A Week's Vacation - No New Blog Posts

Here in Maine, we have a week's break from schoolwork, so I'm sharing a few vacation days with my family. New blog posts will resume on Monday, April 22.

Sermons

 Don't Be Led Astray (2 Cor. 11:1-15)

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Jesus Challenges Our Expectations (Luke 5:27-39)

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The Evangeliad (29:12-13)

(Click here for an introduction and previous installments of the Evangeliad)

Section 29:12-13 (corresponding to Luke 16:14-15)

But the Pharisees listening scoffed at him,

With money the treasure they put their hope in;

And Jesus, he warned them, "God knows your hearts,

Yes, He knows what all of your idols are.

You try to justify yourselves before men,

Acting righteous, but with great greed within--

Do you not know that our God despises

All the riches the worldly one prizes?"

Photo of the Week

O thou from whom all goodness flows,

I lift my soul to thee;

In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes,

Good Lord, remember me.

- from a hymn by Thomas Haweis

Quote of the Week

“The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden. A single lifetime, even though entirely devoted to the sky, would not be enough for the investigation of so vast a subject... And so this knowledge will be unfolded only through long successive ages. There will come a time when our descendants will be amazed that we did not know things that are so plain to them... Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when memory of us will have been effaced.”

- Seneca, 1st-century Roman Stoic philosopher

A Trinitarian Doxology

Praise to you,

O God the Father,

for you created all things

by your power and wisdom,

and so loved the world

that you gave your Son

to be our Savior.

Praise to you,

O God the Son,

for you were made fully human,

like us in every respect

except without sin,

and you were delivered up for our trespasses

and raised again for our justification.

Praise to you,

O God the Holy Spirit,

for you guide us into all truth,

and pour God’s love into our hearts.

All praise and glory to you, O God,

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,

for ever and ever.

Amen.

- from the Parish Prayers collection, edited by Frank Colquhon

Sermons

 

Palm Sunday:

Why Did Jesus Have to Die, Part 3

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Easter Sunday:

Why Do You Look for the Living among the Dead?

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