Pentecost

Fading into Ordinary, Ragtag Christianity after Pentecost

06/06/22

9 mins

By Chad Bird

After the big, splashy, exciting day of Pentecost in Acts 2, church life faded into the ordinary life of ragtag sinners encountering the God of the cross coming to them in seemingly unawesome ways. What can we learn from this?
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The Old Testament Pentecost: Why Did Jesus Pour Out His Spirit on This Particular Day?

05/28/20

13 mins

By Chad Bird

At the foot of Mt. Sinai, God told Israel how to celebrate Pentecost once they reached the holy land. Generations later, on the day of this Old Testament festival, Christ poured out his Spirit in Jerusalem. What made Pentecost the ideal day for this gift to be given?
The Shanty Christ Across the Tracks

06/01/17

9 mins

By Chad Bird

This coming Sunday churches around the world will celebrate the big, splashy day of Pentecost. As well they should.
No Babbling on Pentecost

05/14/16

2 mins

By Chad Bird

Today the Spirit whom unfaithful David prayed the Lord would not take from him Pours himself into sinners that they might sing of the faithful love of their Husband.
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- Church Seasons
Why Christ Poured out the Spirit on Pentecost: The OT and Rabbinic Roots of Pentecost or the Feast of Weeks

05/14/13

47 mins

By Chad Bird

Though the theophanic elements at the Jerusalem Pentecost were not as diverse as those at Sinai, there is one prominent commonality between the two: divine speech out of divine fire.