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A good word from St. Augustine of Hippo on Mary as a disciple of Christ. I am posting this reflection because today is the feast day of St. Mary the Virgin. But look here, my brothers and sisters, concentrate more, I beg you, on what follows, concentrate more on what Christ the Lord said as …
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This past weekend at Eastbrook, I gave the first message in our preaching series entitled "Authentic Faith: Growing with the Apostle James." My message was entitled "When Trouble Comes," and drew upon James 1:1-18. This is a beautiful and penetrating passage with many well-known words, but perhaps most famous within this passage is this statement: …
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He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. (Ecclesiastes 3:11) There is one stream of scientific thought that has sought to reduce human beings to mere biological or chemical elements. In the midst …
Breathe in me, O Holy Spirit,That my thoughts may all be holy.Act in me, O Holy Spirit,That my work, too, may be holy.Draw my heart, O Holy Spirit,That I love but what is holy.Strengthen me, O Holy Spirit,To defend all that is holy.Guard me, then, O Holy Spirit,That I always may be holy. By St. Augustine …
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Matthew Erickson 