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Acts
2:1-21
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative World Scriptures from United
Communities of Spirit:
Born Anew |
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Chapter VII, Adversus
Judaeos,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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Chapter
XXV, On Prayer,
Tertullian
(c. 199) |
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Chapter
LXIII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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Chapter VI,
Chapter IV,
Chapter VIII,
Chapter LXIII, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 212) |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "By this we understand that the apostles were not speaking one language and
then another by chance at random, or as eccentric men used to do, but that they kept in
mind the languages of their hearers: and to be short, that they only spoke as the Holy
Spirit directed them to speak." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "And notwithstanding differences of sentiments and interests, as there were
among those disciples, let us agree to love one another; for where brethren dwell together
in unity, there the Lord commands his blessing." |
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| From
Wesley's Notes.
| "The miracle was not in the ears of the hearers, (as some have
unaccountably supposed,) but in the mouth of the speakers. And this family praising God
together, with the tongues of all the world, was an earnest that the whole world should in
due time praise God in their various tongues." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "...'disparted tongues'. that is, tongue-shaped, flame-like appearances,
rising from a common center or root, and resting upon each of that large
company:--beautiful visible symbol of the burning energy of the Spirit now descending in
all His plenitude upon the Church, and about to pour itself through every tongue, and over
every tribe of men under heaven!" |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "To be filled implies that the human spirit within was overwhelmed
by, or immersed in, the Holy Spirit. The baptism of the Spirit was not a sprinkling, but
an outpouring that overwhelmed the human spirit." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"First
Thoughts on Year C First Reading Acts Passages
from the Lectionary,"
Pentecost, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
(Same as Year A.)
| "Like a movie
director, Luke creates a scene with wind and fire. The scene is a
commentary on the whole movie to follow. The God of Sinai and the
Law is acting again." |
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"Euphoric with Hope," Blogging toward Sunday,
Nanette Sawyer, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian Century, 2008.
| "Though humans crucify, God
resurrects. Though humans divide and dominate, God communicates. God
has the last word, and the word is wild." |
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Exegesis, C. Freeman Sleeper, free sample at Lectionary
Homiletics, 2008.
| "In
the Jewish tradition Pentecost was a harvest festival fifty days
after Passover (Ex 23:16; 34:12; Lev 23:15-21)." |
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Acts 2:1-21, Acts and the Easter Season, Donald
Juel, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern
Theological Seminary, 1985. |
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"'These
people are not drunk as you suppose, (Acts 2:15)," William Loader, Being
the Church Then and Now: Issues from the Acts of the Apostles.
| "In advance of the day when the great
vision would be fulfilled, God would already send the Spirit, the gift
traditionally expected in the last days according to Jewish expectation." |
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"Pentecost: The Day of the Lord," Carl A. Volz, Word & World,
1990.
| "According to Jewish tradition,
the Israelites arrived at Mt. Sinai fifty days after leaving Egypt,
so the festival of Weeks (Pentecost) came to commemorate the giving
of the law." |
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"God in Us,"
Preacher's Magazine, 2006: Listening to the Text,
Engaging the Text, Preaching the Text. |
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"Fire in the Dark," Mark Harris,
The Christian Century, 2005.
| "Pentecost, however, is not an event to be wished for
lightly. The Spirit is somewhat cranky and given to its own thing." |
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"Confused by
Clarity," Expository Essay,
Acts 2:1-21, Dr. William R. Long.
Part 2. |
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"Gift of the Spirit,"
Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
| "As the place whether God's Spirit
dwells, we are his instruments in the world. What we think and say and do
spreads God's life giving breathe to others. How do we measure up to this
privilege and responsibility?" |
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"Coming into Focus," Bill O'Brien, The Christian Century,
2003.
| "The body of Christ receives and
shares the same gift that the disciples received." |
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"Windblown,"
commentary by Jim Callahan, The Christian Century, 2000. At Religion Online.
| "It has taken me a lifetime of what
Dorothy Day called 'the long loneliness'
to discern the power and the simplicity of that most comforting of words.
They turn out to be a power definition: Joy is something that sorrow
turns into." |
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"The Unruly Spirit," Beverly R. Gaventa,
The Christian Century,
1993.
| "The coming of the Spirit signals nothing less than
the beginning of the eschaton, its invasion of the world and its bid for
the worlds people." |
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"The New Age of the Spirit,"
Ronald Goetz, The Christian Century, 1990.
At Religion Online.
| "The descent of the Spirit signaled an
unprecedented condition in which personal salvation and the imposition of
the politics of the kingdom of God on the world political scene were but
two sides of the same coin." |
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"Filled
with the Holy Spirit,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
| "Putting
Pentecost in Perspective - Part 1 (Acts 2:1-13)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the
Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "The 'coming' of the Holy Spirit
is very much like the account of the birth of our Lord in Luke." |
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| "Putting
Pentecost in Perspective - Part 2 (Acts 2:1-13)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the
Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "In a manner very similar to the
'filling' of the Old Testament personalities, there were a number of people who were
described as being filled with the Holy Spirit..." |
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| "Putting
Pentecost in Perspective - Part 3 (Acts 2:1-40)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the
Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "To the threat of eternal judgment
is God’s offer of salvation, to all who will 'call upon the name of the Lord.'
By admitting your sin, and by trusting in Jesus of Nazareth as God’s Messiah and
your Savior, you will be forgiven, receive the gift of the Holy Spirit, and look forward
to the coming kingdom of God and all of its blessings." |
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| "The
Pentecostal Experience: A Study in Acts 2," by Lehman Strauss at the
Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "Pentecost, then, was the
anniversary of the law. The law was given expressly to Israel, but the coming of the Holy
Spirit at Pentecost was to indwell each believer, whether Jew or
Gentile." |
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"Pentecost:
Before and After," Richard B. Gaffin, Jr., in Kerux: The
Online Journal of Biblical Theology (Reformed).
| "The blessings of salvation
that the New Testament believer enjoys—regeneration, justification
and all the rest—flow from and are tied to union with the exalted
Christ. That cannot be said of Abraham and the rest of the
remnant according to grace during their pilgrimage on earth. Our
union-privilege, I take it, is et the hears of the "something
better" planned by God for old as well as new covenant
believers, "so that only together with us would they be made
perfect" (Heb. 11 :40)." |
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"First
Thoughts on Passages on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary:
Pentecost B," William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "Luke invites us to play and play we
should - he has set the scene. Let's run riot with symbolism. He did. And
in doing so the key is not to lose connection with what and who is being
celebrated." |
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| Articles & Background:
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"Speaking
in (the World's) Tongues," Wes Howard-Brook, Living the Word,
Sojourner's, November-December 2000.
| "As long as we keep to this
bottom line, we are free, indeed compelled, to adapt our language to
the ears of those who may choose to listen to our proclamation of
good news." |
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"Hot-House Ecclesiology," Letty M. Russell, The Ecumenical Review,
2001.
| "Although women love the church deeply
and are the majority of the members in most congregations, there are many
women in all parts of the world for whom the church is not a safe space." |
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| "The
Holy Spirit: A Folk Perspective," Henry H. Mitchell at The
Living Pulpit.
| "Despite all the spontaneity
connected with my African American heritage, a great majority of us
have never been guilty of what has been called over-subjectivity. We
have traditional safeguards, spoken and unspoken, against this kind
of excess. I invite you to consider these safeguards now as basic
ingredients of a folk doctrine of the Holy Spirit." |
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In
the Power of the Spirit, ed by Dennis A. Smith and Benjamin F. Gutierrez. The
Pentecostal challenge to historic churches in Latin America, prepared by 17 historians,
theologians and sociologists of religion from the region. Full text book at Religion On-Line. |
| "The
Holy Spirit," Michael Welker, Princeton
Theological Seminary. Theology Today.
| "The one upon whom Yahweh's
spirit rests is described as one who executes justice and
righteousness in favor of the lowly and the poor, and who precisely
in that manner acquires great power, who precisely in that manner
builds strong loyal attachments." |
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| "Pluralism
and Christian Commitment," Lamin Senneh, Theology Today,
1988.
| "In the early centuries, the
new Christian religion moved forward like an oriental caravanserai,
with its complex baggage of exotic teachings, baffling mysteries,
and an eclectic ethical code. In the jumble and tumble of social
encounter, Christians spoke a bewildering variety of languages...
Christian missionaries assumed that since all cultures and languages
are lawful in God's eyes, the rendering of God's word into those
languages and cultures is valid and necessary... Far from
suppressing indigenous cultures, the effect of missionary
translation has been to stimulate indigenous renewal." |
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| "Aspekte
Biblischer Theologie dargestellt an der Verwendung von Ps 16 in
Apostelgeschichte 2 und 13," Wolfgang Fenske, Biblica 83, 2002. (Abstract
in English.)
| "The question of whether the OT should
be understood from the perspective of the NT or vice versa becomes
irrelevant, for from the perspective of appropriating texts what counts is
that the reading of one text influences the interpretation of another." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Adams, Joanna M.,
"Us," The Christian Century, 1994. (Sermon)
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| Beale, G.K., "The
Descent of the Eschatological Temple in the Form of the Spirit at
Pentecost, Part 1," Tyndale Bulletin, 2005.
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| Beale, G.K., "The
Descent of the Eschatological Temple in the Form of the Spirit at
Pentecost, Part 2," Tyndale Bulletin, 2005.
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| Brinkman, J.A., S.J.,
"The Literary Background of the 'Catalogue of the Nations' (Acts 2:9-11),"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1963.
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| Callahan, Jim,
"Windblown," The Christian Century, 2000.
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| Dawn, Marva J., "Preaching Pentecost Texts: Will Holy Spirit Fire Inflame Again?"
Journal for Preachers, 2002.
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| Enniss, P.C.,
"God's Odd," Journal for Preachers, 1997. (Sermon.)
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| Faus, Nancy
Rosenberger, "Winds of the Spirit," Brethren Life and Thought,
2005. (Sermon.)
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| Fernandez, Eleazar S., "Finding a Home in the Belly of the Empire,"
Semeia, 2002.
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| Fitzmyer, Joseph A.,
S.J.,
"The Ascension of Christ and Pentecost," Theological Studies,
1984.
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| Gaventa, Beverly R.,
"The Unruly Spirit," The Christian Century, 1993.
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| Gilbert, Gary,
"The List of Nations in Acts 2: Roman Propaganda and the Lukan Response,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002.
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| Goetz, Ronald,
"The New Age of the Spirit," The Christian Century, 1990.
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| González, Justo L.,
and Catherine G. González,
"Babel and Empire: Pentecost and Empire, Preaching on Genesis 11:1-9 and
Acts 2:1-12," Journal for Preachers, 1993.
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| González, Justo L.,
and Catherine G. González,
"The Ins and Outs of Pentecost," Journal for Preachers, 2003.
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| Guder, Darrell L.,
"Pentecost and Missionary Preaching in North America," Journal for
Preachers, 2002.
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| Harris, Mark,
"Fire in the Dark," The Christian Century, 2005.
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| Hübner, Hans, "The Holy Spirit in
Holy Scripture," Ecumenical Review, 1989.
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| Jones, L. Gregory,
"The Gift and Task of Language," The Christian Century, 1992.
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| Juel, Donald,
"Acts and the Easter Season," Word & World, 1985.
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| Juel, Donald,
"Social Dimensions of Exegesis: The Use of Psalm 16 in Acts 2," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1981.
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| Kershner, Shannon
Johnson,
"Outside the Walls," Journal for Preachers, 2006. Sermon.
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| Kim, Eunjoo Mary,
"The Holy Spirit and the New Marginality," Journal for Preachers,
2002.
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| Kim, Jin S.,
"Evangelism as Parabolic Witness," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
Sermon.
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| Laytham, D. Brent,
"The Narrative Shape of Scriptural Authority: Plotting Pentecost," Ex
Auditu, 2003.
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| Lee, Mark,
"An Evangelical Dialogue on Luke, Salvation, and Spirit Baptism,"
Pneuma, 2004.
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| Lemopoulos, George,
"The Icon of Pentecost: A Liturgical Bible Study on Acts 2:1-4,"
Ecumenical Review, 1990.
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| Long, Thomas G.,
"A Night at the Burlesque: Wanderings through the Pentecost Narrative,"
Journal for Preachers, 1991.
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| Lowry, James S.,
"It Was a Warm Day in..." Journal for Preachers, 1995. Sermon.
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| Macchia, Frank D.,
"Unity and Otherness: Lessons from Babel and Pentecost," The Living
Pulpit, 2004.
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| Marty, Peter W.,
"A Conspiracy," The Christian Century, 1996.
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| Menzies, Glen,
"Pre-Lucan Occurrences of the Phrase 'Tongue(s) of Fire,'" Pneuma,
2000.
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| Merola, Rob,
"Radical Reliance," The Christian Century, 2006.
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| Mitchell, Henry
H., "The Holy Spirit: A Folk Perspective," The Living Pulpit,
1996.
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| O'Brien, Bill,
"Coming into Focus," The Christian Century, 2003.
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| Ralls, Mark,
"Homesick," The Christian Century, 2007.
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| Russell, Keith A.,
"At One with the Power: Reflections on the
Lectionary Readings for May,"
The Living Pulpit, 2007. (See also
"Atonement," issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 16.2, 2007.)
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| Russell, Letty M.,
"Hot-House Ecclesiology: A Feminist Interpretation of the Church,"
Ecumenical Review, 2001.
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| Sanneh, Lamin,
"Pluralism and Christian Commitment," Theology Today, 1988.
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| Schott, Faye E.,
"Acts 2:1-21, Between Text & Sermon," Interpretation, 1996.
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| Siker, Judy Yates,
"That Unsettling Holy Spirit," The Living Pulpit, 2004.
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| Sleeper, C. Freeman,
"Pentecost and Resurrection," Journal of Biblical Literature,
1965.
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| Taylor, Barbara Brown,
"God's Breath," Journal for Preachers, 2003.
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| Tiede, David L.,
"Expository Article, Acts 2:1-47," Interpretation, 1979.
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| Tisdale, Leonora
Tubbs,
"The Wind That Blows the Doors Off," Journal for Preachers, 2003.
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| Treier, Daniel J.,
"The Fulfillment of Joel 2:28-32: A Multiple-Lens Approach," Journal
of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1997.
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| van der Horst, Pieter
W.,
"Hellenistic Parallels to the Acts of the Apostles (2.1-47)," Journal
for the Study of the New Testament, 1985.
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| VanderKam, James C.,
"Covenant and Pentecost," Calvin Theological Journal, 2002.
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| Volz, Carl A.,
"Pentecost -- The Day of the Lord," The Christian Century, 1990.
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| Wagenaar, Hinne,
"Babel, Jerusalem and Kumba: Missiological Reflections on Genesis 11:1-9 and
Acts 2:1-13," International Review of Mission, 2003.
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| Wedderburn, A.J.M.,
"Traditions and Redaction in Acts 2:1-13," Journal for the Study of
the New Testament, 1994.
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| Welker, Michael,
"The Holy Spirit," Theology Today, 1989.
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| Willimon, William H.,
"'Everyone Whom the Lord our God Calls': Acts 2 and the Miracle of Pentecost
Preaching in a Multicultural Context," Journal for Preachers,
2002.
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| Willimon, William H., "Taking It
to the Streets," The Christian Century, 1991.
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| Reviews: |
| Sermons:
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"Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines," the Rev. Dr. James B.
Lemler, Day 1, 2008. |
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"Nothing But Fire Kindles Fire," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle,
Washington. |
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"When Pentecost Ends Too
Soon," the Rev. Barbara K. Lundblad, Day 1, 2005. |
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"Imagination and
Transformation: Self, Culture, Church," Fr. Patrick Brennan,
30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday
Evening Club, 1998. |
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"The Prevailing Spirit,"
Dean William Willimon, Duke University Chapel Sermon Archive,
1998. |
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"The Day
Heaven Burst Open," the Rev. Grace Imathiu, Day 1, 1999. |
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"Preachers, All!"
Dean William Willimon, Duke Chapel, 1999. |
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Pacific
School of Religion Chapel Sermon, October 20, 1998, Hubert G. Locke,
Chair of the PSR Board of Trustees.
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| With Children:
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"The Holy
Spirit," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons),
coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts. |
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"Like a Puppet on a String,"
"Strength Together," and
"It's
Not Plugged In," Talks to Children, Rev. Donald
McCorkindale, Dalgety Parish Church, Fife, Scotland. |
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"Pentecostal Power,"
Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com. |
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