Sacerdotalism

Warfield writes, "According to this system God the Lord does nothing looking to the salvation of men directly and immediately: all that he does for the salvation of men he does through the mediation of the Church, to which, having endowed it with powers adequate to the task, he has committed the whole work of …

Memento Mori

"Lift up your eyes to the heavens, And look on the earth beneath. For the heavens will vanish away like smoke, The earth will grow old like a garment, And those who dwell in it will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not be abolished." Isaiah 51:6 …

Modern, Freewill, Works Religion

(posted in 2011) More from Don Fortner: The issue is not what or how much does a person have to know to be saved. The issue is who. Who must I know? The answer to that question is plainly stated in John 17:3. We must know the true God and the true Christ. Let me make …

Armor of Light

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to …

A Litany

Litanies are prayers to our Lord consisting of a series of petitions and responses. Although they are traditionally used in church services, they can also be prayed in private devotions, and may be sung. When I'm not sure what to pray I usually pray the scriptures. Somethings I open the Book of Common Prayer or …

John Jewel, Preparing our Hearts

Preparing for the Sacraments: It remaineth, that we consider how we ought to prepare our hearts :  and with what faith and reverence we should resort to these holy mysteries.  We may not come, as we use to do to our usual meats.  For here, in a mystery and Sacrament of bread, is set before us …

Absalom Jones

I'm re-blogging this post from Padre Mickey's page. I found the story of Absalom Jones fascinating and wanted to share it. Jones was a Prince Hall Freemason and devout Christian. Here is the post from Padre Mickey: Absalom Jones was born in 1746, in rural Delaware. He was a slave born into a family of …

Redemption all is ours!

“If sinless innocence be theirs, Redemption all is ours.” "O the riches of the love of God! The redemption of the soul by the blood of the God-man-mediator is all ours; and the angels cannot even sip it. It is out of the reach of their pure lips and holy hearts; but the Lord, in …

Wandering Thoughts

How the mind causes our thoughts to wander: The arrogance of the mind alienates us from the life of God, and from communion with him. When a present and appropriate petition or instruction is conveyed through the ear into the understanding, it shamelessly plays therewith, and takes occasion to run out on some contiguous notion; …

Does God Exist?

If you haven't heard of Peterson get yourself out from under that rock and google him. He's insightful for an unbeliever. As one commented, "This is a man that doesn't believe in a god (because his intellect won't let him) but desperately wants to." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfvVu7__vy0