I’m glad to go when the Lord calls

Adoration of the Lamb, stained glass window, Church of St. Philip and St. James, Oxford, England

Our sermon for this day the Church in this place has chosen to remember the Faith that God gave to and sustained in His servant Gladys Ellaine Tagge is drawn from the readings of the day. God guided her family, from the notes in her Bible, to choose what you have heard in this service for this very day.

In Christ One Does Not Sit with Evildoers

Treasures of the Bible -- Bearing Fruit, by John Henry Hipsley

Therefore, today’s Psalm is first and foremost to be offered by Jesus. It is one that He could freely and without deceit offer to God, even when He was charged with capital crimes. He was, is, and ever shall be the Perfect Man. He is the One Who is ever able to offer His guiltless petitions and pleas before the Holy God. That is Good News, for Jesus. But, what does it say of the use of the Psalm for everyone else?

The Way of Salvation is Folly to Outsiders

Sermon for Trinity 5 Wednesday July 20, 2022

Christ the Wisdom and Power of God For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,    and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” Where is the one who is wise?… Continue reading The Way of Salvation is Folly to Outsiders