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.
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.
The baptism of Jesus in Matthew 3:13-17, John's protest, and the voice from heaven naming him beloved Son.
John 17:6-19, and prayer as the thing that releases God's power into a life and into the world — put as a question: what is your go-to, and do you…
John 16 and Jesus' promise of the Spirit who would come after him — what the disciples were being prepared for, and what it means to be discipled rather than…