Jesus’s teaching on (in)dependencePentecost | Acts 2:1-21, John 14:8-17 (25-27) We return again to the Last Supper as told in John, a sequence often referred to as Jesus’s farewell discourse. A conversation in which Jesus offers his final teachings, yes, but more assurance and comfort. And as …
Holy Spirit
A Word: More than a Show
Pentecost and the revolutionary presencePentecost | Acts 2:1-21 and John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 The Holy Spirit sure knows how to make an entrance, doesn’t she? We’ve got: It is a grand spectacle and an incredible performance. She alerts everyone to the moment, draws their attention, and …
The Advocate
Disciples, Apostles, and Saints! In John’s gospel, Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as “the Advocate;” a word with legal implications, just like the word witness. This isn’t an accident. But I don’t think we need to go so far as to see it in litigious terms, but in terms of social …
