St. John's Franklin Podcast

Kenny Benge preached a sermon entitled “The Liturgy of Abundance” based on Matthew 6:24-34 on February 26, 2011. A preoccupation with earthly possessions can distort and darken human flourishing and spiritual health, but Jesus invites us to trust in God’s story of abundance—into the reality that the gifts needed for life are abundantly provided by our generous God.

 

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This is part four of our Epiphany series on the vision of St. John's Anglican Church.  Christian community is not an ideal which we must realize; it is rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate. As such, it is not a commodity that can be provided for us or acquired through technological means. Christian community is experienced as we commit to live life together with all of its ups and downs in a particular place.

 

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This is part three of our Epiphany series on the vision of St. John's Anglican Church.  The church has often promoted a false spiritual/secular split of our activity in the world, but God calls us into all of the spheres of life. Work was created and ordained by God but since the Fall we always get less out of it than we put into it.  We are called to redeem our work; to see the work itself as a kingdom activity.

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