Just as an acorn is perfected when it grows into a mature oak, how do we obtain our perfection or chief end? For what purpose were we created and to what end do we necessarily aspire?
Sermon on the Mount – Week 3(b) – Matt. 5:39-6:4 Read More »
“Only when we love without regard to the identity of the beloved can we ever waive retribution and truly love our enemies.”
– Soren Kierkegaard
Sermon on the Mount -Week 3(a) – Matt. 5:38-6:4 Read More »
We affirm as our Lord’s principle and standard of marriage a life-long and indissoluble union, for better or worse, of one man with one woman, to the exclusion of all others on either side, and call all Christians to maintain and bear witness to this standard.
Resolution 67, 1920 Lambeth Conference.
Sermon on the Mount – Week 2(b) – Matt. 5:21-37 Read More »
“In the perfect sense, forgiveness is not reconciliation when forgiveness is asked for; but it is reconciliation to need to forgive beforehand long before the other is person is perhaps thinking of seeking forgiveness.”
– Soren Kierkegaard
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Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Sermon on the Mount – Week 1(b) – Matt. 5:1-20 Read More »
We will find in Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, the highest morals and the perfect standard of the Christian life. – St. Augustine
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He saved us, not because of deeds done by us in righteousness, but in virtue of his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal in the Holy Spirit, which he poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
Titus – Week 3(b) – Titus 3 (Grace) Read More »
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for any honest work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all men.
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For the grace of God has appeared for the salvation of all men, training us to renounce irreligion and worldly passions, and to live sober, upright, and godly lives in this world
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Show yourself in all respects a model of good deeds, and in your teaching show integrity, gravity, and sound speech that cannot be censured, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.
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