Acts 2

Acts points us to a better communion, one that preserves and celebrates diversity.

Growing up bilingual primed me to see the gifts offered at Babel and Pentecost.

So why do so many of them embrace it as a solution?

Paul’s words about humility should be handled with care.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The Duke Chapel dean writes as if the Holy Spirit makes all the difference for faithful preaching—and anti-racism.

The church in Acts 2 will follow Jesus, for they know his voice.

Luke slows down to elaborate the diversity of the crowd—simply for the pleasure of it.

Kenosis, solidarity, and discipleship

Five new books about Luke and Acts

Maybe we should see Pentecost as a celebration of land and labor in which the Holy Spirt is made known.

This Sunday is one where some re-education and re-framing might be helpful.

Do antisemitic appeals to the Bible always constitute an abuse of scripture? Would that it were so simple.

The Spirit affirms our differences, speaking in ways that each of us can understand—yet also drawing us together.

Divisions mark our society—and our churches. What could possibly bring us together?

Those who heard the disciples preach on Pentecost comprehended the message in their own language. But that was only the beginning.

In Acts comes Luke’s imaginative way to build upon ancient stories. The tongues of fire are no longer seen from afar on top of God’s mountain. And the multiplicity of languages becomes God’s vehicle for bringing salvation to the entire world.