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What reasons can we find to celebrate Thanksgiving Day? It is always valuable to be reminded of the origins of Thanksgiving Day. As President, George Washington made the following proclamation and created the first Thanksgiving Day designated by the national...
LAUGHING AT PUTIN
In 1940 Charlie Chaplin scored a hit with his movie The Great Dictator, lampooning Adolf Hitler. More recently Mel Brooks, a Jew, made his movie, The Producers, which made fun of Hitler. While it is hard to turn monsters into comedy it is one way to cut them down to...
WHAT I LEARNED DURING RECOVERY FROM SURGERY
By Divine Providence I had ordered and received a copy of Richard Bauckham’s study of the work of Jurgen Moltmann before my unexpected and sudden heart bypass surgery: The Theology of Jurgen Moltmann, which I began reading during my recovery. I ordered it for his...
UPDATE 2: RECOVERY
I would like to thank all of you who have sent beautiful cards, flowers and messages on my Facebook account or who have emailed or texted of phoned. Your love and prayers have been most appreciated. It has been two weeks since my surgery and all is well. Home health...
UPDATE
My apologies for not posting in the past week. I had a heart attack on October 18 and had quadruple heart bypass surgery on October 21. I am now in recovery and learning how to walk, breathe and recover my strength. Antoinette has been a wonderful nurse. Pray for...
THE PROBLEM OF SUFFERING
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28 NIV) “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God.” Or “works together with those who love him to...
NEW BIBLE STUDY
i will be teaching a class at the Chapel on Romans each Thursday, beginning January 5, 2023 at 2.00 p.m. Romans is a timeless manifesto of freedom through Jesus Christ. It is the fullest, plainest and grandest statement of the gospel in the New Testament. It unfolds...
THE HAPPINESS OF ETERNITY
“For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.” (2 Cor.4;17) I wonder if we really live in such a way that we take the thought of eternal happiness seriously into consideration! There is a busyness about the...
PETER EXPLAINS
Sermon on Acts 2:14-41 preached at Church of Our Savior, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Sunday, October 2, 2022 We continue today a series on Acts and the mission of the church with the message of Peter explaining the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Christian...
FIFTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
At this time of the year when St. Michael and All Angels Day falls I remember that day fifty-five years ago when on September 29, 1967 I was ordained to the Gospel ministry in St. Paul's Cathedral, London. The historic Christopher Wren cathedral was filled with...
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