On the day of Pentecost, we celebrate the birth of the Church, but what exactly does it mean? There were a number of firsts on that day. The first outpouring of the Holy Spirit, as promised by Jesus. The first Christian sermon, delivered by Peter. And the first mass-baptism, as 3,000 people joined the ranks of believers on that day. The ( Read more... )

In today's world, it is an unpopular thing to defend the Biblical view of marriage. Yet God's word is unchanging and in today's episode, recorded at the Pitman Grove Camp Meeting, we take a long look at some disputed and controversial scriptures as they pertain to the Christian model of love and marriage ( Read more... )

We come to the end of our sermon series based upon the baptismal vows of the United Methodist Church, and we come also to the biggest baptism recorded in the Bible. Pentecost was a Jewish holy day and feast celebrating the harvest, but on this particular Pentecost the Holy Spirit filled the disciples and they went out into the streets of Jerusalem ( Read more... )