{"id":1029,"date":"2011-06-12T01:43:30","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T06:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markdroberts\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2019-06-06T15:25:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T20:25:06","slug":"what-is-pentecost-why-does-it-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markdroberts\/2011\/06\/12\/what-is-pentecost-why-does-it-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Pentecost? Why Does It Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Today is Pentecost Sunday, a day of celebration for Christians around the world. In the last three days I have been blogging on the meaning and spiritual significance of Pentecost. I have gathered these three posts into a series which I have called:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markdroberts\/series\/what-is-pentecost-why-does-it-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>What is Pentecost? Why Does It Matter?<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>In this series I discuss the historical origins of Pentecost and how this Christian holiday can make a difference in your relationship with God.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/44\/2011\/06\/restout-pentecost-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-983\"><\/p>\n<p>Image: Pentecost by Jean Restout II, 1732. Public domain.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Pentecost Sunday, a day of celebration for Christians around the world. In the last three days I have been blogging on the meaning and spiritual significance of Pentecost. 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