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2015-10-04T21:53:22-05:00

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Monday of 18th Sunday after Trinity – James 1:12-21

Last updated on: October 4, 2015 at 9:53 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

James 1:12-21 There is an incredible riddle hidden in the English translations of James 1, wrapped in the mystery of God’s wisdom, inside the enigma of the Greek language. This riddle is why the Greek word peirasmos is translated “trial” in verse 2 but “temptation” in verses 12-14. It is the same word, and yet we routinely translate and read it in two different senses. What is going on here? I’m not a Greek scholar, but it appears as if... Read more

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2015-10-02T12:37:14-05:00

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Saturday of the 17th Sunday after Trinity – James 1:1-11

Last updated on: October 2, 2015 at 12:37 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

James 1:1-11 Et tu, James? You, too, along with St. Paul are commanding me to rejoice in my trials? To which St. James replies simply: “Exactly.” I welcome the break from St. Paul’s weighty letters, hoping to catch a breather from his demanding gospel, which is the gospel of Jesus Christ and the apostolic tradition that we are to keep. I was looking forward, to a break from Paul’s constant emphasis on how we are to respond to suffering... Read more

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2018-03-16T15:51:47-05:00

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Excommunication!

Last updated on: March 16, 2018 at 3:51 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

Excommunication – 2 Thessalonians 3:6-18 I get upset when I hear of those who call themselves Christians and yet insist on their right to disobey God – and I’ll bet you do too. As an Anglican, in the past few years I’ve heard a lot of self-professed Christians insist that homosexuality is not a sin – in clear violation of God’s holy commandments. It’s relatively easy to see this as a clear refusal to obey God’s commandments, but I’m constantly... Read more

2018-03-25T17:41:07-05:00

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Glory Be

Last updated on: March 25, 2018 at 5:41 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

You were made to live for glory: the glory of God. Read more

2018-03-23T16:51:14-05:00

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The Day of the Lord

Last updated on: March 23, 2018 at 4:51 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

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2018-03-22T17:44:28-05:00

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The Syllogism of Glory

Last updated on: March 22, 2018 at 5:44 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

In 2 Thessalonians 1 I find two of the most beautiful syllogisms or enthymemes in all of human logic, and perhaps the most terrifying one of all. Read more

2018-03-21T16:26:41-05:00

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The Holy Kiss

Last updated on: March 21, 2018 at 4:26 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

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2018-03-20T21:10:51-05:00

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Children of the Light

Last updated on: March 20, 2018 at 9:10 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

Children of the Light – 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 “You are all sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor darkness.” With these simple words, St. Paul encapsulates the boundary between all human time: BC and AD – before Christ and anno Domini (in the year of our Lord.) One of the fundamental images of the Bible is the distinction between darkness and light, especially as light represents God and His Kingdom and... Read more

2018-03-19T16:59:01-05:00

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The Hope of the Resurrection

Last updated on: March 19, 2018 at 4:59 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

Since Jesus Christ has risen from the dead, and since I will be raised with Him one day, I know with certainty that I and every faithful Christian will one day be delivered from every form of suffering. Read more

2018-03-18T22:44:14-05:00

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The Abundant Life

Last updated on: March 18, 2018 at 10:44 pm By Fr. Charles Erlandson

The Abundant Life – 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 Why is St. Paul so concerned about the “abundant life”? What is this abundant life of which he speaks? Some would have you believe that this “abundant life” is the same thing as material prosperity. If so, I think St. Paul would have been surprised that he wasn’t living a very abundant life after all! In 1 Thessalonians 4:1, Paul urges and exhorts the Thessalonians to “abound more and more,” and in verse... Read more

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