1 Corinthians 3:10-11,16-23
Epiphany 7A
[…] Gospel account makes plain) but even he is not the end point of God’s desire to dwell once again in all creation. The Spirit will come at Pentecost and when this happens—and as Paul makes plain in 1 Corinthians 3—all believers become living Temples of this very Spirit as God has made a major […]
Matthew 9:35-10:8
Proper 6A
[…] things of Jesus. Indeed, if Luke’s account is to be believed, most of their misunderstandings as to the nature of Jesus’ kingdom persist all the way until Pentecost. Remember Acts 1 and the moments right before Jesus’ ascension into heaven when—even at that late date some forty days after the resurrection—the disciples ask, “Lord, […]
Acts 4:32-35
Easter 2B
[…] my sermon, “The Second Greatest Easter Miracle.” The first, of course, was the resurrection of Jesus. Others might argue that the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost was the second, but I think that Pentecost was a miracle in its own right. Still others might nominate the conversion of 3000 people in response […]
Acts 2:14a, 22-32
Easter 2A
[…] the stage of history, particularly the history of the church. For the next 3 Sundays, for example, we will focus on the first Christian sermon, preached on Pentecost by Peter, as reported in Acts 2. That chapter shows us the centrality of Christ’s resurrection to the Gospel, the stunning response to the preaching of […]
Acts 19:1-7
Epiphany 1B
[…] fills them. The Ephesian Christians then speak in strange languages and speak messages from God. It all sounds, candidly, a lot like what happened on the first Pentecost. The Holy Spirit and baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus, after all, always somehow go together. Yet the link between baptism and the Spirit […]
1 Thessalonians 5:16-24
Advent 3B
[…] interesting translation, given that the word “fire” doesn’t occur in the Greek. Paul really says, don’t quench the Spirit. But the presence of tongues of fire on Pentecost and Paul’s similar command in Romans 12:11 (“be aglow with the Spirit”) and Wesley’s famous words (“my heart was strangely warmed”), give us a powerful image […]
Psalm 22:19-28
Proper 7C
[…] normal believer. It reminds us that the normal Christian life can be very difficult. Following Christ isn’t easy, as our other readings for this sixth Sunday after Pentecost show us. The alternate Psalm selections (42 and 43) have been called “the Depressive Psalms,” because of the Psalmist’s repeated question. “Why are you so downcast, […]
Acts 19:1-7
Epiphany 1B
[…] while I have no reason to doubt the authenticity of those who have received that gift, its lack in my life has been used by some well-meaning Pentecostal sisters and brothers to question whether I have the whole Trinity in me or just two-thirds of the Godhead. But I will say this: when in […]
Acts 3:12-19
Easter 3B
[…] right from the get-go! So what’s the big deal, people?” Well of course it was a big deal, and Peter was surely not so full of the Pentecostal flame that he himself could not feel at least a little giddy over what he was now able to do in Jesus’ name and by Jesus’ […]
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