The Down Payment

Taylor Mertins

The Holy Spirit is always full of surprises, full of creativity, full of force. The Spirit goes wherever she wants, unsought, maybe even unwanted, intent on making all things new. You see, that’s what Pentecost is all about. A whole new creation. Just as the Spirit hovered over the waters in Genesis bringing forth order out of chaos, the Spirit blows through the upper room upending their orderliness for something exciting and something new. It has always been the nature of the Spirit to shake up the church, particularly when the church becomes too self-satisfied and content with the status quo...