The Book of Acts is the story of the establishment of Christianity in the first three decades of its existence. It relates ...

There have been Arab believers since before the followers of Jesus were even called Christians (a nickname that was invented in Syria). They were there on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:10-11). And the ...

Fire carries profound symbolism. The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles echo the “consuming fire” often mentioned in ...

Secondly, the Holy Spirit descended upon the Church on Pentecost Sunday (Acts 2:1ff). Also after His Resurrection, Jesus appeared to the Apostles twice, each on Sunday (John 20:19 & 26).

May the very God of peace sanctify you completely and may your whole spirit, soul and body be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” When a person is born again his spirit is ...

94 On several occasions Christ promised this outpouring of the Spirit, 95 a promise which he fulfilled first on Easter Sunday and then more strikingly at Pentecost ... Acts 1:8. 96 Cf. Jn 20:22 ...

providing leadership to the early church in Jerusalem (James was killed by Herod as recorded in Acts 12). The Apostles were given orders by Christ through the Holy Spirit (v. 2). Christ presented ...

Jesus understood family blessings and struggles on a personal level, and He learned from being part of a family. His early ...

Modalism, or Sabellianism, denies the three distinct Persons of the Trinity and claims that God is one Person who appears in different ‘modes’ at different times—in the Old Testament He appeared as ...