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A sermon that confronts presumptuous sins, untamed tongues, and the arrogance of opinion with a call to humility and the deep spirituality of the Prayer attributed to St. Francis.
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A sermon grounded in how well the Apostle Paul in Ephesians speaks to our fractured COVID ravaged culture.
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Tags: Apostle Paul, baptism, belong to one another, COVID disciplines, craftiness, deceitful scheming, Episcopal, God’s help, humility, in the world, Jesus the head of the body, Letter Ephesians, Love, one another, people’s trickery, presumptuous sins, proper 13, Psalm 19:13, sanctuary, sermon, stronger, truth in love, wear masks, winds of doctrine
Sermon for The Third Sunday in Lent (3 Lent B RCL) preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – March 4, 2018. You can view the teaching of Bishop Stokes on the Five Marks of…
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Tags: 5 Marks of Mission, Bishop Chip Stokes, boldly, Diocese of New Jersey, Episcopal, Grace, Jesus, joy, Litany for Lent, Litany of Penitence, paschal feast, presumptuous sins, sermon, sinfulness, story
The Sermon – The Sixteenth Sunday After Pentecost (Proper 19 Year B)Â preached in my role as Priest-in-Charge Christ Episcopal Church Middletown, New Jersey – September 13, 2015. You can read the full version of Bishop Stokes’ 10 Guiding Principles of…
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The Sermon – The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Christ Episcopal Church New Bern, North Carolina – October 5, 2014 Theme: Guided by Spiritual Principles that Promote Trust in God This sermon can viewed at
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Tags: Apostle Paul, Episcopal Church, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus., Jesus, parable of the vineyard, pledge card, Press on, presumptuous sins, Psalm 19 verse 13, relationships, sermon, spiritual principles, St Jerome, Ten Commandments, trust in God