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Saturday, 27 December 2014
Dorothy Sayers on the Incarnation
"[Jesus of Nazareth] was not a kind of demon pretending to be human; he was in every respect a genuine living man. He was not merely a man so good as to be 'like God'�he was God. "Now, this is...
Thursday, 25 December 2014
St. Bernard of Clairvaux: "A physician is coming to the sick"
"A physician is coming to the sick, a redeemer to those who have been sold, a path to wanderers, and life to the dead. Yes, One is coming who will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea,...
Sunday, 7 December 2014
Sermon for the 2nd Sunday of Advent 2014
RCL Year BClick here to listen to the sermon.I think the Owen family has finally gone Louisiana native. Because just over a week ago, we made the best batch of chicken and sausage gumbo we�ve ever...
Saturday, 15 November 2014
Integrating God's Intensified Ethic and God's Love: Jesus vs. the Pharisees
The Pharisees, they looked at Jesus, they could not get their theological imaginations around the notion that Jesus could both actively intensify God's ethical demand in our lives on the one hand, and...
Sunday, 9 November 2014
Comfort and Hope in the Face of Death: A Sermon
RCL Proper 27, Year ALast week we celebrated All Saints� Sunday, the day set aside for remembering that great �cloud of witnesses� to our faith we call the communion of saints (Hebrews 12:1). We baptized...
Sunday, 26 October 2014
Love God, Love Neighbor: Sermon for Proper 25A
Click here to listen to the sermon.A Sunday school teacher was discussing the 10 commandments with her 5 and 6-year-old students. After explaining the commandment �honor thy father and thy mother,�...
Sunday, 12 October 2014
WAKING UP
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam HarrisMy rating: 4 of 5 starsBOOK DESCRIPTION: For the millions of people who want spirituality without religion, Sam Harris’s new book is...
Monday, 6 October 2014
Musical Interlude with U2: "October"
OctoberAnd the trees are stripped bare Of all they wearWhat do I care? OctoberAnd kingdoms rise And kingdoms fall But you go on And on ...
Sunday, 14 September 2014
Wolfhart Pannenberg on a Root Cause of Church Decline
In the wake of Wolfhart Pannenberg's recent death, a clergy colleague shared a brief excerpt from the great theologian's 1991 book An Introduction to Systematic Theology:If theology does not properly...
Thursday, 11 September 2014
THE UNBELIEVERS
The Unbelievers: The Evolution of Modern Atheism by S.T. JoshiMy rating: 4 of 5 starsBOOK DESCRIPTION: Atheism, once a minority view, is now openly embraced by an increasing number of scientists, philosophers,...
Saturday, 30 August 2014
FELONY
Three male detectives become embroiled in a tense struggle after a tragic accident that leaves a child in a coma. One is guilty of a crime, one will try to cover it up, and the other attempts to expose...
Monday, 25 August 2014
PREDESTINATION
The life of a time-traveling Temporal Agent. On his final assignment, he must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time.I was privileged to see a pre-screening of PREDESTINATION which...
Saturday, 23 August 2014
FREEDOM
Two men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856 a slave, Samuel Woodward and his family, escape from the Monroe Plantation near Richmond, Virginia. A secret network of...
Friday, 22 August 2014
All Is Grace (book)
All Is Grace: A Ragamuffin Memoir by Brennan ManningMy rating: 3 of 5 starsBook description: Brennan Manning has spent the past forty years helping others experience the reality of God’s love and...
Thursday, 21 August 2014
SNOWPIERCER
Set in a future where a failed climate-change experiment kills all life on the planet except for a lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, where a class system...
Sunday, 17 August 2014
GOD'S NOT DEAD
College philosophy professor Mr. Radisson's curriculum is challenged by his new student, Josh, who believes God exists.Evangelical Christian cinema hits a new low with this propaganda movie designed...
The Virgin Mary is Necessary to Salvation
It has long been a tradition at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Baton Rouge to transfer certain Feast Days of the Church Calendar for observance on Sundays, and that includes the Feast of St. Mary the...
THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY
The Kadam family clashes with Madame Mallory, proprietress of a celebrated French restaurant, after they open their own nearby eatery, until undeniable chemistry causes the Madame to take gifted young...
Saturday, 9 August 2014
THE ADAM QUEST
The Adam Quest: Eleven Scientists Who Held on to a Strong Faith While Wrestling with the Mystery of Human Origins by Tim StaffordMy rating: 5 of 5 starsBOOK DESCRIPTION: Science and faith should...
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Remember Christian Soul
That today and every day you have God to glorify.Jesus to imitate.Salvation to work out with fear and trembling.A body to use rightly.Sins to repent.Virtues to acquire.Hell to avoid.Heaven to gain.Eternity...
Saturday, 26 July 2014
Fr. Tony Clavier on "the essence of Anglicanism"
In a brief essay entitled "The Anglican Way," Fr. Tony Clavier lays out his understanding of "the essence of Anglicanism." "None of these elements," he's careful to note, "are in themselves the exclusive...
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