In the third week of the Heart of Anglicanism Fr. Carl explores the history of how Anglicans have worshiped and how we receive those traditions and live them out today.
Jesus said the world would know we are his disciples by the love we show for one another. In these times of uncertainty, in a world that is filled with confusion and malice, we are called to have love for our brothers and for all of humanity.
The question is not whether you have religion or a relationship, but rather whether your religion is relating rightly to God. God calls us to relate to him well by listening closely for him, having a passion to continue learning, longing for in
In the first week of The Heart of Anglicanism Fr. Carl teaches us a bit about the history of the Church, where Anglicanism came from, and what it means to be an Anglican today.
Our faith must be supplemented by knowledge. Perfect knowledge is wisdom, which is revealed to us in the person of Jesus, who is the Wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:24), by the Spirit, who knows and reveals the thoughts of God (1 Corinthians 2:1
Living a life of virtue is not something that can be habituated through our own efforts, but comes through the power of the Holy Spirit working through the good news planted in our hearts.
In the second part of his series Fr. Carl examines the arguments for infant baptism before exploring the nature of the new covenant its connection to the family.
Though we find ourselves to be exiles, we can trust that God is working through the difficulties and challenges we face to refine and reform us to the image of the one who assumed our shame, miseries, and flesh: Jesus.
Though we live in a fallen world, God has blessed us in immeasurable ways and calls us to a life of joy that is rooted in his faithfulness and promises.
In the midst of injustices, atrocities, and hurts we await the return of Jesus, the perfect judge, who will set all things right and whose kingdom will have no end.
The prophecies of the Messiah’s advent led many of the people who encountered Jesus to have rigid, closed-off expectations, but God is calling us to live with a posture of expectancy, with hearts that are open to the work he is doing in our mid
On his last Sunday with us Pastor Ken reminds us of the Our Father, the prayer that Jesus gave his disciples, and invites us to come back to it over and over because this prayer teaches us how we always ought to pray.
In the face of suffering in body, mind, or soul, we can cling to the hope of the return of Jesus, when our sinful bodies will be made like his glorious body, and suffering will come to an end.
God, the unmoved mover, has moved in our hearts by grace through faith to draw us to his Son Jesus that we might become his inheritance, all to the glory of God.
The call of the Church is to be people who go out into the world to love our neighbor not so that they can see us, but so that they can see and meet Jesus in us.
First of all, before anything else, we are called to pray, not seeking the Lord in vain or without hope, but trusting in his goodness and mercy towards us, knowing that he loves us and hears our prayers.