Of all the great Christian feasts, none, with the exception of Easter and perhaps Christmas, has been and is more widely celebrated than Pentecost. The oldest of our festivals, just the ...

The ornithological metaphor is usually traced back to Luke 3:22 when, at Jesus' baptism by John in the Jordan, we are told that "the holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove." ...

See how the Old Testament female dove received by the savior of mortal life, Noah, prophecies the New Testament Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him. See how Jesus ...

False doctrine is poison to the soul, and multitudes of people have been condemned for eternity after embracing lethal false doctrines ...

John consented and baptized Jesus. When Jesus came up from the water, the heavens opened suddenly, and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him. The Bible records that the Spirit descended like a dove and ...

For that reason, we often believe that representations of the Holy Trinity follow internationally and unconditionally accepted conventions: God in Heaven, a dove descending toward Christ ...

So, why are doves beautiful, whereas pigeons are a nuisance? When I think of the Holy Spirit descending on Jesus “like a dove”, I want it to happen delicately, gently. Yet when pigeons and doves take ...

“The Spirit is the dove of peace who calms us ... the different aspects of the help given to believers when the Holy Spirit descended from heaven at Pentecost. He is called the teacher, wind ...

His flesh blessed the water, and the descent of the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove. The biblical gospels are not the only references to the baptisms performed by John, and in the Acts ...

A painting on a Catholic church's ceiling depicts the Holy Spirit descending upon the apostles. (CNS/Octavio Duran) Pinnock likewise picks up on the theme of the Spirit's seeming elusiveness and ...