" . . . When God pours out His Spirit, He is not starting over with a new group of people, but--as Peter proclaims--He is fulfilling His promise (Joel 2:28-32). A single prophet may be able to call a nation to repentance, but to call the whole world to repentance, it will take a nation of prophets. And that is what God creates through the Spirit who fills the Church: a nation of men & women, seniors & children, sons & daughters of the King, who proclaim repentance for the forgiveness of sins in Jesus' name--with all boldness & without hindrance."
--Jeffrey Oschwald, The Lutheran Witness, May 2019
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