THE IMPENDING MORAL CRISIS, a Matter for Christian Action, 4 October 2018 Anno Domini The Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and [...]
THE PILGRIMS OF 1620, a Story for 3 October 2018 Anno Domini The Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide NOTE: Today’s story is taken from ‘THE HEATH READERS, Sixth Reader” and the Story is by Edward Everett. Everyone of fifty years or above may be very familiar with the history of the pilgrims coming to America [...]
HOLY GOD, WE PRAISE THY NAME (273), A Hymn Devotion for 2 October 2018 Anno Domini The Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide This richly spiritual hymn is most often used as a recessional hymn. The 1940 Hymnal makes significant changes in the original text which, to me, is disappointing. The original seems far more powerful [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday Report Today we celebrated the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday. On Point Someone asked, where do the quotes come from? The answer is from the people who uttered them. But, how did you find them? Oh, that. Some from Bishop Jerry, many [...]
The Collect. LORD, we beseech thee, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil; and with pure hearts and minds to follow thee, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. This Collect is a fitting preface to the Gospel text for this Sunday of [...]
Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday Report Today we celebrated the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday. On Point Someone asked, where do the quotes come from? The answer is from the people who uttered them. But, how did you find them? Oh, that. Some from Bishop Jerry, many [...]
SERMON NOTES FOR SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, 23 September 2018 Anno Domini The Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. The Collect. LORD, we pray thee that thy grace may always prevent and follow us, and make us continually to be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. [...]
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the [...]
FIFTY-SEVEN CENTS THAT BUILT A CHURCH, a Devotion for 20 September 20, 2018 Anno Domini The Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide “And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she [...]
FROM EVERY STORMY WIND THAT BLOWS (#421), a Hymn Devotion for 18 September 2018 Anno Domini, The Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide “As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.” Proverbs 10:25 (All scripture quoted is from the king James Version) “Behold, a whirlwind of the [...]