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ADVENT The Rev’d. Stephan W. Heimann The Very Rev’d Richard E Backley   The Season of Advent, which begins our Christian Year, has an interesting history. We have to understand, first of all, that the very early Christian Church did not put the emphasis on Christmas that we do today. The principal celebration of this

ON   THE APPEARANCES OF YAHWEH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT The Rev’d. Allen Fisher When the LORD Comes For many today, one of the most beneficial things for them to do is to actually see what the Bible says about the God who saves us. So many today have this notion that when they get

ON THE  STORY OF THE BIBLE The Rev’d. Allen Fisher   Introduction to Salvation History The Bible records the LORD God’s Mission of Love. All of the Bible flows as one Story. This story is the account of the Mission of God: The story of a loving God creating, redeeming, and restoring a family that

ON THE  SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF JESUS The Rev’d. Allen Fisher   Jesus Religion It’s not uncommon to hear someone say that they are spiritual but not religious, but biblically speaking this just isn’t possible. Now, as already stated, it is quite possible, and common even, to find people who are religious and not

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Yes, Christians can have good, clean fellowship even during Lent.  On March 9th our St. Michael’s family gathered in Christian Fellowship to admire the work of one of our wonderful Parishioners.  From December 2020 through February 2021, our Cristina Jensen was in California directing a play (synopsis below.)  We watched a production of the play

  OBSERVATIONS ON THE EVIL ONE, THE FALLEN ANGELS, AND DEMONS AS ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE BIBLE & RELATED TEXTS The Rev’d. Allen Fisher Lead Us Not into Temptation When our Lord Jesus Christ gave His disciples the model prayer, a sixth of its petitions was devoted to being delivered from “the evil one” (see

OBSERVATIONS ON THE COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS  The Rev’d. Allen Fisher Your Lord is Whom You Obey Jesus says to all of His followers, “If you truly love me, obey my commandments” (cf.Jhn.14:15;Matt.19:17), and “Go and make other disciples of all peoples baptizing them in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy

OBSERVATIONS ON NEW TESTAMENT ILLUSIONS, CONTEMPORARY OBJECTIONS, AND COMMON BELIEFS/PRACTICES SURROUNDING THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY The Rev’d. Allen Fisher On Viewing the Blessed Virgin Rightly For a time, Evangelical Protestants, even some post-Vatican II Roman Catholics, have downplayed the role of Mary and shied away from giving her any place in personal spiritual practices (at

Fr. Michael chats about the weekend and upcoming events.  Update from vestry on different aspects of how St. Michael’s moves forward out of this current environment.  Children and their growth in faith and maturity, skills and talents, is being pursued and planned as we use the talent that the Spirit has brought to us during