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Life And Liberty
Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Jul 27, 2013 (message contributor)
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1. Excommunicate The Lot
Contributed on Jul 27, 2013
Why can't we separate the sinners--especially public sinners--from the good guys?
Saturday of 16th Week in Course 2013 “Excommunicate the Lot?” “Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.” Let’s get the ...read more
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2. For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free
Contributed on Mar 22, 2014
Becoming the best version of ourselves also involves fleeing from sin and the occasions of sin.
Laetare Sunday 2014 For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free From the Epistle of St. Paul to the Galatians: For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave and one by a free woman. 23 But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, the son of the free woman through promise. 24 ...read more
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3. Trust Not In The Words "the Temple Of The Lord"
Contributed on Aug 31, 2019
In Jeremiah’s words, there is murder, theft, fornication, perjury and the out-and-out worship of money. But we cannot forget the legal murder sanctioned by the Supreme Court.
Jeremiah 7: 1-15 “The Temple of the Lord. . .” We are encouraged by the Church to listen to the word of the Lord, as much as possible, with ears sensitive to their original meaning. In other words, we listen as the people of Judah, the Jews, would have heard them in the days of Jeremiah. They were ...read more
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4. Never Be Embarrassed To Call On The Lord
Contributed on Nov 13, 2021
Can we witness to Jesus Christ as loudly as the blind man on the road from Jericho?
Monday of 33rd week in Course The miracle stories in the Gospel have a number of common elements. When Jesus came into the world, it was God breaking into a world of weakness, rebellion and sin. So it shouldn’t surprise us if there is conflict when Jesus breaks into the kingdom of sin. Look ...read more
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5. Can We Be Saved Without Repentance?
Contributed on Nov 13, 2021
The Holy Spirit is always eager to stir up repentance and change and heal the brokenhearted. But can we be saved without repenting and adopting a firm purpose of amendment?
John 8: 10-11 Luke 6: 45-48 Psalm 50 Romans 6: 1-19 One of the greatest scandals afflicting our decadent society, one that has even bled over into the Church, is the phenomenon of public figures claiming to be Christian, or Catholic, attending worship and taking communion, and then going out on ...read more
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6. Trinity And Family
Contributed on May 22, 2024
This, in God’s time, fills the earth, a filling and fulfillment that God manages.
Trinity Sunday 2024 The words of Moses as recorded in Deuteronomy echo loudly today: “Therefore you shall keep [the Lord’s] statutes and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land ...read more