Tag: Holy Spirit
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Reflecting on Acts 8 29-40
We are studying Acts 8:29-40 this week; it’s the story of the baptism of “the Ethiopian eunuch” by Philip the Evangelist on the road from Jerusalem to Gaza. Some notes on the text are here, and here. This story will be relatively familiar to many, so we might want – as we often do –…
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Studying Acts 8 29-40
We are studying Acts 8:29-40 this week, a text we often refer to as “the story of the Ethiopian eunuch.” We looked at this same text several years ago, those notes are still here, and I still like them. For that matter, I think I was a lot more attuned to the resonances with other…
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Studying Acts 2 1-42
Please do not make me cry by saying things like “now” “we” “have the Holy Spirit.” Acts 2 is not the first chapter in the Bible.
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“The Theatre of God’s Glory”
The Holy Spirit is ceaselessly at work – in and through our ordinary lives – to make us whole, individually and as the whole people of God
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“A Spiritual Gift”
All Christians have received “a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline,” who enlivens and empowers every other spiritual gift, in the gift of the Holy Spirit
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“Fruit of the Spirit of Freedom”
Jesus Christ was entirely free, and frees us for the same undaunted Spirit-led freedom
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“What to Expect While We’re Expecting”
a sermon based on Romans 8:18-27 – we wait and work through the sufferings of the present, sustained by hope and supported by the Holy Spirit
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Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (B)
Call to Worship Here we are gathered togetherIn the Spirit of love, joy, peace;In the Spirit of power and love;In the Spirit of faith, hope, and love;In the Spirit of love and of life;In the Spirit of prayer and praise;In the Spirit of GodLet us worship God! Image: “A Flemish Fair,” [detail] Jan Breughel the…
Matters of Interpretation 