This year, Bethlehem Baptist Church has embraced the theme Tongues of Fire, drawn from Acts 2:3. In this powerful scripture, we see how the Holy Spirit moved among God’s people, filling the apostles ...

The Spirit’s descent at Pentecost is a model for diverse and distributed leadership. The modern church in the West has a suspicious relationship with power. When it serves our interests or protects ...

Jesus ascended to send his Spirit on the Apostles. That happened 10 days after the Ascension, on Pentecost Sunday. Compare the Apostles before and after the descent of the Holy Spirit. Back in the ...

How will we know if Pentecost has come to us? The readings for today's solemnity describe the followers of Jesus as receiving the power to forgive one another and to reconcile others to God.