Dialogue 43 — Dead Faith
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed […]
God is King Over All the Earth
God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Paying His Way
A large part of Patrick’s support came from his own money, as he tells us in th excerpt from pages 55 and 56 of Patrick: A Devotional History: “The total I have spentto be allowed to preach wherever I wentis very great indeed: I’d say no lessthan what a man would have to pay to blesssome […]
Guarding and Guiding the Tongue
Celtic Spiritual Poetry (25) My speech—may it praise You without flaw: May my heart love You, King of heaven and earth.My speech—may it praise You without flaw: Make it easy for me, pure Lord, to do You all service and to adore You. – Anonymous, Irish, 12th century[1] Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but […]
Who Will Go Free?
Matthew 27: Crucified (2) Pray Psalm 142.1, 2.I cry out to the LORD with my voice;With my voice to the LORD I make my supplication.I pour out my complaint before Him;I declare before Him my trouble.Sing Psalm 142.1, 2 (5, 6).Dix: For the Beauty of the EarthWith my voice, O LORD, I cry—hear my plea for mercy, LORD!My complaint mounts […]