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- Pastor Name: Jonathan Cornell
- Date & Time: May 24, 2015 | 10:00am
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SERMON SERIES:
Trinity
Today is the day of Pentecost. Happy Pentecost, or is it Merry Pentecost? What’s the proper greeting? This week, I was walking through the greeting card aisle at Kroger and I noticed there weren’t any Merry Pentecost cards. No Pentecost Turkeys in the oven at home, or maxed out credit cards on Pentecost presents. I think if there is a holiday that the wider secular society has given complete freedom for the church to celebrate, it’s Pentecost. You want to have a holiday for what, now? Go ahead.
That’s because the wider world doesn’t see the dream God for the world. But then again neither did the disciples when it all began.
When we meet the disciples and the others gathered here in Acts chapter 1, they are standing, starring confused up into the clouds. Jesus had just given his parting words to them, something about receiving power and being witnesses. Huh? I can just imagine their confused look, heads cocked to the side like a puppy who has just watched his master walk out the door. They’re thinking to themselves, What do we do now? You don’t think he meant to leave us in charge, did he?
Download the entire transcript here: Acts 1 Power to Keep Going
