For a majority of Christians, the Holy Spirit is a third of the Trinity, and memorizing verses about the spirit of God are encouraged to do. "The Triune God", also known as the Father, Son, and the ...

Briefly put, the Holy Trinity is the belief that the one God subsists in Three Persons: God the Father, God the Son, Jesus (Who took on flesh in the incarnation and became Man), and God the Holy ...

Pentecost let everyone hear the gospel in their first language. Bible translators work to give others that intimate experience too. Pentecost reveals a God who understands that language is more than ...

The Rev. Betty Hanna-Witherspoon, Ebenezer A.M.E. Church, Kansas City, Mo. I am tempted to choose Acts 2, in which the Holy Spirit comes with a “sound like the rush of a violent wind ... and divided ...

So he invited Philip to get in and sit with him. (Acts 8:29-31) Find today’s readings here. People I know often toss around the Holy Spirit a bit too freely. “That was the Holy Spirit,” after a ...

When the risen Jesus appeared for the first time to the disciples huddled behind locked doors, he spoke to them reassuringly, "breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit' " (John ...

This is a homily exploring what the church imagines on Pentecost Sunday. The names for the Spirit from "Veni Sancte Spiritus" should be read with good pauses between. Pentecost is the last of the ...

Under the impact of the Enlightenment, Professor E. W. Hengstenberg of Bonn became a decided rationalist; in fact, he formulated the principles of rationalism for his university. He was a brilliant ...