Article for the August 2018 edition of The Hillside Messenger New Life with Christ: An Exposition of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians, Chapter 2:1-10 This article continues where my article on Ephesians 1 (June edition of The Hillside Messenger) left off. The first five verses of Ephesians 2 hang Read more…
Sermon for Sunday July 22nd, 2018, the Eighth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 23; Jeremiah 23:1-6; Ephesians 2:11-22; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56 The Text: Mark 6:30-34 The Topic: Living with Jesus Christ as Lord INTRODUCTION The Allied soldiers gathered many hungry, homeless children after World War II and placed Read more…
Article for July edition of The Hillside Messenger “Reflections on Deuteronomy 10:17-21, the First Lesson appointed for Independence Day” The propers for Independence Day were included first in the 1928 Prayer Book, the 1789 Prayer Book having no commemoration of Independence Day, since it was a matter of political controversy Read more…
Sermon for Sunday July 15th, the Seventh Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Amos 7:7-15; Psalm 85:8-13; Ephesians 1:3-14; Mark 6:14-29 The Text: Amos 7:7-9 The Topic: How do our lives, and the life of this nation, measure up to God’s standard of righteousness? INTRODUCTION After moving to a new Read more…
Sermon for Sunday July 8th, 2018, the Sixth Sunday after Trinity The Lessons: Psalm 123; Ezekiel 2:1-5; 2 Corinthians 12:2-10; Mark 6:1-13 The Text: Mark 6:1-13 The Topic: Rejection by those who know you may well help the expansion of your mission. INTRODUCTION Campbell Morgan was one of 150 Read more…