Unconverted difference (Acts 2:1-21)
The Spirit affirms our differences, speaking in ways that each of us can understand—yet also drawing us together.
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In 1492, in Salamanca, Spain, Antonio de Nebrija presented to Queen Isabella his latest book. Nebrija wrote the first textbook on the grammar of the Spanish language—a grammar of the vernacular, the ordinary language spoken in markets and in fields, at home and on the streets. No other European country had a textbook for their common language. That would be absurd, a waste of time.
