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  • Pentecost – The Age of the Holy Spirit

    Act 2: 1-21, Offered to the Minehill Presbyterian Church of Minehill, NJ on May 24, 2026 Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA There is a lot happening in this second chapter of Acts – and I think it is important for us to look at it in a step-by-step fashion so that we can see how the…

  • Bewilderment, Confusion, and Doubt

    Luke 24: 13-35 Offered to the United Presbyterian Church of Alpha, NJ on April 19, 2026 Mel Prestamo, Ruling Elder PCUSA We have here in Luke’s Gospel what Bible Scholar William Barclay calls one of the more extraordinary and immortal short stories of the Bible. In the Contemporary English Version, Chapter 24 of Luke’s Gospel…

  • Are You Locked In An Upper Room?

    Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA Offered on the Second Sunday after Pentecost 2010 I did something unusual [this morning] with the readings. If you noticed I placed the Gospel text first before the Psalm followed by the readings from Acts and the Revelation of John. I did that for a specific reason. It is that when…

  • The Challenge of Pentecost

    Mel Prestamo, Elder PCUSA Presented during Easter Season in 1995 Last week we listened to a reading from the gospel of Luke. It retold the story of Jesus’ ascension into heaven. And if you listened closely, you know that Jesus stopped before ascending and turned to his disciples. He blessed them and as he began…