Acts
2:1-21
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Chapter VII, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
- Chapter XXV, On Prayer, Tertullian (c. 199)
- Chapter LXIII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter VI, Chapter IV, Chapter VIII, Chapter LXIII, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- Sermon for Pentecost Sunday, Acts 2:1-13, Martin Luther, c. 1525.
- 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."
- 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."
- 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."
- 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!"
- 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."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary, Acts 2:1-2, Margaret Aymer, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2017.
- "The Pentecost lectionary takes place in Jerusalem on the feast day of Shavuot, fifty days after Passover in the Jewish calendar."
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, Illustration Ideas, 2017.
- Commentary, Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost C), Matthew L. Skinner, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2016.
- "Acts does not regard Pentecost as an entirely singular occurrence. This scene introduces a sequence of occasions in which the Spirit mobilizes Jesus' followers and inaugurates new directions for ministry and community."
- The Truett Pulpit, Dr. Vicki Vaughn, Executive Director, Richard Jackson Center for Evangelism & Encouragement, Brownwood, Texas.
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, Illustration Ideas, 2016.
- "About the Fire," Lynn Miller, celebrating our creative and living God by generating art and architecture resources for congregations and individuals. Art and Faith Matters facebook page contains additional resources.
- "Indoors/outdoors," Melissa Bane Sevier, Contemplative Viewfinder, 2016.
- Pulpit Fiction, with podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2016.
- "The Politics of Language," Amy Allen, Political Theology Today, 2016.
- "Praying for Another Pentecost," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2016.
- Commentary, Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost B), Frank L. Crouch, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2015.
- "One challenge of preaching on major festival days such as Christmas, Easter, or Pentecost lies in their familiarity."
- "Come Alongside, Holy Spirit!" David Lose, ...in the Meantime, 2015.
- "The Holy Spirit is as much agitator as advocate, as much provocateur as comforter."
- "Pentecost for Everyone," storytelling, multigenerational, Casey Fitzgerald, Faith and Wonder, 2015.
- "Your Head's On Fire," Melissa Bane Sevier, Contemplative Viewfinder, 2015.
- "Pentecost and Patterns of New Creation," Patrick Johnson, Missional Preaching, 2015.
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2015.
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, Scott Hoezee, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, illustration ideas, 2015.
- "So what could be more hopeful, more encouraging, more worthy of wonder and joy than a spectacle that suggested that such disunity is not the whole story nor the end of the story?"
- "Suddenly A Rush of Wind," Lynn Miller, Art & Faith Matters, celebrating our creative and living God by generating art and architecture resources for congregations and individuals. Art and Faith Matters facebook page contains additional resources.
- Lectionary Greek, Rob Myallis, 2015.
- "The Politics of Making a Prophet," Alastair Roberts, Political Theology Today, 2015.
- "The Church far too easily finds itself in thrall to the powers that be, weakly petitioning for a hearing in their halls, rather than confidently exercising its privilege of access to the heavenly council."
- "Fill "Er Up," podcast, Casey FitzGerald tells Acts 2:1-21, 2015.
- "Are We in the Last Days?" Glenn Monson, Law & Gospel Everywhere, 2015.
- Commentary, Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost A), Mikeal C. Parsons, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2014.
- "Despite the theological attractiveness of seeing Pentecost as the reversal of Babel, there is little from the ancient historical and religious context to suggest that Luke or his audience would have made such a connection."
- "The First Multi-Media Blowup Moment," Dr. Karyn L. Wiseman, ON Scripture, Odyssey Networks, 2014. Video: Social Media and the Nigerian Girls.
- "We've Only Just Begun," Pentecost in the Narrative Lectionary, commentary and discussion at RevGalBlogPals, 2014.
- "Speaking Spirit-Language," David N. Mosser, Edgy Exegesis, 2014.
- "On Pentecost, God takes a group of haphazard, diverse believers and unites us with the precious gift of spirit-language."
- Lectionary Greek, Rob Myallis, 2014.
- The Politics of Pentecost, Alastair Roberts, Political Theology Today, 2014.
- "The account of Pentecost in Acts is played out against a vast backdrop of scriptural history."
- "When and Then," Peter Lockhart, A Different Heresy, 2014.
- God will act! Even though, as Jesus says, no one knows the time, the time is still coming.
- "The Offering of Which Gospel?" John C. Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2014.
- "Many readers of this story focus their attention on the spooky details of wind, fire, and amazing speech, and miss the real story Luke is trying to tell."
- "Receive the Holy Spirit," David F. Sellery, 2014.
- The Lectionary Lab, the Rev'ds Dr. John Fairless and Delmer Chilton (aka "Two Bubbas and a Bible"), 2014. Lectionary Lab Live podcast. 2011.
- "Pentecost Fire," Andrew King, A Poetic Kind of Place, 2014.
- Commentary on Acts 2:1-21/Philippians 4:4-7, Audrey West, Narrative Lectionary for June 8, 2014, Working Preacher.
- "Divided tongues like fire!? Violent, howling wind!? It is one thing to receive a promise, quite another to be thrust into the midst of its fulfillment."
- Pentecost, podcast for Narrative Lectionary (Acts 2:1-21 and Philippians 4:4-7, Working Preacher, 2014.
- "Voices of God," Nancy Rockwell, The Bite in the Apple, 2014.
- "But -– what are the tongues, whose voices speak for God, what is the sound – how do we know its tale and tone?"
- Pulpit Fiction, plus podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2014.
- "The Power of the Holy Spirit," Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2014.
- "How have you seen God 'break down what divides us from one another?' In your experience, how does the Holy Spirit still and always help us to understand each other?"
- "Acts of God," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2014.
- "One of the lessons of Pentecost is that when "God happens," it will be something astonishing, like Pentecost itself. If we want to see some genuine "Acts of God" in our midst, we need to be prepared for some amazement, some confusion."
- Commentary, Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost C), Brian Peterson, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2013.
- "In the context of Joel, this passage meant the salvation of Israel and the destruction of those nations that had oppressed it."
- "Nickolet's Sermon Writing for Pentecost," sermon discussion from Frederick Buechner, Frederick Buechner Blog.
- "He crossed out what he had written and in block letters wrote, 'IS IT TRUE?' Was that, secretly, what they came to find out Sunday after Sunday, just that, yes or no?"
- Lectionary Greek, Rob Myallis, 2013.
- "Pentecost in Contexts," D Mark Davis, Left Behind and Loving It, 2013.
- "Sense Where None Seems Possible,," Nancy Rockwell, A Bite in the Apple, 2013.
- "This is the promise of Pentecost: now we no longer depend solely on Jesus to be the one who understands. Now we, too, understand. And now we, too, can speak and our voices can spread the Spirit of understanding."
- You Don't Take Pentecost Seriously, Danielle Shoyer, The Hardest Question, 2013.
- "No, really. You don't. But you should."
- Holy Textures, Understanding the Bible in its own time and in ours,
Acts 2:1-21, David Ewart, 2013.
- "We might all hear the same words - each in our own language - but we will not all hear and understand exactly the same meaning. The problem with life, and faith, and following Jesus is always: What does this mean?"
- "Breath of God," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2013.
- "Our fate ultimately rests not on our faith, which can come and go like the tides ebb and flow, but on the faithfulness of our God and of our Savior Jesus the Christ."
- Oh How the Holy Spirit Still Moves, Dr. Janet H. Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2013.
- "Can you think of a time in your experience when language separated people from one another? Can you think of a time when that division was overcome?"
- Pulpit Fiction, podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2013.
- Commentary, Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost B), Jacob Myers, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2012.
- "What if Luke's intention in today's lection is to break apart a theology that is wrapped up in ethnic identity?"
- "Think Differently about Difference," Eric D. Barreto, ON Scripture, 2012.
- "God meets us in the messiness of different languages and does not ask us to speak God’s language. Instead, God chooses to speak our many languages."
- "Pentecost Is Justice Revived," D Mark Davis, raw translation and exegesis/questions, Left Behind and Loving It, 2012.
- "It is my hope that whatever else we have to say about Pentecost Sunday, we remember these roots – that Pentecost was essentially a celebration for those who had been lifted out of poverty and slavery to remember that abundance and freedom obligate us to those who continue to live in poverty and chains."
- "The Baghdad Breeze and the Power of Holy Spirit," Janet Hunt, Dancing with the Word, 2012.
- "Can you think of times and places when the power of God remained in spite of evidence to the contrary?"
- "A Spiritual Renewal," John C. Holbert, Patheos, 2012.
- "Happy birthday indeed to the new community of God, together as one, hearing the announcement of God's hope for the world and living as if that hope is not only true but fully possible now."
- "Wanderlust - A Reflection on Pentecost," Rick Morley, 2012.
- "At the very least our spiritual lives are meant to be a pilgrimage, where the dangerous place is the place that gets too comfortable: stagnant."
- "Assembling in the Spirit," Debra Dean Murphy, Ekklesia Project, 2012.
- "In truth, Pentecost is not the complete reversal of Babel. We still can’t understand each other; we routinely miscommunicate; we gather and we gripe, betraying the unity Christ has called us to as his Body. But the good news of the Acts 2 story, the good news of all our gathering “together in one place,” is not that the Church has a mission, but that God’s mission has a Church."
- Liberal Lectionary Resources, Pentecost B, Ryusho Jeffus, Shonin, Nancy Kraft, 2012.
- "Like a pebble dropped into a quiet lake, the Spirit created a ring in the water."
- "The Walking Alive," Neal D. Presa, The Hardest Question, 2012.
- "Is the Church ever beyond the point of Spiritual reanimation?"
- "The Politics of Acts 2:1-21," Amy Allen, Political Theology, 2012.
- "In your own nation, state, or territory, who are the 'diaspora'? Who are the Ioudaioi? Who bears the hyphenated identities in your midst?"
- "Love Spoken Here," Sharron R Blezard, Stewardship of Life, 2012.
- "Don’t let Pentecost just be another date on the liturgical calendar, a festival day where red clothing, paraments, and flowers are the big deal. The Spirit is present and accounted for, so let that mighty wind wash over you and all God’s people."
- Radical Gratitude, lectionary-based stewardship, Northwest United Methodist Foundation. (.pdf)
- "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."
- Commentary, Acts 2:1-21 (Pentecost A), Mitzi J. Smith, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2011.
- "We encounter God as God walks among us."
- "Pentecost Paradoxes," David Lose, Dear Working Preacher, 2011.
- "Our congregations will not discover themselves until they give themselves away."
-
"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."
- "The Narrowing of the Gospel," Russell Rathbun, The Hardest Question, 2011.
- "Our holy book contains different interpretations of the same stories from creation to the resurrection. There are four gospel voices but only one Acts of the Apostles in the canon."
- Pentecost, audio telling, story in episodes, graphic, audio and written commentaries. Go Tell Communications, Biblical Storytelling for the Global Village, 2010.
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Commentary,
Acts 2:1-21, Richard Jensen, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "Today, many of the fast-growing churches in the global south exhibit these marks of healings and works of social justice. The church always works for the good of the whole community."
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Commentary,
Acts 2:1-21, David Bartlett, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2008.
- "It is fine to preach on this text as the story of the birthday of the church. We want to remember, however, that for Luke the church is not the end of the story."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
"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."
- "Female Preaching in Early Nineteenth-Century America," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Women and the Church," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2009. Focus article: "Women in Ministry: Beyond the Impasse," Catherine A. Brekus.
-
Lectionary Commentary,
Acts 2:1-8, Gary V. Simpson,
The African American Lectionary, 2009.
- "We are called by the circumstance of the Church?s birth to wrestle with the language we use to communicate the gospel so that our experiences are more than mere personal jubilation."
- Acts 2:1-21, Acts and the Easter Season, Donald Juel, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1985.
-
"'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."
-
"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."
- "God in Us," Preacher's Magazine, 2006: Listening to the Text, Engaging the Text, Preaching the Text.
- "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."
- "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..."
- "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."
- "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."
-
"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)."
- 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
- "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."
- Commentary, Acts 2:1-2, Margaret Aymer, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2017.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Adams, Joanna M.,
"Us," The Christian Century, 1994. (Sermon)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Barreto, Eric D., "Negotiating Difference: Theology and Ethnicity in the Acts of the Apostles," Word & World, 2011.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Beale, G.K., "The
Descent of the Eschatological Temple in the Form of the Spirit at
Pentecost, Part 1," Tyndale Bulletin, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Beale, G.K., "The
Descent of the Eschatological Temple in the Form of the Spirit at
Pentecost, Part 2," Tyndale Bulletin, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brinkman, J.A., S.J.,
"The Literary Background of the 'Catalogue of the Nations' (Acts 2:9-11),"
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1963.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Callahan, Jim,
"Windblown," The Christian Century, 2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dawn, Marva J., "Preaching Pentecost Texts: Will Holy Spirit Fire Inflame Again?"
Journal for Preachers, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Enniss, P.C.,
"God's Odd," Journal for Preachers, 1997. (Sermon.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Faus, Nancy
Rosenberger, "Winds of the Spirit," Brethren Life and Thought,
2005. (Sermon.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fernandez, Eleazar S., "Finding a Home in the Belly of the Empire,"
Semeia, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Fitzmyer, Joseph A.,
S.J.,
"The Ascension of Christ and Pentecost," Theological Studies,
1984.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Flesher LeAnn Snow,
"Caution:uncontainable tongues of fire!," Review & Expositor,
2012.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gaventa, Beverly R.,
"The Unruly Spirit," The Christian Century, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gilbert, Gary,
"The List of Nations in Acts 2: Roman Propaganda and the Lukan Response,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Goetz, Ronald,
"The New Age of the Spirit," The Christian Century, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - 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.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - González, Justo L.,
and Catherine G. González,
"The Ins and Outs of Pentecost," Journal for Preachers, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Guder, Darrell L.,
"Pentecost and Missionary Preaching in North America," Journal for
Preachers, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Harris, Mark,
"Fire in the Dark," The Christian Century, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hübner, Hans, "The Holy Spirit in
Holy Scripture," Ecumenical Review, 1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jagessar, Michael
N., "Wind-Rush: Affirming Diversity; A Pentecost Reflection," Black
Theology, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Jones, L. Gregory,
"The Gift and Task of Language," The Christian Century, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Juel, Donald,
"Acts and the Easter Season," Word & World, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Juel, Donald,
"Social Dimensions of Exegesis: The Use of Psalm 16 in Acts 2," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1981.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kershner, Shannon
Johnson,
"Outside the Walls," Journal for Preachers, 2006. Sermon.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kim, Eunjoo Mary,
"The Holy Spirit and the New Marginality," Journal for Preachers,
2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kim, Jin S.,
"Evangelism as Parabolic Witness," Journal for Preachers, 2006.
Sermon.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Laytham, D. Brent,
"The Narrative Shape of Scriptural Authority: Plotting Pentecost," Ex
Auditu, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lee, Mark,
"An Evangelical Dialogue on Luke, Salvation, and Spirit Baptism,"
Pneuma, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lemopoulos, George,
"The Icon of Pentecost: A Liturgical Bible Study on Acts 2:1-4,"
Ecumenical Review, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Long, Thomas G.,
"A Night at the Burlesque: Wanderings through the Pentecost Narrative,"
Journal for Preachers, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Lowry, James S.,
"It Was a Warm Day in..." Journal for Preachers, 1995. Sermon.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Macchia, Frank D.,
"Unity and Otherness: Lessons from Babel and Pentecost," The Living
Pulpit, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Marty, Peter W.,
"A Conspiracy," The Christian Century, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - McDevitt, Jenny,
"Acts 2:1-21, Between Text & Sermon," Interpretation, 2012.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Menzies, Glen,
"Pre-Lucan Occurrences of the Phrase 'Tongue(s) of Fire,'" Pneuma,
2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Merola, Rob,
"Radical Reliance," The Christian Century, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Mitchell, Henry
H., "The Holy Spirit: A Folk Perspective," The Living Pulpit,
1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Nasrallah, Laura, "The Acts of the
Apostles, Greek Cities, and Hadrian's Panhellenion," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - O'Brien, Bill,
"Coming into Focus," The Christian Century, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ralls, Mark,
"Homesick," The Christian Century, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rowe, C. Kavin, "Biblical Pressure
and Trinitarian Hermeneutics," Pro Ecclesia, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - 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.)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Russell, Letty M.,
"Hot-House Ecclesiology: A Feminist Interpretation of the Church,"
Ecumenical Review, 2001.
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"Pluralism and Christian Commitment," Theology Today, 1988.
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"Acts 2:1-21, Between Text & Sermon," Interpretation, 1996.
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"That Unsettling Holy Spirit," The Living Pulpit, 2004.
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- Sermons:
- "Driveway Moments," the Rev. Dr. Scott Kenefake, Day 1, 2015.
- Anna Carter Florence on Acts 2:1-21, Content, Context and You Tube sermon, Religious Institute, 2015.
- "Controlling the Wind," the Rev. Dr. Charles Reeb, Day 1, 2014.
- "We've Got Spirit, Yes We Do!" the Rev. Dr. Hal Brady, Day 1, 2013.
- "What's the Gift?" Thomas G. Long, Day 1, 2012.
- "Golden Age?" the Rev. Canon Charles K. Robertson, Day1, 2010.
- "Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines," the Rev. Dr. James B. Lemler, Day 1, 2008.
- "Nothing But Fire Kindles Fire," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
- "When Pentecost Ends Too Soon," the Rev. Barbara K. Lundblad, Day 1, 2005.
- Pentecost, AKM Adam, Flesh and Bones, 2001. (Download is one long PDF file for book of sermons.)
- "The Day Heaven Burst Open," the Rev. Grace Imathiu, Day 1, 1999.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Day of Pentecost, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2015. 2012.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," May 24, 2015, Union Presbyterian Seminary. 2012.
- "The Holy Spirit," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "Pentecostal Power," Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons4kids.com.
- "Strange and Miraculous!" Linda Edwards, The Children's Chapel.
- "Jesus' Promise Comes True with the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- "Pentecost," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
- "The Day of Pentecost," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Acts 2 Word Search, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
- Drama:
- "Pentecost," Reader's Theater, Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, 2012.
- "Pentecost Rap," Nick Clarke, dramatix.
- "Pentecost," Jane and Mark Lewis, Potted Jam.
- "Radio Zion FM," Jane and Mark Lewis, Potted Jam.
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Acts 2:2, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Acts 2, at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Clip Art: The First Pentecost, Julius Schnoor von Carolsfeld woodcuts, World Mission Collection, Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
- Commercial Site: The Work of the People - Acts 2 / Joel 2 - Films/Visual Liturgy based on RCL texts.
- Hymns and Music:
- “Pentecost Had Come,” an original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, based on Acts 2. Tune: ARGENTINA 11.11.11.11 with Refrain (“Song of Hope”). This hymn was written originally for The Presbyterian Outlook magazine.
- "Spirit of God,” an original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, celebrating biblical stories of the Spirit from creation, through the prophets, Jesus, Pentecost and today. Tune: O QUANTA QUALIA (11.11.11.11) (“God of Compassion, in Mercy Befriend Us”). This hymn is in Voices Found: Women in the Church's Song (Episcopal) and is also an anthem from the Choristers Guild.
- "Wind of the Spirit," Hymn based on John 20:19-23, Ezekiel 37:1-14, Acts 2, Lisa Ann Moss Degrenia, 2012.
- Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Acts 2:1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 17, 20. The Cyber Hymnal.
- "Your Love in Every Tongue," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Acts
