It wasn't planned this way, it just happened….but if you look at Jeff's sermon title for tonight and mine for this morning, they make a fascinating mix or menu:
"Tongues, Ears, or Too Much to Drink—Everybody's Hungry for Something"
1. The story begins with "tongues."
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
In the context, it is obvious this has nothing to do with "speaking in tongues"—that is, unknown prayer languages, mystical speaking in spiritual syllables and sounds. The context makes it clear that the day of Pentecost had to do with the proclamation of the Word to all those who had gathered in Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of Pentecost. Penta, meaning fifty, indicated fifty days after Passover, t…