This Sunday’s readings: Acts 2:1-13

Reflections

Those in whom the Spirit comes to live are God’s new Temple. They are, individually and corporately, places where heaven and earth meet. — So take seriously the story that God has given you to live. It’s time to read your own life, because your story is the one that could set us all ablaze.
~ N.T. Wright (1st Part)
~ Dan B. Allender, To Be Told (2nd Part)

I am not always full of love, not always seeing Him clearly. Self-indulgence has a way of creeping in. Sometimes I am thoroughly empty and have to say so in public. But what I have discovered is that Jesus loves to fill empties! All I need to do is to keep open to Him and to admit frankly what’s wrong. He does the rest.
~ Festo Kivengere (1919-1988), the ‘Billy Graham’ of Africa

The truth is something that burns, it burns off deadwood and people don’t like having their deadwood burnt off often because they’re 95 percent deadwood.
~ Jordan Peterson, Psychologist, Author, Speaker

It is my contention that the Holy Spirit has unfortunately been replaced today with sophisticated 21st century Christianity. We celebrate our facilities more than the Holy Spirit, we celebrate human personalities more than the Holy Spirit, we celebrate notoriety more than the Holy Spirit. We celebrate and replace him with entertainment, and we wonder why the church is not on fire, and if the church isn’t on fire, why should the world pay attention?
~ Tony Evans, Pastor