Jesus said, “Come to me, all you that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28) Greetings, Fighter. These words of Jesus are referred to in the Anglican liturgy as the ‘words of assurance’ and I read them every week when I invite you to join me in the Eucharist. […]
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“God said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains that I shall show you.” (Genesis 22:2) Greetings, Fighter. So begins the story of Abraham’s journey to sacrifice of his son, Isaac. It is
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“Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound?” (Romans 6:1) Greetings, Fighter, “Should we continue in sin in order that grace may abound?”. That may sound like a question that only a true religious nerd would ask but it’s actually something we have all thought about. In the East they call it
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“And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us.” (Romans 5:3-5) Greetings, Fighter, This maxim
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“But when [Jesus] heard this, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but sinners.” (Matthew 9:12-13) Greetings, Fighter, The statement from Jesus that appears above
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“Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet they are not three eternals
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“In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.” (Acts 2:17) Greetings, Fighter, It’s Pentecost Sunday this week – the Feast of the
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“By your agony and bitter grief; by your cross and passion; by your precious death and burial; by your glorious resurrection and ascension; and by the coming of the Holy Spirit, good Lord, deliver us.” Greetings, Fighter, I’m breaking with tradition today. The quote above is not from any of this week’s Bible readings. It’s
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I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” (John 14:18) Greetings Fighter. It’s a metaphor – “I will not leave you as orphans” – but the original Greek word, ‘orphanous’, is unambiguous in its meaning. Jesus, as our loving parent, is not going to abandon us. The Amplified Bible translation conveys
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“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6) Greetings Fighter. There was a time when, as a younger man, I used to feel charged up by these words in John 14:6 – “No one comes to the Father except through me”. They
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