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February 14, 2013 By admin

Youth Ministry – The 50 Year Failed Experiment

by Regis Nicoll A definition of insanity - doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Teaching, making disciples - it matters. Will we learn from mistakes? “A 50-year failed experiment.” That’s how Scott T. Brown, a once-prominent figure in the youth ministry movement, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About Preaching Tagged With: failure, youth ministry

February 13, 2013 By admin

The Third Heaven According To St. Paul

St. Paul

by Vincent Martini I firmly believe that many of the modern perspectives on the scriptures, whether one is considering “inspiration” or “canonicity,” for example, can be deficient against one’s ability to both appreciate and understand them. In other words, what “place” they should occupy in our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sermon Resources Tagged With: Enoch, On Behalf Of All, paradise, revelation, St. Paul, Third heaven, Vincent Martini

February 13, 2013 By admin

Looking East During Prayer & Worship

We all look towards the East when we pray, but few of us know that we are seeking our own old country, Paradise, which God planted in Eden in the East. We pray standing, on the first day of the week, but we do not all know the reason. On the day of the resurrection (or "standing again," Greek: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Patristic Sermons Tagged With: east, Resurrection, st. basil the great

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