Pentecost 2026 Part Three: Simon Peter’s Pentecost
Wind and fire and tongues, these were prophesied hundreds of years before. This miracle is a demonstration of God’s power and his longing for people to be a caring community. It shows that being a temple of the Spirit is no longer a geographical or architectural space; it’s a sanctuary made out of each one of us, a tangible sign of God’s love through our presence in the community. The new temple is an overlap of heaven and earth, not on a mountain or in a cathedral, but made up of the daily lives of thousands of men and women who follow Jesus.
Pentecost 2026 Part Two: John Wesley’s Pentecost
One night in 1738 after a time of prayer at St Paul’s Cathedral, he went to a Moravian Bible study in nearby Aldersgate Street. During the meeting – at a quarter to nine – John experienced what is sometimes called his conversion:
“I felt my heart was strangely warmed. I felt I did trust in Christ alone for my salvation.”
He felt assured his sins were forgiven and stood up and testified to the change in his spirit. From then on, he began preaching an evangelical message to all who would listen. Just like the disciples whose hearts burned on the Emmaus Road, he had at last grasped the real meaning of the Easter Story.