38 John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following...

Recently, a family member informed me that an opportunity had been presented to him, for study abroad.  The location of the specific city...

On the heels of Pentecost Sunday, when we remember how Peter stood with the eleven and spoke with a divinely raised voice and three...

On Sunday May 13, I attended a Bible studies (lectionary) class at church, which was led by the priest who officiated that day. He did...

In church this morning the priest read the following words from Matthew: “Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem...

Matthew 16:13-20 When Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man...

[This observation is based on the readings listed by the Episcopal Lectionary, for Year A Pentecost, as Proper 13] The main definition of...

In 1858, as the last of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, Abraham Lincoln said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this...

Romans 6:12-23 Do not let sin exercise dominion in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions. No longer present your members to...

Matthew 10:32-39 (in bold) “Everyone therefore who acknowledges me before others, I also will acknowledge before my Father in heaven; but...

In my study of the lessons coming up for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, I was led to read what the Ethiopian eunuch was reading, when he...

Jesus said, “Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34,...