“FENCES OF FREEDOM won third place in the Bible Study category of the 2016 Xulon Press Christian Author Awards and would make an excellent sermon series or home group study. Yule explains how you can live within the Ten Commandments’ moral code.”
Biography
Rob Yule is a retired New Zealand Presbyterian minister and a former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. He describes himself as a generalist in an age of specialists. He was chaplain at Victoria University of Wellington in the 1970s, a leader in charismatic renewal, and pastored churches in Christchurch, Palmerston North and Auckland. He lectured in the former Manawatu Branch of the Bible College of New Zealand and on mission trips to the Czech Republic. He and his wife Christene have been married more than fifty years and have five children and sixteen grandchildren.
Rob has a new book due for release in 2020 entitled: The Holy Spirit as Person and Power: Charismatic Renewal and Its Implications for Theology.
“What is unique about Yule’s work is his familiarity with an array of topics and ability to connect readers to the past as well as present-day popular culture.” Editor, Xulon Press, Maitland, Florida
Stuff.co.nz article on Rob, Dec 2018: Our People: A moderator who was more than moderate
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The Holy Spirit as Person and Power
NZ$49.99
Charismatic Renewal and Its Implications for Theology
In just over one hundred years, the Pentecostal-charismatic movement has transformed world Christianity. Noted for their rediscovery of spiritual gifts and commitment to world evangelization, 700 million Pentecostals and Charismatics now account for more than 27 percent of the global Christian movement.
The Pentecostal-Charismatic movement has been more noted for its activism than for theological reflection. But this may be changing. The Holy Spirit as Person and Power challenges traditional theology to take account of what has been disclosed in the dynamism and variety of charismatic experience.
The author is a theologically trained practitioner, impacted in midlife by a transforming experience of the Holy Spirit. He has been a hands-on leader in the renewal movement. Now, in his later years, he reflects on the meaning of the grace imparted to the church by the renewing activity of God’s Spirit.
This is not the work of an enthusiast claiming a new revelation. Rather, the author draws attention to many nuances in the Bible’s description of the Spirit that have been overlooked in traditional pneumatology. By relating these insights to Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, and evangelical theology, he has produced a book with ecumenical implications for all branches of world Christianity.
Rob’s website and blog: robyule.co.nz
Format: Paperback | 268 b&w pages
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 15.24mm | 454g
ISBN13: 978-1725251588
Publisher: Wipf and Stock
Publication Date: 10 January 2020
Publication country: United States
A Terrifying Grace
Sale Price:NZ$39.99 Original Price:NZ$44.99
SEXUALITY, ROMANCE AND MARRIAGE IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY
Romance and sexual intimacy are among life's highest joys. How we handle our sexuality is an ultimate challenge, particularly in today's sexualised global culture.
Rob Yule looks at a fascinating selection of romantic relationships from throughout Christian history, from Augustine, Abelard and Heloise, and the Luthers to Billy and Ruth Graham and Pope Saint John Paul II. Illustrating how challenging and far-from-straightforward the relationship of men and women is in real life, he draws many insights for relationships and marriage today.
A Terrifying Grace explores the romantic relationships of leading Christians throughout history and how they handled sex and marriage.
Rob’s website and blog: robyule.co.nz
Format: Paperback | 330 b&w pages
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 19mm | 485g
ISBN13: 978-1-5127-8089-5
Publisher: Westbow Press
Publication Date: April 2017
Publication country: United States
Fences of Freedom
Sale Price:NZ$19.99 Original Price:NZ$24.99
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR TODAY - A SUMMARYOF WHAT IS MORAL FOR A MORALLY CONFUSED SOCIETY
In this timely book, Rob Yule examines the background, use and abiding relevance of the Ten Commandments which are the fountainhead and moral undergirding of Western civilisation. Yet they are widely disregarded in today's secular society. Many people in our permissive culture are morally confused.
The Ten Commandments are exactly what we need, a brief and memorable summary of what is right and wrong-and their significance for a wide range of important issues.Their divine origin, which distinguishes them from human codes and legislation.
Their role in the development of monotheism and the origins of modern science:
Their importance in preserving human life from self-imposed slavery
Their value for parenthood and family relations, marriage and sexuality
Their validation of the value of life, personal property and truthfulness
Their relation to the moral law, and the law of nature
Rob’s website and blog: robyule.co.nz
Format: Paperback | 170 b&w pages
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 9mm | 236g
ISBN13: 978-1-4984-2339-7
Publisher: Xulon Press (USA)
Publication Date: January 2015
Publication country: United States
Restoring the Fortunes of Zion
Sale Price:NZ$59.99 Original Price:NZ$64.99
ESSAYS ON ISRAEL, JERUSALEM AND JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIX-DAY WAR
Restoring the Fortunes of Zion tells the dramatic story of the re-emergence of Israel onto the stage of modern history from the genocidal fury of the Holocaust to its extraordinary survival in face of regional hostility and global contempt. It shows how the return of the Jewish people from two millennia of exile realizes with uncanny accuracy the visions of the biblical prophets, and explores what this signifies for the future.
Rob’s website and blog: robyule.co.nz
Format: Paperback | 420 b&w pages
Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 24mm | 612g
ISBN13: 978-1-5127-8992-8
Publisher: Westbow Press
Publication Date: September 2017
Publication country: United States
Blog Posts
Giving wings to my Holy Spirit book
A group of my retired minister friends have been praying that God would give my Holy Spirit book wings. Entitled The Holy Spirit as Person and Power: Charismatic Renewal and Its Implications for Theology (Wipf & Stock, 2020), it had the misfortune to appear just before the Covid-19 pandemic shut down a lot of human interaction and publicity.
Fresh Insights about the Holy Spirit
My new book, The Holy Spirit as Person and Power: Charismatic Renewal and Its Implications for Theology, has just been published by Wipf and Stock in the United States. It’s now available on Amazon and the Book Depository, but has not yet arrived in New Zealand. I’m very excited at its publication.
Charismatic Renewal and Its Challenge to Traditional Theology
I have just uploaded to an American publisher the manuscript of my next book. Entitled The Holy Spirit as Person and Power: Charismatic Renewal and Its Implications for Theology, it offers fresh perspectives on the Holy Spirit from what has been learned in charismatic experience.
In just over one hundred years, the Pentecostal–charismatic movement has transformed world Christianity. Pentecostal and charismatic Christians are noted for their rediscovery of spiritual gifts and their commitment to world evangelisation. The fastest-growing part of the world Christian movement, Pentecostals and charismatics now number around 700 million, more than 27 percent of the global Christianity.
Book Reviews
“We found A TERRIFYING GRACE hard to put down. By candidly sharing the struggles and triumphs of highly-respected leaders, as well as the oddness of some of their partnerships, this book is a gift. A lesson in humanity as well as theology.”
Ian and Mary Grant, Auckland
“I commend RESTORING THE FORTUNES OF ZION to all those who wish for a clearer sense of Israel, its emergence from desolation to vitality and those who helped and hindered its progress. It is an exceptionally valuable resource.”