without violence, without lust, without greed, and without cancer and without dementia.
Hello and welcome to the Nicene Sessions, a special podcast series from InterVarsity Press, recorded live at the Evangelical Theological Society's annual meeting.
So Murray Smith, I'm the lecturer in biblical theology and exegesis at Christ College in Sydney, Australia.
We are the theological college or the seminary of the Presbyterian Church in Australia.
I've been teaching there since 2010 and have the great privilege of training the next generation of leaders for churches in Sydney, New South Wales, around Australia and beyond.
I teach mainly New Testament and Greek, but also have the privilege of going across the whole canon.
And Murray's also writing an upcoming volume in our NSBT series on the return of Christ, which is a great topic, if I do say so myself.
The lines of the creed we're looking at in this session are, He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and Son is worshipped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.
Murray, to start us off, how does Christ's ascension shape our understanding of his ongoing presence and reign?
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I think often in the life of the church, we don't recognize or celebrate their sentience and its significance as much as we should.
When people start thinking about Jesus' return, they get kind of scared off it because of how it has been speculated about.
I guess what I'd want to encourage people is to focus where the New Testament focuses, which is on Him.
And you start to try to imagine what's the world like without hatred, without violence, without lust, without greed, and without cancer and without dementia.
Hello and welcome to the Nicene Sessions, a special podcast series from InterVarsity Press, recorded live at the Evangelical Theological Society's annual meeting.
So Murray Smith, I'm the lecturer in biblical theology and exegesis at Christ College in Sydney, Australia.
We are the theological college or the seminary of the Presbyterian Church in Australia.
I've been teaching there since 2010 and have the great privilege of training the next generation of leaders for churches in Sydney, New South Wales, around Australia and beyond.
I teach mainly New Testament and Greek, but also have the privilege of going across the whole canon.
And Murray's also writing an upcoming volume in our NSBT series on the return of Christ, which is a great topic, if I do say so myself.
The lines of the creed we're looking at in this session are, He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and Son is worshipped and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.
Murray, to start us off, how does Christ's ascension shape our understanding of his ongoing presence and reign?
