SERMON: Epiphany IV – Walking in Christ Ephesians 4:1-7 The Lord be with you. Let’s begin with a review. In approaching Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, I have encouraged us to follow observations from a devotional book I read long ago. Its author suggested that Ephesians shows us three postures that the one who trustsContinue reading “SERMON: Epiphany IV — Walking in Christ (Eph 4:1-7)”
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CM – Sermon Epiphany IV — Walking in Christ (Eph 4:1-7)
SERMON: Epiphany IV – Walking in Christ Ephesians 4:1-7 The Lord be with you. Let’s begin with a review. In approaching Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, I have encouraged us to follow observations from a devotional book I read long ago. Its author suggested that Ephesians shows us three postures that the one who trustsContinue reading “CM – Sermon Epiphany IV — Walking in Christ (Eph 4:1-7)”
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 1, 2020
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 1, 2020 A picture’s worth a thousand words… • • • • • • • • • • Commercial preview… • From Marketwatch • On my winter playlist… I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky, then it gobbledContinue reading “The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 1, 2020”
CM – The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 1, 2020
The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 1, 2020 A picture’s worth a thousand words… • • • • • • • • • • Commercial preview… • From Marketwatch • On my winter playlist… I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town It hovered in a frozen sky, then it gobbled summerContinue reading “CM – The IM Saturday Monks Brunch: February 1, 2020”
CM: and this is faith?
and this is faith? and this is life? scared spitless, all alone my earthly goods, my loves sent away anticipating an attack reaping what i’ve sown the wrath of esau i feel like throwing up pulling the covers over my head but suddenly i’m wrestling writhing, grunting, falling, scraping my elbow, twisting the sound ofContinue reading “CM: and this is faith?”
A Theory of Everything (That Matters): A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God by Alister McGrath- Part 1
A Theory of Everything (That Matters): A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God by Alister McGrath- Part 1 We are going to review Alister McGrath’s new book, “A Theory of Everything (That Matters): A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God”. In this book, McGrath examinesContinue reading “A Theory of Everything (That Matters): A Brief Guide to Einstein, Relativity, and His Surprising Thoughts on God by Alister McGrath- Part 1”
Rob Grayson reviews “That All Shall Be Saved”
I’ve begun to wade into David Bentley Hart’s strident but powerfully argued book, That All Shall Be Saved: Heaven, Hell, and Universal Salvation. But I’m not ready to write my response yet. I have been reading other reviews, however, and thought I would share one of them today. Rob Grayson has written for us before,Continue reading “Rob Grayson reviews “That All Shall Be Saved””
CM: A vision of life
Important words from Jake Meador at Mere Orthodoxy… [T]he goal of the pro-life movement is not simply that Roe would be overturned but that ours would be a society friendly to life. As long as our laws allow for the killing of the unborn we cannot claim to be such a society. But the erasure ofContinue reading “CM: A vision of life”
CM – Music Monday: Hymn for the 81%
Hymn for the 81% By Daniel Deitrich • About this song, Daniel Deitrich writes: In 2016, 81% of white evangelical Christians voted for Donald Trump after (among other things) hearing an audio recording of him bragging about sexually assaulting women. Maya Angelou famously said, “when someone shows you who they are, believe them the firstContinue reading “CM – Music Monday: Hymn for the 81%”
CM – Sermon Epiphany III: How to Pray for Our Friends in Christ
Sermon: Epiphany III – How to Pray for Our Friends in Christ For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name. I pray that, according to the riches of his glory, he may grant that you may be strengthened in your innerContinue reading “CM – Sermon Epiphany III: How to Pray for Our Friends in Christ”