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The Day of Pentecost is this Sunday, so many congregations will have members speaking their various languages, all at the same time. That cacophony (evil speech for those who avoided Greek) should be classified as cuteness, because the original event was not a dubious show-and-tell display.
Not far from the Ichabode, a congregation bought a church building and gave it the title of Holy Spirit, in fact, only Holy Spirit - no Trinity.
Although Pentecost was upgraded by the Vatican, and encouraged by the mainline copycats, few denominations make much of Pentecost. Anything miraculous makes parents nervous and eager to explain. "Billy, we don't really mean that, and turn off the Tik-Tok."
I contend, with support from Luther and the KJV, the overwhelming work of the Spirit throughout the Scriptures. The Spirit is there in Genesis 1, teaching us about the Father and the Son. The Unitarians in ELCA and the Church Growth Movement pass on by, since they have the power of Drucker, the insights of Waldo Werning, the depth of Lawrence Otto Olson.
If we pay attention to the ecclesiastical stars, they are the salvation of all the goodness of their campaigns, videos, manuals, and D.Min. certifications. In fact, they are no better than the stuffing found in Amazon boxes and Salvation Army bags.
The Spirit advocates the truth, not the hollowed out fads of yesterday.
KJV John 16:8 And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on Me;
The wrong questions are... everything except believing in Jesus Christ, the Good Shepherd, the Son of God, Savior, Lamb of God.
