Originally preached on May 23, 1999 Pentecost Text: Acts 2:1-21  Today is Pentecost Sunday, and we often say this is the birthday of the Christian Church. It was on the day of Pentecost nearly two thousand years ago when the frightened followers of Jesus - about 120 of them in number - received a gift Jesus had promised. At about nine o'clock that morning, they were gathered together in the upper room in Jerusalem. While they were praying, the stale air of that upper room suddenly moved. It was as though a slight whisper of wind had filtered into the room [READ MORE]