Text: Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43. Though I had been raised 50/50 Episcopalian and Roman Catholic, in my teenage years and 20’s we were part of the Messianic Jewish movement, which usually shares basic theological assumptions with general Evangelicalism here in the United States. Since at least the 1970’s most of American Evangelicalism has defaulted to a…
In which we discuss the significance of belief, God’s Fatherhood, Sovereignty, the Sonship of Christ, and some Theophanies. The Catechism Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
Week 4 of our study of the Confirmation Catechism for the Anglican Diocese of the West, in which we sing an adaptation of the Te Deum, discuss the Apostles’ Creed, the Holy Trinity, what it means to believe “in God,” and (again) touch on Election. The Catechism Week 1 Week 2 Week 3
Texts: Psalm 110, Matthew 22:41-46 If you have been joining us for our Wednesday evening discipleship class or listening to our Christian Education podcast from those Wednesday classes, you may recall that the Early Church literally spent centuries hammering out what we consider to be the basic orthodoxy regarding the person of Christ. The question…
Note: the audio from Part 1 was lost, so slides 1-13 only apply to the review and are barely touched upon in this teaching.