I borrowed this from one of my favorite bible commentaries: In Lk.16:8 the lesson is that the sons of this world are wiser in their generation than the sons of light. That means that, if only the Christian was as eager and ingenious in his attempt to attain goodness as the man of the world […]
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Do you believe that people that commit murder will be forgiven?
There are few sins that are more serious than the taking of a human life. The only one that I can think of right now is that of leading someone’s soul astray. Unfortunately, both sins are far too common these days. But frankly, I shouldn’t have added those words “these days”. I am getting to […]
Why would Jesus want us to hate our family in order to be His disciple?
It sounds harsh, doesn’t it? But Jesus is making an important point here. He would grant, I think, that family is important. After all one of the Ten Commandments is “Honor thy Father and thy Mother.” But when it comes to eternal things, just exactly how high does family rank? The Gospel for this Sunday […]
Why do you need a priest for confession and can’t your sins be forgiven just by asking God in prayer?
I did some searching in the Bible to try and find something that would support the idea of confessing directly to God. I found quite a bit about confession and repentance and I did actually find one place that lends support to the idea that we can confess directly to God and receive forgiveness. That […]
Walking Through The Narrow Door
Father Keith’s 24th August 2025 sermon on what it takes to be saved.
In the Gospel of Luke it says: “some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last.” What does that mean?
This saying of Jesus comes from the 13th chapter of Luke’s Gospel. If we look at this chapter we find that Jesus has been dealing with a series of people who somehow believe that they are more special than other people. He talks about some people who were victims of tragedy and notes that they were […]
How can we encourage others along their faith journey?
Last week we dealt with how we handle the struggles and difficulties of our own faith lives. It seems a natural extension to talk a bit about how we should go about helping others to deal with their difficulties. I want to begin by offering two observations: 1. Pity and the sentiment of “you poor dear” […]
How do we handle questions, doubts, and struggles of life in our faith walk?
Most of the time we experience a crisis or other kind of life struggle when our expectations are not realized. That cuts both ways. When someone that we expect to be brutal and hateful turns out to be warm and personable, we don’t quite know how to react and we often react defensively and suspiciously, […]
Is believing in God the same thing as having faith?
This brief passage of scripture is instructive: James 2:19-20 :You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder! ESV The idea seems simple. It does not require much to believe in the existence of God. It takes very little more to believe in His innate qualities: that he is All powerful, […]
Did the old saying “The Writing is on the Wall come from the bible?
Yes. Here is the passage that it comes from: Daniel 5 King Belshazzar made a great feast for a thousand of his lords and drank wine in front of the thousand. Belshazzar, when he tasted the wine, commanded that the vessels of gold and of silver that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the […]