Pentecost (2016.05.15 Sermon Audio)

April Karli gave a sermon on the story of Pentecost from Acts 2.

Quotes mentioned:

The church filled with the Spirit is the agent of God’s coming kingdom…The purpose of the outpouring of the Spirit is to bring the kingdom near and change real life situations. — Clark Pinnock
A survey was conducted in 1995 asking the following question: “Would you close your eyes for a second, envision a drug user, and describe that person to me?” …. Ninety-five percent of respondents pictured a black drug user, while only 5 percent imagined other racial groups. These results contrast sharply with the reality of drug crime in America. African Americans constituted only 15 percent of current drug users in 1995, and they constitute roughly the same percentage today. Whites constituted the vast majority of drug users then (and now), but almost no one pictured a white person when asked to imagine what a drug user looks like. The same group of respondents also perceived the typical drug trafficker as black. — The New Jim Crow