The antidote to the fear of death and the fear of scarcity is prayer and worship. For there we find gratitude, joy, and grace, which leads to an experience of abundance.
Reviving Old Scratch – The One Who Holds the Power of Death Read More »
Jesus gives two parables – one on prayer and one on humility – to teach us how to prepare for the immediate present of the Kingdom of God.
The Gospel of Luke – Luke 17:11-18:14 – Preparation Read More »
The result of living a life of gratitude towards God in Christ is a breaking of the pattern of Prayer, Deliverance, and Forgetfulness, because every day, not just the extraordinary days, are days to give thanks.
A Sermon on the Healing of the Ten Lepers Read More »
The Lord God commanded “You may eat of every tree of the garden but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.”
Adam & the Fall – The Trees – Gen. 2:9-17 Read More »
Part of being a healing presence and living in the present moment requires us to understand that, most of the time, we simply do not understand.
Becoming a Healing Presence: Embracing Ambiguity, pt.1 Read More »
Beginning with his discussion of wonderment in the “Ethics of Elfland” through last week’s discussion on the “Romance of Orthodoxy,” Chesterton rebels against the doctrine of the rationalist-materialist that miracles do not happen, and therefore, God too is bound by the laws of nature.
Orthodoxy, Chapter 9 Read More »
Chesterton introduces the theme of this chapter by observing that modern intellectuals prefer to use long words and convoluted sentence structures because they are lazy and wish to avoid real thought.
Orthodoxy, Chapter 8(b) Read More »
As you read through this chapter, think about the contradictory criticisms of the Church today, and think about the seemingly contradictory positions to which the Church holds fast (such as God’s justice and mercy).
Orthodoxy, Chapter 6 Read More »
Please remember that tonight we will be gathering to discuss Chapter 5 of Orthodoxy, “The Flag of the World” and what it means to love the world – neither optimistically nor pessimistically but truly.
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He writes that we must change our perspective from one of laws and necessity to an attitude based upon wonder and gratitude.
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