Context Is Queen - You've Been Celebrating Pentecost Without Knowing You Were Standing at Sinai

Every year, churches around the world roll into Pentecost Sunday like clockwork. The red paraments come out, someone preaches about the Holy Spirit making a dramatic entrance, and if we’re feeling a little extra, there’s even a bulletin insert with flames on it.

Everyone nods along because they already know the story. The disciples were in a room, the S…