Ancient Faith for Modern Times: Weekly sermons, thoughtful articles, and pastoral prayer rooted in Scripture and the historic Christian faith. Questions and prayer requests welcome.
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Last Notes npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Sermon: August 24: Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle. Before Philip called you, I saw you. Nathanael discovered that Christ knew him before he came to Christ. That is where faith begins: not with our achievement, but with grace. Come and see. Believe. Serve. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar “Lord, Save Me.” Matthew 14:22–33. The disciples have been in a storm for hours when Jesus walks toward them on the water. Peter steps out of the boat and walks toward him. He sees the wind. He begins to sink. He cries out: Lord, save me. The hand reaches immediately. Little faith was enough to get him out of the boat. The hand of Christ was enough to keep him from drowning. #ChristIsKing #Christianity #Biblestr npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Always feels good to spend lightning. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Looking forward to this. Hope there will be a video for this that a pleb/non-dev can understand. Managed to set up a start9, cold card, and NAS, but I ascribe 50% of my efforts to luck, lol. Hoping to figure out how to weave this in. Thanks for all you do. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar The wheat and the tares. Let both grow until the harvest. The patience God requires is not indifference to evil; it is the refusal to execute a judgment that belongs to the Son of Man alone. Creation groans. The righteous wait. The harvest is certain. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #Christianity npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar June 29: Peter and Paul. On the shore of Tiberias, Jesus asks Peter three times: do you love me? The same number he denied. Each question overrides a denial. Feed my lambs. Tend my sheep. Feed my sheep. And then: follow me. This is what restoration looks like. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #Christianity npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Thanks. Helpful. Followed all I didn’t already have. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar ACNA, North Georgia Mountains npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Gator Ice Cream in Jacksonville Beach, FL accepts Bitcoin. #GrowNostr npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Four times a year, the Anglican calendar sets aside three days for fasting, prayer, and intercession for the Church's ministry. Most Anglicans have never heard of them. Here's what Ember Days are, when they fall, and how to observe them well. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #EmberDays npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar #ChristIsKing #GoodFriday #Biblestr npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Most churches are bursting at the seams on Christmas and Easter. Filled with people we haven’t seen 4-8 months, many we’ve never seen before and won’t see again. Something about these two Holy Days that draws a crowd. We’ve come to affectionately call such people the “Chreasters”. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Welcome to Nostr npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM Nostriches, npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Fourth Sunday in Lent: Seven sons passed over. A healed beggar thrown out. Both found by the one who sees what no one else sees. Jesus still walks into the forgotten places and asks: "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" This changes everything. #ChristIsKing #Biblestr #Lent npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar Love @nprofile…eqez. Great episode. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar The apostles, once scared and hiding after the crucifixion, spread across the Roman world proclaiming the risen Christ after the resurrection. Most faced brutal deaths: crucifixion, beheading, stoning, spearing, burning. They had nothing earthly to gain, everything to lose. They claimed to be eyewitnesses of the resurrection. Liars don’t endure torture and martyrdom without recanting. Their unwavering conviction is hard to explain without genuine belief in what they saw. #biblestr #christianity #grownostr npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM, Nostriches. Enjoy the weekend. #Grownostr npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar In this Second Sunday of Lent sermon, we follow Nicodemus—a powerful, educated religious leader—as he slips into the night to seek out Jesus. What he encounters shatters every assumption about how we earn our way to God. Through John 3:1–16, Romans 4, and Psalm 33, one truth emerges with striking clarity: no amount of religion, intellect, or moral achievement can produce what only God can give—a life born from above. Just as Abraham was justified by faith, not performance, we are invited to stop striving and start trusting. And at the center of it all stands the cross—the ultimate "lifting up"—where the remedy for our broken condition was made available to whoever believes. npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM npub1295qveafqae0pcde7l3t6heatnvhymten0lp70fapmkdkj3ltndsdaa0gd MountainVicar GM,
