All Saints Homilies And Teachings

In which we discuss the significance of belief, God’s Fatherhood, Sovereignty, the Sonship of Christ, and some Theophanies

Texts: Luke 2:22-40, Malachi 1:1-11, Leviticus 12, Exodus 12

In which we discuss the New Testament as a whole, with sidebars on Gospel Harmonizations, Bible Translations, and the Authorship of the Epistle to the Hebrews

Week 4 of our study of the Confirmation Catechism for the Anglican Diocese of the West, in which we sing, discuss the creed, the meaning of belief “in God,” and touch on Election (again).

Text: John 2:1-11, the Wedding at Cana

Week 3 of our Study of WH Griffith-Thomas’ book, “Methods of Bible Study, in which we discuss the Old Testament, its purpose, its key, its organization, and how Christ completes it.

Week 3 of our study of our Diocesan Catechism, in which we discuss the vows made at baptism, how we become Christians, and how we grow in our faith.

Text: Mark 1:4-11, the Baptism of Our Lord

In which we continue our discussion on avoiding “sacerdotal excess” and “rationalistic defect,” followed by a discussion on the variety in the Bible, the unity of the Bible, and the symmetry of the Bible, from WH Griffith-Thomas’ book “Methods of Bible Study.”

Lesson 2 on the Catechism from the Diocese of the West, in which we follow up on Election, catechesis of adult converts, and discuss Godparents.

Text: Luke 2:41ff, in which we discuss the Epiphany, Feast of Tabernacles, God’s Presence in His House, and Jesus in the Temple as a boy.

We begin our Sunday School series on W.H. Griffith-Thomas’ classic booklet, “Methods of Bible Study.”

Lesson 1 on the Catechism from the Diocese of the West, in which we introduce the catechism, sing a bit, and discuss the significance of beginning with “What is your Christian name?”

Homily by John Mack, our parish’s seminarian on Matthew 1:18ff.

Text: John 1:1-17

In which we look at the 2nd set of Christmas Propers, and discuss the Feasts of St. Stephen, St. John, and the Holy Innocents in more detail.

A Homily for the 4th Sunday in Advent by the Rev. Barry Kowald

Our Service of Lessons and Carols on December 23, 2018. Note: the Audio cut out after an hour, so we lost the last few minutes of the recessional and the dismissal. Please accept our apologies.

A discussion of the Collects and Readings for the Week of Christmas per the 1928 Book of Common Prayer

Text: Matthew 11:2-10