Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

Acts 2:1-21

  • Before the Pentecost event, Jesus reminds his followers that their work and comfort come are the same: relational and active and loving.

  • Pentecost is a spectacle of power and grace. Our response to it can be shallow; which means we miss its true revolutionary message.

  • Pentecost gives us plenty to talk about each year. We must start with what it is we need to focus on—and some of what we don’t.

  • In Pentecost, we have a miraculous event of divine communication. But the challenge is in remembering we are disciples.

  • When reading of the Pentecost, our minds are split: do we focus on the miracle of it, or on what God is revealing?

  • The Pentecost invites us to be part of something bigger. An invitation which continues to be revolutionary.