What Christians Believe, Part 3

We’re back with our annual yard sale and there is plenty to be had – including kitchen wares, house wares, bedding and linens, books galore and even lawn care equipment! The yard sale is being held this Saturday, May 15, 2021, from 8:00am to 12:00pm at St. Michael the Archangel Anglican Church (St. Michael’s Anglican…

Anglicans, like all biblical Christians, believe in predestination, which doctrine is clearly taught in the Old and New Testaments, and especially by Saint Paul, but we hold the positive doctrine of election to salvation in tension with the rest of the Catholic Faith, in which predestination is considered an aspect of salvation provided by Christ…

OBSERVATIONS ON NEW TESTAMENT ILLUSIONS, CONTEMPORARY OBJECTIONS, AND COMMON BELIEFS/PRACTICES SURROUNDING THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY The Rev’d. Allen Fisher On Viewing the Blessed Virgin Rightly For a time, Evangelical Protestants, even some post-Vatican II Roman Catholics, have downplayed the role of Mary and shied away from giving her any place in personal spiritual practices (at…

Prelude Prelude and Fugue in E minor                     J. S. Bach Introit (Psalm 116:3) The sorrows of death compassed me: the sorrows of hell compassed me about. (Psalm 18:6) In my distress, I called upon the Lord:  and He heard my voice out of His temple. (Psalm 18:1-2) I will love Thee, O Lord, my Strength: the…

Words of comfort for a glorious early morning – taken from THE ORDER FOR THE HOURLY OFFICES Lauds –   Said at Dawn/Sunrise Revelation vii.  BLESSING, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.  R. Thanks be to God. Hymn. Ecce jam noctis. LO!…