TRINITY 1 SERMON “There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen…” Well, there you have the beginning of a good story and we shall see several more before the fall. For the next 17 Sundays, that would be till September 30th, which is the 17th Sunday after Trinity, 12 [...]
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STORY & THE WORD OF GOD
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THE ACCUSER OF THE WORLD
“Howbeit when he, the Spirit of Truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth…He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.” Here is the situation. The Last Discourse presents us with the Beloved Disciple’s account of Jesus’ last evening with his disciples. John continues putting [...]
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MESSIANIC TRAVAIL
“A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father…” If we are blessed to avoid sudden death, one day we shall yet all lay a-dying. Over the years I have been with many of my parishioners in their last [...]
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DECONSTRUCTED SUNDAY SCHOOL
We deconstructed Sunday School at All Saints this year and tripled our attendance! We did more than that – we eliminated Sunday School altogether and moved our early Mass to 9:00 a.m. giving us exactly 30 minutes to get ready for the 10:30 a.m. mass. But we have not eliminated Christian Education because we moved [...]
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