He Still Speaks Today: Releasing the Dynamic Power of God's Word in Your Life

by John Sherrill

Releasing the dynamic power of God's word in your life

150 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1996

About the author

John L. Sherrill (born 1923, Covington, Tennessee) and Elizabeth "Tib" Sherrill (born 1928, Hollywood, California) are Christian writers. They have co-authored a number of best-selling books, including:

God's Smuggler with Brother Andrew
The Hiding Place with Corrie ten Boom
The Cross and the Switchblade with David Wilkerson

From 1944 to 1951 John Sherrill was a free-lance writer in Europe. John and Elizabeth Sherrill met aboard ship on their way to Europe and were married in Switzerland in 1947. From 1947 to 1963 Elizabeth was a freelance writer for magazines. In 1970 they founded a publishing company, Chosen Books, dedicated to searching "the world for books that would have two criteria. They would be interesting. They would be helpful." Their first title was The Hiding Place".

Elizabeth has authored more than 30 books - many co-written with her husband. Some of these books have been translated into more than 40 languages.

The Sherrills have three children: John Scott Sherrill, Donn Sherrill, and Elizabeth Flint. They live in Chappaqua, New York.

Reviews

[Dave Courtney · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part autobiography, and part treaties on the role of the spirit in forming our understanding of God, thelogy and scripture, He Still Speaks Today takes readers on a journey through a specific time in his life. Sherill undergirds how it is he questioned his ability to come to scripture and to be able to understand, especially in a world of educated minds. He quickly came to understand that approaching scripture like this only leads to more comparison, eventually making it an endeavor of who has more knowledge. Sherrill discovers the importance of humility, which for him is precisely what the role of the spirit is- the presence of humility and the simple knowledge that we are learning creatures awaiting the revelation that braeks into our lives and unsettles it. Otherwise we are simply doing things on our own, reading scripture and making God in our own image. After all, we don't worship a book, but rather a God who dwells in our midst.

This book does have a practical bent as well, arguing for a disposition that can lead us towards the grater application of these truths into our everyday lives. As Sherrill underscores, how we approach scripture will inform how we apply it, and this clasic book is a reminder of the spirit that plays a crucial role in this unfolidng practice.