Ken Parks God Knows! Today is the Day of Pentecost; a day that ─ above all else ─ celebrates the fact that God has made His Holy Spirit available to humankind. It is also about the firstfruits ─ the small minority to whom God has given His … [Read more...]
Firstfruit Development
Brian Orchard Firstfruit Development The Day of Pentecost represents the harvest of firstfruits - the first harvest. By counting 50 days we have been reminded that the crop to be harvested is in the making. Humans were created with the need to … [Read more...]
Heroes Are Made, Not Born
Bill Hutchison Heroes Are Made, Not Born God’s elect have the opportunity to be willing participants as God’s witnesses to the world – people who willingly lay down their lives as true examples of God’s redemptive power to reconcile all … [Read more...]
Lessons from Harvest
S Orchard Lessons from Harvest Pentecost draws our attention to the concepts of harvest and firstfruits. This connection is not incidental, because agriculture is spiritually instructive. The act of giving firstfruits to God is an individual … [Read more...]
