Author: kyriss
Sheep or goat; which are you?
The icon of the living God is beheld through God’s Word
Today, our bulletin covers depict that which is written in two words at the top of the image. They declare, in Slavic, Vetkhi Denmi (ВЕТХИ ДЕНМИ). That is, they announce that the One pictured is the, “Ancient of Days.”
He is God the Father, the One Who, with the Son and the Spirit, has been declared to bring hope to God’s people for centuries. The image of God, that which was long ago drawn from today’s Old Testament Reading, is given to lead us to the Icon of the Living God Who is beheld through God’s Word….For more information, click on the title above.
Faith heals
But deliver us from evil
God cut the beautiful everlasting covenant
There is a conjunction of readings that have occurred this day. In this place, we follow the helpful and ancient tradition of keeping the appointed Sunday readings whenever a minor feast, festival, or commemoration appears on a Sunday. That helps all of us hold fast to the rhythm of this part of Trinity-tide, whose Sunday texts reinforce us for Christian endurance in the Faith. For more, click on the title above.
Freed in Christ to not be anxious
The life of sinful man is plagued by numerous conditions, struggles, and troubles. How widespread these different undesirable things are or how much of an issue they are may wax and wane like the moon in the night sky as the years and decades go by but nevertheless, they persist. …For more, click on the title above.
Jesus–The true Word
From tax collector to apostle and evangelist
With each successive generation the lack of affiliation with religion has grown. About 50 years ago, in 1973, 87 percent of U.S. adults identified with a Christian religion*, six percent were non-Christian or “other” religion, and five percent did not have a religious preference. Today, according to the most recent data, 68% identify with a Christian religion*, seven percent identify with a non-Christian religion, and 22 percent of Americans said they have no religious preference—or, no “religion” at all….For more, click on the title above.
Hold onto God’s Word, for though it the Holy Spirit gives life
Today, our Old Testament reading calls for any person who would be found faithful before God to hold onto God’s Word. It teaches that the faithful continue being called to hold onto God’s instruction; that He continues to reveal through rightly divided His Word.
It is through the proclaimed Word of God that the Holy Spirit wills to give salvation. At the end of a faithful person’s mortal life in the Faith, the Spirit, through the Word of God, will lead him or her into blessed eternal life. That is fitting for us to hear as Laurencetide’s theme of sanctification draws to a close for another year. …For more, click on the title above.