Tuesday, May 20, 2008

• A Good Message From My Friend;
  Pastor Mark Freer

  Letters From the Edge—
  May 13, 2008
  Good News or Good Advice?
  Many people today believe that all religions basically say the same things. (…)

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

• An Eyewitness Account of Anglican Events
  to Spread the Gospel
  and Expand God's Love and Kingdom

  I belong to the Convocation of Anglican in North American (CANA)
  and was part of recent meetings in Virginia this Sunday and last week. 

  I took alot  of pictures, here is the link for pictures and slide shows.   
  Click to See Them
  -  Father Richard  +  
   

Saturday, November 10, 2007

• Feed the Flock
  

Thursday, August 30, 2007

• "Christ in Isaiah" Dr. Andrew Bartelt
  Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO

  I was looking for an audio that centered on Christ Jesus in the Old Testament and I found this one from a Lutheran Radio Station, to my delight it's from an interview with Dr. (…)

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

• The Quest for Relevance
  Os Guinness on the White Horse Inn

  On this edition of the White Horse Inn, the hosts talk with Os Guinness, author of Prophetic Untimeliness: A Challenge to the Idol of Relevance.  They discuss some serious concerns for the evangelical community and it's current condition and direction. (…)

Friday, August 17, 2007

• Recommended Book - Treasures and Lessons
  on Pastoral Ministry from the Historic Church

  This is a must read for those in any Pastoral Ministry:
   
   
  In today's Church, there often appears to be a conflict between those who are doctrinally strong and those who "care about people." Thomas Oden does an excellent service by showing that a Christian (especially a Pastor or Pastoral Counselor) can and should use the resources of the Christian tradition as a tool of compassionate ministry. (…)

Thursday, August 16, 2007

• Thoughts on the ALPHA Program from
  Holy Trinity Brompton in London
  a conversation with Nicky Gumbel

  The Alpha Course is a basic course on the Christian faith, commonly advertised as "an opportunity to explore the meaning of life". (…)

Friday, August 10, 2007

• Why I am a Protestant by Anglican Archbishop
  Dr. Peter Jensen

  In this first of three messages, Dr. (…)

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

• A Sacrifice of Praise - deep devotional material

  When I was 19 years old,  I was perusing the library shelves of Dallas Theological Seminary, and discovered a small hymnbook.   They let me borrow it, its title was Hymns for the Little Flock, if your church follows the common lectionary, you'll find that term on the lips of Jesus in this coming Gospel Reading (Luke 12-32-40).  He speaks to the “Little Flock’ and gives his disciples, a warning to be in preparation to flee from Jerusalem.   Interestingly enough, some 37 years later, I have some serious differences regarding the end time doctrine that has been represented by Dallas Theological Seminary, but I do thank them for introducing me to historic hymnody.   Ever since I held that book, I have been a collector of old hymn books, most of them leather bound with no musical notation.  In the early American church, they had various tunes that could be sung to a number of hymns.   Finding some great old hymn books at one time was fairly easy and fairly inexpensive.  Not so today, but I still am on the lookout whenever I get to a used bookstore.   These old hymn books make wonderful devotional material in worshiping God.   Comparatively, we have wandered pretty far from the God Centered, theologically deep and meaningful congregational singing in our day.   Thankfully, we have had some revival of songs from Scripture, and powerful worship, that exults in our God; Father, Son  and Holy Spirit.  I have to credit my friends at Integrity Music and a few others for helping to bring some tremendous worship music into wider distribution and use.  
  If you'd like to pursue music and hymns of the older sort, I would suggest an excellent book of Christian poetry and hymns written over a period of 1200 years.  This book utilizes sources from the Protestant, Anglican, Roman, and Orthodox traditions.   The title is "A Sacrifice of Praise” edited by James H. (…)

Friday, August 3, 2007

• Unemployed in Metro Detroit
  or Southeast, Michigan ?
  - a book suggestion

  I have been recommending Richard  M. (…)