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I Asked the Lord that I Might Grow

Precious are the times when a classic hymn transfixes you. One did this week. Under pressure for a sermon draft deadline, my head was down and the fingers moving across the keyboard as iTunes played a shuffle of songs behind. That’s when I heard Anglican John Newton’s 1779 hymn, “I Asked the Lord that I… Read More I Asked the Lord that I Might Grow

April 5, 2014 The Vicar's Garden3 Comments

10,000+ Views

The WordPress Statistics page told me that my blog passed 10,000 views this week. I am stunned. I know that in the digital world news sites can receive 10,000 views in minutes and large churches can see weekend attendance at that number, but I am just a small church pastor/church planter in a small corner… Read More 10,000+ Views

February 26, 2014February 26, 2014 The Vicar's Garden1 Comment

Thank You, Article XXXVII

One of the realities when you switch churches and denominations is how one network of communication is unplugged and another network is connected. It takes a bit of time to find out where you are in all of this. But after having done moves to England and back again I have found that it is best… Read More Thank You, Article XXXVII

February 24, 2014February 25, 2014 The Vicar's GardenLeave a comment

Hello, I must be going, 7

The more determined men become to despise the teaching of Christ, the more zealous should godly ministers be to assert it and the more strenuous their efforts to preserve entire. And more than that, by their diligence to ward off Satan’s attack. John Calvin As my study drew to a close and I realized how… Read More Hello, I must be going, 7

January 6, 2014January 6, 2014 The Vicar's GardenLeave a comment

Hello, I must be going, 6

The more determined men become to despise the teaching of Christ, the more zealous should godly ministers be to assert it and the more strenuous their efforts to preserve entire. And more than that, by their diligence to ward off Satan’s attack. John Calvin My study of same-sex and heterosexual attraction kept asserting that the… Read More Hello, I must be going, 6

December 30, 2013December 30, 2013 The Vicar's GardenLeave a comment

Hello, I must be going, 5

The more determined men become to despise the teaching of Christ, the more zealous should godly ministers be to assert it and the more strenuous their efforts to preserve entire. And more than that, by their diligence to ward off Satan’s attack. John Calvin The reality of what was clearly taught throughout the Scriptures concerning… Read More Hello, I must be going, 5

December 27, 2013December 28, 2013 The Vicar's GardenLeave a comment

Hello, I must be going, 4

The more determined men become to despise the teaching of Christ, the more zealous should godly ministers be to assert it and the more strenuous their efforts to preserve entire. And more than that, by their diligence to ward off Satan’s attack. John Calvin Now that we have established the fact of humanity’s fall in… Read More Hello, I must be going, 4

December 17, 2013December 17, 2013 The Vicar's GardenLeave a comment

Hello, I must be going, 2

The more determined men become to despise the teaching of Christ, the more zealous should godly ministers be to assert it and the more strenuous their efforts to preserve entire. And more than that, by their diligence to ward off Satan’s attack. John Calvin Looking back over my 12 years at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church,… Read More Hello, I must be going, 2

December 2, 2013 The Vicar's Garden1 Comment

Hello, I must be going

The more determined men become to despise the teaching of Christ, the more zealous should godly ministers be to assert it and the more strenuous their efforts to preserve entire. And more than that, by their diligence to ward off Satan’s attack. John Calvin About three-thirty Thursday October 3rd I received a phone call from… Read More Hello, I must be going

November 20, 2013 The Vicar's Garden1 Comment

Two Brands of Anglicans

Just been reading Peter Adam’s St. Antholin’s Lecture, Gospel Trials in 1662: To Stay or To Go? for reasons I will explain if I have more time, when I read this paragraph: Two groups of people prefer the theory that Puritans cannot be Anglicans, nor can Anglicans be Puritans. Some Nonconformists may take this view because… Read More Two Brands of Anglicans

July 30, 2013July 30, 2013 The Vicar's GardenLeave a comment

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