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He was the senior pastor at Grace Bible Church in Dallas, Texas, from 1958 to 1976. Fellow DTS seminarian Charles R. Swindoll served under Pentecost at Grace Church from 1961 to 1965, including a two-year position as assistant pastor. [4] Pentecost wrote nearly twenty books, mostly for the general Christian audience. [5] He spoke to audiences ...
Acts 2 is the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition asserted that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke. [1] This chapter records the events on the day of Pentecost, about 10 days after the ascension of ...
The earliest possible date is May 10 (as in 1818 and 2285). The latest possible date is June 13 (as in 1943 and 2038). The day of Pentecost is seven weeks after Easter Sunday: that is to say, the fiftieth day after Easter inclusive of Easter Sunday. [98] Pentecost may also refer to the 50 days from Easter to Pentecost Sunday inclusive of both. [99]
Commonly termed "speaking in tongues", this vocal phenomenon is believed by Pentecostals to include an endless variety of languages. According to Pentecostal theology, the language spoken (1) may be an unlearned human language, such as the Bible claims happened on the Day of Pentecost, or (2) it might be of heavenly origin. In the first case ...
Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is the name used in Britain, [1] and other countries among Anglicans and Methodists, [2] for the Christian holy day of Pentecost.It falls on the seventh Sunday after Easter and commemorates the descent of the Spirit of Truth upon Christ's disciples (as described in Acts 2).
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The Sunday of Pentecost is called "Trinity Sunday," the next day is called "Monday of the Holy Spirit", and Tuesday of Pentecost week is called the "Third Day of the Trinity." [ 14 ] The whole week following Pentecost is an important ecclesiastical feast, and is a fast-free week , during which meat and dairy products may be eaten, even on ...
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