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This sermon looks at what values should be placed in your personal compass such as the Cardinal Virtues of fortitude, justice, temperance, and prudence as well as those shunned by the rich man dressed in purple who found, upon being tormented in Hades when the clock ran out upon his death, that root of evil was, indeed, his love of money.
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Tags: and prudence, Apostle Paul, Cardinal Virtues, Compass and the Clock, Dives, endurance, Episcopal, faith, fortitude or courage, gentleness, Gleanings of the field, godliness, Jesus, Justice, Lazarus, Lazarus beggar, Lazarus sores, Love, love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, pledge card, Rich Man, rich man purple, righteousness, sermon, Stephen Covey, Stewardship, temperance, tithe, What’s in your compass
A sermon that offers consequences when ignoring the Apostle Paul’s expression “For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil” and guidance such as Love that shares is the antidote to the uncertainty of riches with a connection to the “missing” summer lection Luke 12:48.
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Tags: 1 Timothy 6:6-9, 5 to 10 talent parish, chasm, Consequences, Dives, endurance, Episcopal, faith, For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, gentleness, godliness, Guidance, Lazarus, Love, Love that shares is the antidote, Luke 12:48, much is expected, much is required, Parable of the Talents, pursue righteousness, ready to share, sermon, To much has been given, Uncertainty of riches
Sermon for The Fifth Sunday In Lent (5 Lent Year A) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – Sunday, March 26, 2017. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Paul, candles holding memories, Episcopal, funerals, I am the resurrection, Jesus, Lazarus, Martha and Mary, Nicodemus, overwhelming scripture, Prophet Ezekiel, Psalm 130, pushing back darkness, sermon, Thomas the Twin, Valley of the Dry Bones
The Sermon – The Nineteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 21 Year C) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 25, 2016. This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Episcopal, Father Abraham, Hades, Jesus, Lazarus, life that really is life, love of money root of evil, much given much required, Parable of the Talents, parable of the three barns, Pharisees, Rich Man, sermon, shrewd steward, sores, torment, what is enough
Sermon – The Fifth Sunday in Lent Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina – April 6, 2014 This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Book of Common Prayer, Episcopal Church, Glory of God, holy memory, Jesus, Lazarus, Martha, Mary, MOre than watchmen for the morning, Psalm 130, sailboat, sunrise