'Some Christians neglect the Word and seek only the subjective experience,' said John Morgan, a Confederate cavalry officer in the American Civil War.
Comparing the Christian life to an ancient Roman aqueduct he said that just as those stone waterways brought water from nearby mountains into parched cities, so the objective word of God channels the flow of the subjective experience of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
Morgan added, 'Without the solid Word of God to contain and channel that experience, the experience itself drains away into error and is lost. However, other Christians boast well-engineered aqueducts based on extensive knowledge of the Bible, but they are bone dry.' I always say that the Word without the Spirit is nothing more than theoretical theology. The Spirit without the Word tends to Christian mysticism, but the Word and the Spirit is Emmanuel God with us.