Friday, February 29, 2008

• A Video of Bishop Tom Wright

  Our church in Lexington has been watching and discussing a series by Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright.   
  Here is a YouTube sample of this Anglican Theologian:
   

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

• Arise and Build
  a pastoral letter
  to Christ the King Anglican Church
  in Lexington

  The God of Heaven Himself will prosper us. 
  Therefore, we his servants will arise and build …  
  -  Nehemiah 2:20
  In the book of Nehemiah, we see the people of God rebuilding the wall in Jerusalem and in the book of Ezra, God’s people are rebuilding the Temple.   Our commission here at Christ the King Anglican Church is a similar one.   I would like to look at some challenges that we face here in Lexington, Michigan:  
  Realize the Rubble
  The birth of this congregation was birthed in seeing a serious departure from the faith in the Episcopal denomination.  That church was caving in to a worldly agenda and throwing away the faith of our fathers and mothers.   The Episcopal Church seemed to be no longer presenting the good news, but was on the front pages depicting much bad news of a disobedient and self-willed church, making up their own rules and throwing away any obligation to the Biblical, revealed Word of God.   When one sees the rubble of a city or a Temple or even a local church, there are many options, but I think the bravest one is to arise and build.   That is what you, as lay people decided to do a couple years ago.      
  Arise and Build

  You all as people of faith stood up for that faith.  It would've been easier seeing the rubble in the American wing of the Anglican Communion to arise and go elsewhere.  That's an easy route and doesn't take much effort.   Instead you chose to “arise and build” and that's putting your muscle, money and minutes where your mouth is and that's a much harder route.   You looked at the heritage, the sacraments, the liturgy, the theological treasures in the Anglican tradition and decided you wouldn't let go of it out of personal discouragement, anger, laziness or other various reasons.   You kept a vision of God's Temple even while leaving buildings and friends.   You also found new friends walking in the same faith and conviction.   Many were new Anglican friends with addresses in South America, Africa, and even Southeast Asia.  
  Sword and Hammer
  Some of these new friends were Anglican bishops who were also discerning the devastation and departure from biblical faith in the American wing of their Communion.  Again, back in Nehemiah, we see those working at the construction site holding both a tool for building and a weapon for battling in each hand.  It's not easy to build in the midst of battle or to battle in the midst of construction, but that is what many of us have been called to do over the last few years.   We're not alone, we have Anglican leaders around the world who have chosen to be obedient to the Lord and hold a hammer in one hand and the sword in the other.   I hope that we, in our local setting are more concentrated on construction, but as the Apostle Paul did, we also must fight the good fight. (…)

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

• “And of his fulness have all we received.”
  John 1:16
  - From Sprugeon's Morning and Evening

   
  These words tell us that there is a fulness in Christ. (…)

Saturday, January 26, 2008

• City Church in San Francisco Hosts
  Bishop N. T. Wright

  This San Francisco Church hosted Anglican Bishop Tom Wright a couple years ago for a talk on the Christian Faith as presented in his book Simply Christian.   I think you'll find it interesting. (…)

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

• Is God a Delusion?
  A Debate between Richard Dawkins
  and John Lennox

  This debate centers on Dawkins' views as expressed in his best-seller, The God Delusion and their validity over and against the Christian faith. (…)

Saturday, January 19, 2008

• Jesus from the Deesis Mosaic

  Jesus from the Deesis Mosaic, originally uploaded by jakebouma.
   
  Jesus, cropped from a photograph of the Deesis Mosaic at Hagia Sophia (a.k.a. Aya Sophia) in Istanbul, Turkey. (…)

Friday, January 18, 2008

• N.T. Wright - Worship "Freedom Of Imagination"
  

Thursday, January 17, 2008

• Jesus the Lamb of God
  Spurgeon Devotion for Today - January 17th

  “And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion.”
  Revelation 14:1

   
  The apostle John was privileged to look within the gates of heaven, and in describing what he saw, he begins by saying, “I looked, and, lo, a Lamb!” This teaches us that the chief object of contemplation in the heavenly state is “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world.” Nothing else attracted the apostle’s attention so much as the person of that Divine Being, who hath redeemed us by his blood. (…)

Saturday, January 12, 2008

• Here I Am To Worship Song
  and Art Show

  Click To Play

   

Friday, December 21, 2007

• A Continuation of St. Athanasius on the Incarnation

  Ch. 2: The Divine Dilemma and Its Solution (Pt. 1)  16 minutes
  [audio:http://www.archive.org/download/AthanasiusIncarnation/AthanasiusIncarnation2_64kb.mp3]
  Ch. (…)

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

• St. Athanasius - On the Incarnation (De Incarnatione Verbi Dei)

  Outside the pages of the New Testament itself, Athanasius is probably the man to whom we chiefly owe the preservation of the Christian faith. (…)

Monday, December 3, 2007

• "Jesus: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
  Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace"

  Good discussion for the Advent Season
  Dr. Andrew Bartelt is one of the top scholars on the Book of Isaiah,  He is Vice President and Academic Dean at Concordia Seminary in St. (…)

Saturday, December 1, 2007

• Bishop John Guernsey
  - A Video Message on Evangelism

   
   

   
   A twenty minute message on evangelism recommended by Ronda Galarneau:   " I found a great sermon on Anglicantv.org by Bishop Gurnsey."

Friday, November 30, 2007

• Debate with the Village Atheist
  - Joel McDurmon and Gary Demars

  I just got this book, here is a discussion with the author.
  [audio:http://www.americanvision.org/radio/TGDS/08May2007.mp3]
   Source Link

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

• Is God A Delusion: Is Faith Irrational? by Nicky Gumbel

  [audio:http://www.htb.org.uk/audio/download/1335/28_10_07_1130_NG.mp3]
  Source Link with Video along with Message
  First Message in this series of Three     Second Message in this series of Three

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

• Is God A Delusion: Does Religion Do More Harm Than Good?
  by Nicky Gumbel

  [audio:http://www.htb.org.uk/audio/download/1325/21_10_07_7PM_NG.mp3]
  Source Link with Video along with Message
  First Message in this series of Three

Monday, November 19, 2007

• Was there a massacre of male infants
  around the time of Jesus birth?

   

Friday, November 16, 2007

• Is God A Delusion: Has Science Disproved God? by Nicky Gumbel

  [audio:http://www.htb.org.uk/audio/download/1215/07_10_07_1130_NG_v2.mp3]
  Source Link with Video along with Message

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

• Another Gary Demar Radio - End Times

  Bible Answer Man Radio Show:
  Gary DeMar and Hank Hanegraaff discuss the "Last Days." Originally aired on October 10-11, 2006. (…)

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

• C.S. Lewis in a Time of War:
  The World Broadcasts that Riveted a Nation
  and Became the Classic Mere Christianity
  by Justin Phillips

  foreword by Walter Hooper
  a review by Theresa E. Dalton
  Recently, I came across this book. Of course, C.S. (…)