A sermon for Pentecost: Acts 2:1–21, 1 Corinthians 12. (May 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hartman, Tracy
• Is Part Of: Review and expositor. Volume 114:Number 2(2017:May)
• Page Start: 308
• Page End: 310
• Publication Date: 2017-05
• Subjects: change -- gifts -- Holy Spirit -- Pentecost -- Peter; Baptists -- Periodicals; Theology -- Periodicals; 286
• DOI: 10.1177/0034637317704669
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-6373

Abstract

This sermon begins by asking readers to imagine the chaotic life-change that Pentecost brought for the original eye witnesses. It then traces the breath or spirit of God from Genesis, through Ezekiel and into the gospels, where the Spirit is manifested to a variety of early believers. Finally, modern hearers are asked to consider what a fresh manifestation of the Spirit might look like in their churches, and how God might use their gifts to be about a new work in the world today.