THE THREE QUESTIONS, a Devotion for 11 May 2018 Anno Domini

INTRODUCTION: Yesterday, we had a temporary power outage in my hometown which lasted several hours. I was unable to use my laptop to write my devotions, so I took the opportunity to pull my Fifth Grade Reader off the shelf and do some reading and remembering. These kinds of readings are my own devotional times. [...]

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Devotion on the Looking Glass, 9 May 2018 Anno Domini (reprint from August 2014)

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:  For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of [...]

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WE PLOUGH THE FIELD AND SCATTER, a Hymn Devotion for Rogationtide, 8 May 2018 Anno Domini St. Andrews Parish Church

“And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.  For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.  And [...]

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180506 AOC Sunday Report

Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion The Fifth Sunday after Easter  commonly called Rogation Sunday Sunday Report This is the Fifth after Easter; the Easter season is five Sundays, the last of which, the Fifth Sunday after Easter, is commonly called Rogation Sunday.  Like every day, today we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, “Christ the Lord [...]

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Sermon Notes for ROGATION SUNDAY, 6 May 2018 Anno Domini, St. Andrews Parish Church

“Be ye does of the word, and not hearers only…” James 1:22 We of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ are truly the sons and daughters of the Almighty God. There are merely two families only – that family of God, and the other which is the family of their father the devil. (John 8:44) [...]

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180429 AOC Sunday Report

Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion Fourth Sunday after Easter Sunday Report   This is the Third Fourth after Easter; the Easter season is five Sundays, the last of which, the Fifth Sunday after Easter, is commonly called Rogation Sunday.  Like every day, today we celebrate the resurrection of Christ, “Christ the Lord IS Risen today!” [...]

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A GREAT HYMN-WRITER and Minister of the Past, a Devotion for 1 May (May Day), 2018 Anno Domini

“And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.” (Revelation 14:13: all scripture quoted is from the King James Version)   HORATIUS BONAR – the [...]

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Sermon Notes: 4th Sunday after Easter, St Andrews Anglican Orthodox Church, 29 April 2018 Anno Domini

“ These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. But [...]

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PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS, a Devotion for 27 April 2018 Anno Domini

“The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” (Jeremiah 31:3; all scripture quoted is from the King James Version) I will begin this devotion with a story: “The BEE has been aptly described as “busy.” To produce one [...]

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WHY HYMNS FOR WORSHIP, a Devotion for 25 April 2018 Anno Domini

“And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.” Matthew 26:30, Mark 14:26 KJV Have you considered the difference between the ancient and classical hymns of the Church and the light and often frivolous ‘kum –bah-yah’ songs of the modern Church? Do you not feel a spiritual difference when [...]

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