# Authentic Fire ![rw-book-cover](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51YMvBAIjIL._SL200_.jpg) ## Metadata - Author: [[Michael L. Brown]] - Full Title: Authentic Fire - Category: #books ## Highlights - Second, in recent months, I have increased the call for teachers and preachers and professors and Bible translators to stop using the name “James” in place of “Jacob” (which is what the Greek says throughout the New Testament),2 even encouraging the recovery of “Judah” for “Jude” as well (yes, this certainly makes a difference!). So, throughout the book, although hardly relevant to the larger issues at hand, I use “Jacob” with “James” in parentheses. ([Location 149](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00HAMUVUA&location=149)) - We are warned by Jesus Himself to be very, very careful how we speak about the Holy Spirit, how we represent the Holy Spirit. Jesus uses the word blasphemy, and I decided to look it up in my big Greek lexicon. The primary meaning of “to blaspheme” is given in the lexicon as this: “to speak lightly or amiss of sacred things.” So when you speak lightly or amiss concerning the Holy Spirit, or misrepresent the character of the Holy Spirit, by definition you are close to blaspheming. ([Location 443](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00HAMUVUA&location=443)) - Gospel and greed seem to go hand in hand, and our society equates evangelist with exploiter. ([Location 485](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00HAMUVUA&location=485))