Power to preach

By Lucy Peppiatt2025-05-01T13:48:00

At Pentecost we remember how the Holy Spirit equipped the first Christians with supernatural gifts so they could witness for Christ. May the same be true today, says Lucy Peppiatt

After Jesus has been resurrected, Luke tells us in the book of Acts that he spends 40 days with the disciples, speaking about the kingdom of God; essentially re-teaching them everything he taught them before the crucifixion. Only this time around, his teaching would have made much more sense, of course, because now the disciples had witnessed his death and resurrection for themselves.

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