Tag: Ascension/Pentecost
-
John 20:19-31, the Johannine Pentecost
In John 20, Jesus drifts through closed doors and astounds the disciples. Then — as if to hammer home the point that he’s really alive and breathing — he exhales on them. Here is the text set forth in scenes and questions.
-
-
Bending Space & Time: Jesus’ Ascension
The church’s observance of Jesus’ Ascension is an invitation for the preacher to bend the Space/Time continuum. After all, what did Jesus mean when he disappeared from view but promised his disciples he’d BRB (Be Right Back)? Pentecost comes on the heels of Ascension, and the two are related. Traditional theology describes time and space…