Forty days after his resurrection, Jesus leaves the earth in physical form, and his body returns to heaven, where he sits down in his seat of honor at the right hand of God. That’s the story we heard last Sunday. We were “looking at feet,” as we stood with the apostles and watched Jesus ascendContinue reading “Sober Inebriation”
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Sober Inebriation
Amazement and astonishment – awe and wonder – have been hallmarks of our Scripture lessons these past few Sundays. Consider, for a moment, where the ancient words of the story of God with us have taken us: Forty days after his resurrection, Jesus leaves earth in physical form. His body returns to heaven, where GodContinue reading “Sober Inebriation”
‘Those Days’ Are Now ‘These Days’
Oddly enough, the Old Testament book of Joel hatches from an infestation of insects – more specifically, a swarm of locusts so efficiently devastating the countryside of Israel that famine and starvation are very real possibilities. By Joel’s reckoning, the buzzing disaster swarms large in divine judgment upon the Lord’s sinful people, who eventually getContinue reading “‘Those Days’ Are Now ‘These Days’”
What the Spirit Ignites
Some of the Bible’s most intriguing and inspiring stories describe events or phenomena that are exceptional and unprecedented. In those-remarkable-but rare instances, God’s Holy Spirit in Christ is uniquely present, and like a match set to a pack of firecrackers, the Spirit sparks a chain reaction of explosions that inspire awe and wonder. Our ScriptureContinue reading “What the Spirit Ignites”
Dem Dry Bones
Breathtaking only begins to describe two of the images associated with the Holy Spirit – a mighty, rushing wind and dancing tongues of fire. Those jaw-dropping, heart-stopping manifestations that burst onto the scene when the Spirit comes upon the Lord’s disciples at Pentecost are anchored with deep scriptural roots.