Sermons on Acts 2:1-21
Who’s Afraid of the Holy Spirit?
[Machine transcription] Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Well, I haven’t yet gotten in the habit of giving titles to my sermons. And when I read this text, I thought I’d be real smart and come up with something creative. And so I came up with, Who’s Afraid of the Holy Spirit? But if you just…
Sermon for Pentecost
[Machine transcription] In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, Jesus says to the disciples, it is to your advantage that I would go away. Again, we wouldn’t believe it unless the Lord had said it and it was written down, inspired by God the Holy Spirit, but how could it possibly be? To our advantage that Jesus has gone away. Wouldn’t it be better if Jesus…
Sermon for Pentecost
Sermon for Pentecost
The Holy Spirit’s Work in You
Into All The Truth
Hearing the Voice of God
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.
The voice is a powerful thing. Our culture admires those who have harnessed that gift of God, spending untold millions purchasing the music some can generate with it. Many sit glued to their televisions on certain nights of the week, waiting breathlessly for…
The Right Enthusiasm
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and especially this Pentecost day from the Holy Spirit, our Helper and Comforter. Amen.
How often have you heard it: “If you just pray harder, or pray more often, or pray in the right way, or get more people to pray, your friend or relative would get better.”?
Or, “If…
Waiting for the Spirit
Pentecost. A great and festive day in the church year, to be sure. Yet we often forget that the Pentecost we hear about in our second lesson today was by no means the first Pentecost. The children of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob had been celebrating it for over 14 centuries by the time of Christ and the apostles. The word means “fiftieth,” and there are 50 days between the…
