Emphasis Preaching Journal
The Congregational Church of Machias...
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The Congregational Church of Machias, Maine, which dates back to the eighteenth
century, contains a stained-glass window that honors its founding pastor. Among other
noteworthy qualities, it describes him as "full of the Holy Ghost."
It's hard to imagine anyone today describing a person -- even a pastor -- using such exalted language. Can you imagine someone turning to a neighbor and saying, "I'd like to introduce our pastor, she's full of the Holy Ghost"? Yet, that's pretty much what Paul, in
It's hard to imagine anyone today describing a person -- even a pastor -- using such exalted language. Can you imagine someone turning to a neighbor and saying, "I'd like to introduce our pastor, she's full of the Holy Ghost"? Yet, that's pretty much what Paul, in