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The episode discusses the significance of Jesus' ascension as described by Luke and its implications for the church's beginnings.
Send us Fan Mail We draw to the close of these 50 days of Easter as we witness that rather changing moment of Jesus’ ascension. It is hard for us to know what to do with this account Luke gives us – not just once but twice. We don’t treat it anything like Christmas or Easter. And yet, it must be pretty important for it to end Luke’s account of Jesus and begin Luke’s account of how the church began in his Book of Acts. I wonder if we downplay this part of Jesus’ mission because we struggle to ...
People in this episode
Host: Adrian Kitson
Topics covered
- Easter
- ascension
- Jesus
- Luke
- church beginnings
- spirituality
Keywords
- ascension
- Easter
- Jesus
- Luke
- church
- spirituality
- religion
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Book of Acts
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