After all, if our God is SO big, and SO strong, and SO mighty, and there’s nothing They cannot do, what do you reckon He or She could do with our hands, our hearts, our voices, our ears, our eyes, and our spirits, if they were all looking forward rather than backward?
All That is Mine is Yours
All That is Mine is Yours Trinity Sunday, 6/15/2025 Bob Stillerman John 16:12-15 Bulletin | Sermon Text John 16:12-15 16:12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak […]
The Language(s) of God
But not today. On Pentecost, the ruach, the Spirit, the sweeping wind of God, the one that blew across a sea of nothingness in Genesis, and tamed the chaos monster, and provided order to our universe – that very same Spirit falls upon you and me, and all the believers in Jerusalem.
Spirited Waiting
The text tells us that the apostles will be witnesses in Jerusalem, this big city, where they will first meet the Spirit, and the site of great miracles; in Judea, their home region and the place they feel most comfortable; in Samaria, a place where they feel least comfortable, and whose citizens are construed as enemies; and even to the ends of the Earth, in this instance, Spain, the farthest corner of the Roman empire. Stagg says that commentators often label this growth or outreach as the major trajectory of Luke’s two-volume gospel, but to do so is a mistake. Yes, the earliest Christians are on the move, but the hardest boundaries to cross are not geographic; they are religious, national, political, and racial, just to name a few.
My Peace I Give to You
Hear that again. Christ shares the gift of peace with the earliest disciples. And because Christ shared it with them, it means we, too, share in God’s peace. It means we can give and receive Christ’s peace to and from one another.
Keep Loving One Another
Truth, transparency, and trust. We MUST love, Millbrook, with truth, transparency, and trust. Jesus commanded us to love one another as he loved us. Good friends, may God grant us the strength, the courage, and the patience to live out, and ultimately love out such a command. Amen.