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Pentecost accents Jewish roots
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Pentecost often is seen as the birthday of the church. But that
may be an anachronistic view and one more example of the way many of
us who are Christian misunderstand or devalue our deep Jewish roots.
Pentecost commemorates the day 50 days after Jesus' resurrection
when Christians believe the Apostles received the gift of the Holy
Spirit in a definitive way. But Jesus' followers didn't finally
separate from Judaism until many decades later.
And the church didn't invent the term...
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THE HOLY SPIRIT: PRESENCE, POWER, PERSON.(Critical Essay)
Theological Studies
; IN HIS VOLUME ON PNEUMATOLOGY Jurgen Moltmann comments that [f]rom the very beginning, the personhood of the Holy Spirit was an unsolved problem, and the problem is as difficult as it is fascinating. (1) This remark could almost be taken as a latter-day echo of Gregory of Nazianzen's observation
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Pentecostal movement has cast light on role of Holy Spirit.
Dallas Morning News
; Byline: Ira J. Hadnot The Father and Jesus are well known _ both have starred in movies and have been the subjects of countless books, paintings and music compositions. What about the third member of the Trinity? The Holy Spirit does lots of heavy lifting in the Bible by providing supernatural
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Pentecostal movement has cast light on role of Holy Spirit.(The Dallas Morning News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; Byline: Ira J. Hadnot The Father and Jesus are well known _ both have starred in movies and have been the subjects of countless books, paintings and music compositions. What about the third member of the Trinity? The Holy Spirit does lots of heavy lifting in the Bible by providing supernatural
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 "The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)")
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HOLY SPIRIT IS ACTIVE IN OUR LIVES.(ROCKINGHAM)
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
; Byline: Billy Graham DEAR DR. GRAHAM: I am confused over what the Holy Spirit is. I can understand about God and about Jesus (I guess I consider myself a follower of Jesus), but I hear all sorts of ideas from some of my friends about the Holy Spirit. I don't know what to believe. - R.S. DEAR R.S.:
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What would you do with abundance of Holy Spirit?
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle
; By Danny Nicodemus Pastor, Power Station Ministries Have you ever been to one of those meetings when challenged with the thought of, "What would you do if you could make an extra $500 a month or $1,000 or maybe an extra $5,000 a month or even more?" And all of a sudden your mind is going wild with
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Sayings about the Holy Spirit.(Reflections Today)
Manila Bulletin
; Luke 12:8-12 JESUS said to His disciples, I tell you, everyone who acknowledges Me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies Me before others will be denied before the angels of God. Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven,
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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When God is a she; Vicars angered by advice to pray to a female Holy Spirit at Whitsun.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
; Byline: CHRIS BROOKE GOD should be referred to as female, clergy are being told in an official Church of England publication. Some have reacted angrily to the advice, condemning what they call 'incipient feminism' and 'political correctness'. But the pamphlet's editor argues that it is just as
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God's breeze can blow in you As We approach Pentecost, we are considering some of the symbols of the Holy Spirit of God.
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph
; As We approach Pentecost, we are considering some of the symbols of the Holy Spirit of God. Today's symbol is wind. When the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the Church, they reported hearing a sound like the rushing wind. Of course, wind is associated with power. In the same way, the Holy Spirit of
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Sayings about the Holy Spirit; Luke 12:8-12.(Opinion & Editorial)
Manila Bulletin
; JESUS said to His disciples, I tell you, everyone who acknowledges Me before others the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God. But whoever denies Me before others will be denied before the angels of God. Everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the one
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The double procession of the Holy Spirit in evangelical theology today: Do we still need it?
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; GERALD BRAY* The important topic of the relationship of the Holy Spirit to the other members of the Godhead brings us to the very heart of our faith and of our experience of Christ. At the same time it brings us also to the edge of the deepest of divine mysteries, which is the coinherence of the
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