Acts 1:1-8, restarted after the previous week's attempt was judged not good enough — an unusually candid second run at the baptism of the Holy Spirit.
A megachurch lobby with a Keurig station and flat screens set against a Thai church with instant coffee and one faded picture of Jesus — and the tangible peace that…
The baptism of the Holy Spirit, part two. Why Jesus himself needed the Spirit to come upon him, and why Sabbath exists — because it takes faith to rest and…
Acts 1:1-8: the disciples told to wait in Jerusalem for the promise of the Father, and the power they would receive to be witnesses to the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 7:1-8, preached while the lead pastor was away, opening with prayer as the moment the monologue inside our heads turns into a dialogue with God.
James 4:8 — draw near to God and he will draw near to you — read alongside Mark 2. The promise is that you are as close to God as…