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• Another Helper: Pentecost (May 24) (6)
  The Spirit’s Role in Motivating and Empowering Our Worship For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God andglory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh. (Phil 3:3) One way to understand this dynamic is to see the Spirit as the connectivetissue between the Revelation and Response poles of […]
• Another Helper: Pentecost (May 24) (5)
  Notice how Peter’s sermon effectively moves from the signs that the crowd has witnessed, back to Jesus, who is himself the center of it all.  The marvels of that Pentecost gathering are seen merely as pointers to the One who is the center. —Edith Humphrey, Grand Entrance: Worship on Earth as in Heaven, 52
• Another Helper: Pentecost (May 24) (4)
  Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit, that my thoughts may all be holy.Act in me, O Holy Spirit, that my work, too, may be holy.Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit, that I love but what is holy.Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit, to defend all that is holy.Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit, that I always […]
• Another Helper: Pentecost (May 24) (3)
  Pentecost is sometimes spoken of as the ‘reversal’ of Babel, a return to one language. In fact, the crowds heard the disciples in their own tongues (Acts 2:6). There is no suppression of cultural diversity; quite the opposite. The coming of the Spirit means particularity is preserved and indeed encouraged, as Paul’s vision of the Spirit-directed Church makes clear (1 […]