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    A ND   the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?  7  If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.    (Genesis 4:6-7)               The door of a structure could be considered its most important feature since it either denies, or allows, access to, or departure from, the building. The first mention of the word ‘door’ appears in the quoted text above. God declares a offer of reward or of condemnation to Cain. The door was that of the soul to Cain. He had admitted hatred and covetousness for his brother Abel that resulted in bloody murder. Once jealousy rules the soul, it becomes a monster of unlimited evil. That was not the Door of Salvation but of ruin.               ...

       A ND  he said unto them,  It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power .  8  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judæa, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth .   (Acts 1:7-8)   G O  ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost :  20   Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world . Amen.    (Matthew 28:19-20)   This beautiful hymn was the first of more than two hundred hymns composed by Samuel Wolcott. This hymn was complete in 1869 when Wolcott was fifty-six years of age. It marked the beginning of his renewed ministry to the forsaken of the big cities of America. He had minis...

Happy Twelfth Sunday after Trinity! The AOC Sunday Report can be downloaded  RIGHT HERE ! This morning we have excellent sermons from Bishops Jerry and Roy, as well as Revs Jack and Bryan. We are very pleased to have Bryan back online. Please continue your prayers for his full recovery.   Rev Jack brings the Propers together today.    His sermon can be viewed on video HERE  ->   https://youtu.be/M7CeMnOezg8 In the Collect, for the first time in a long time, we acknowledge we are continually pray to God, asking Him for what WE want. Yet, how oft do we listen to Him when He responds with what we need?   Very much like in our society today, too many Jews only cared about not violating the Law, not about the spirit of the Law which was intended. People today have a tendency to want to be a law abiding citizen and not break any laws. They forget about the spirit of the laws. In the Gospel, Jesus helped a deaf man with an impediment of speech. I...

The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.   The Collect.   A LMIGHTY  and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve; Pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we are not worthy to ask, but through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our Lord.  Amen.   The Collect              Healing, of which our COLLECT speaks, begins with repentance for the sinner. But the  man of our text today could not come to Christ without someone BRINGING HIM. He could not even pray for healing as he knew not how to formulate words. We must be ready and willing to bring those who are dumb to their condition to confront the Word of God head-on to understand the perilous ground upon which they stand. The man of our story, as well, was...

   Rev Jack brings the Propers together today.    His sermon is below the propers and can be viewed on video  HERE  ->   https://youtu.be/M7CeMnOezg8   In the Collect, for the first time in a long time, we acknowledge we are continually pray to God, asking Him for what WE want. Yet, how oft do we listen to Him when He responds with what we need?   Very much like in our society today, too many Jews only cared about not violating the Law, not about the spirit of the Law which was intended. People today have a tendency to want to be a law abiding citizen and not break any laws. They forget about the spirit of the laws. In the Gospel, Jesus helped a deaf man with an impediment of speech. It is a parable in of itself. The deaf man is a stand in for us. We who cannot seemingly hear God’s commands, or won’t. The Propers for today are found on Page 206-207, with the Collect first:   The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity.   The Colle...

A ND   when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.  24  And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?  25  And he cried unto the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,  (Exodus 15:23-25)   We often read over passages of the Bible without noticing the greater and extraordinary meaning that it lays before us. I have read the above passage many times over without seeing a beautiful principle hidden between its lines.                After leading the Children of Israel out of Egypt with many miracles and wonders – including the Pillar of Cloud by Day and Fire by Night; and the parting of the Red Sea waters – the first place at which th...

  B Y  faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;  25  Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;  26  Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.  27  By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.  28  Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.  29  By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.    (Hebrews 11:24-29)                     Our lives on earth are punctuated by the choices we make. The earlier the right choice is made, the be...