When the tectonic plates realign – the impact of the first Pentecost on new believers.
The tectonic plates, shaken up by the Easter earthquake, resettle into a new, Holy Spirit place. Acts 2: 41 Many believed the message and were baptized, and about 3,000 people were added to their group that day. The listeners to Peter’s Pentecost sermon in Acts 2 were...
Easter Paradoxes – Peters hits them hard with his Pentecost sermon
On Holy Thursday, Peter swore that he would never leave Jesus, and a few hours later, the cock was crowing three times to remind him he had utterly failed. Now, seven weeks later, filled with the Holy Spirit, he stands up before a whole crowd in Jerusalem, and really...
Earthquakes and Easter
Whether it’s a book or a movie, If you’re like me, you probably just skip over or ignore the bits that don’t make sense. I’ve always skipped over the 2 earthquakes in Matthew’s telling of the cross and Easter. When Jesus gave his final cry and took his last breath on...
