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The Christian Answer to our Societal Problems

This is a blog post by the head of a monastery in Washington State.  He has extreme clarity of thought on the issue of how we Christians ought to live in Western Society in general and the United States in … Continue reading

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From United Methodist to Eastern Orthodox

The following is a copy of a letter I read to my congregation yesterday after the worship service:     May 20, 2012 The Seventh Sunday of Easter Dear Tomoka UMC Family and Friends, I am writing this letter to … Continue reading

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Worship is not about us

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The Best Sermon

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Obeying God

I love the story of Saul’s (Paul’s) conversion.  There are so many different ways someone can focus on this passage and so many different topics on which to preach. I think one of the most intriguing points to come out … Continue reading

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Church Family Matters

One of the earliest squabbles in the Church is recorded in Acts.  Here one group feels as if it is being slighted by another group in the Church. What I find amazing about this is precisely that, if the Church … Continue reading

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Life in the Church of Acts

Over the next two months, we are going to go through several scenes in Acts.  The point is going to be to see how the Church, in its first decades and under the leadership of the original Apostles, Deacons and … Continue reading

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Laboring for the Kingdom

This is Labor Day Weekend, when we celebrate work by giving people a day off work in order to work at home.  Of course there are many this year who wish they could celebrate work, but are still looking for … Continue reading

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The Breaking of the Bread

This is the last installment to the series on The Four Essentials of the Christian Faith and it is the most objective of the four. The Teaching of the Apostles will have its emphasis change from week to week and season … Continue reading

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The Prayers

This is the third installment of the Four Essentials of the Christian Life, and honestly, this is probably the one out of the four to which people take the most offense. Many Bible translations have this as prayer, but in … Continue reading

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