Geoffrey Holsclaw
We Must Wait Cover photo by Tom Morel on Unsplash In charismatic circles—especially around Pentecost—you’ll hear a lot about waiting on the Spirit. And of course this is a good thing. As “the wind blows where it pleases”, so too with the Spirit (John 3:8). We can’t control the Spirit. We only receive. We […]
Pentecost comes and goes so quickly. And we so quickly forget what we have received, trading our birthright for a bowl of porridge called power. Here are six kinds of power followers of Christ often seek after instead of the promise of Pentecost—the Holy Spirit. Many times these six work together, sometimes they compete with […]
Asking if Pentecost leads to democracy might sound like an odd question. But I really want to ask whether Christianity has a particular political-social form. In other words, is Christianity particularly suited for (or the cause of) Western Liberalism? Or, does the Spirit that animates Pentecost also animate democracy? Pentecost and Equality Some see Pentecost, […]
