AOC Two

  All human religions and philosophies worship graves filled with decaying bones and flesh, or invent false gods, like the Golden Calf.  But the people seeing that Moses delaying to come down from the mountain, came to Aaron, and they said to him, Arise, make us gods who walk before us, because as for this Moses, this man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what befell him. And Aaron said unto them, Put in pieces the gold rings that are in the ears of thy wives, and of thy sons, and of thy daughters: and bring them unto me. And all the people broke in pieces the gold rings that were in their ears, and they brought them to Aaron, who had taken them out of their hands, and formed the gold with a burrow, and he made it into an iron calf. And they said, "These are thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.   (Exodus 32:1-4)   . The Hebrews - yet the chosen people of the true God - preferred a false religion based on a big l...

Happy Fifth Sunday after Easter!     The Day of the Resurrection!     Not bunnies, eggs, flowers and chocolates.   The AOC Sunday report can be downloaded  RIGHT HERE.   We have excellent sermons today from Bishops Jerry, Yves and Jack, as well as Rev Bryan.  Each of them is really good, interesting and different. They are all very easy reads, each is well worth your time.  We also have last week ’ s sermon from Rev Cooper in audio form.     Plus, Bishop Jerry is starting a series on the Thirty-Nine Articles.  As members of the Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion, Scripture is our primary reference.  But, what positions do we take based on that Scripture?  We have adopted The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion.  They were not intended as a complete statement of the Christian faith, but of the position of the Anglican Church in relation to the Roman Catholic Church and oth...

T HEN  will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.  26  A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.  27  And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.  28  And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.  29  I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.  30  And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.  31  Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, a...

  The Collect for The Fifth Sunday after Easter,  commonly called Rogation Sunday .   The Collect.   O   LORD , from whom all good things do come; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that are good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same; through our Lord Jesus Christ.   Amen.                 There is not a ‘good thing’ on earth, or in the heavens, which does not come from God. You may have a heart brimming with Godly love, but that love, being Godly, came from its source in God. You were first loved by Christ before you ever could love Him. He fills your heart to overflowing as the abundant and gushing waters of a great mountain Spring. It will become a river of life to you and to all to whom those waters come, but they are a resource that is only shared as a gift of God to you and all who drink of the Living Waters.  ...

    As members of the Anglican Orthodox Church Worldwide Communion, Scripture is our primary reference.  But, what positions do we take based on that Scripture?  We have adopted The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion.  They were not intended as a complete statement of the Christian faith, but of the position of the Anglican Church in relation to the Roman Catholic Church and other Protestant churches. It is critical you understand the Articles.  Bishop Jerry has embarked on a series to cover them starting with an introduction.  It is just under 9 minutes, you should take the time to listen to this.  This series is written so you can understand what we believe and why.  It is something that everyone, clergy and laity, must grasp to appreciate why we are who we are.    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc6cR06ildA Please take the time to listen and understand. Hap Arnold, Bishop Coadjutor Anglican Orthodox Church ...

  B UT   if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.  22  All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.  23  Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live?   (Ezekiel 18:21-23)               This missionary hymn is the composition of Mrs. Mary Ann Thomson (1834-1923). In her own words,  I wrote the greater part of the hymn,  O Zion, haste  in the year 1868. I had written many hymns before, and one night, while I was sitting up with one of my children who was ill of typhoid fever, I thought I should like to write a missionary hymn.   The tune is an old Welsh piec...

Happy Fourth Sunday after Easter!  The Day of the Resurrection!  Not bunnies, eggs, flowers and chocolates.   The AOC Sunday report can be downloaded  RIGHT HERE.   We have excellent sermons today from Bishops Jerry, Roy, Yves and Jack, as well as Rev Bryan .  Each of them is really good, interesting and different. They are all very easy reads, each is well worth your time.   Bishop Jack’ s sermon can be viewed on video   HERE  ->   https://youtu.be/u7NkDUUz1pE   Bishop Jack ’s sermon looks at the unifying message of the Collect, Epistle and Gospel and examine how they share a common message of action as we continue to celebrate Jesus’ delivery of the promise of life eternal with Him in our life to come.   We want to follow our own hearts, that is the  unruly wills and affections of sinful men , which will lead us not to heaven but to hell if left unchecked. These unruly wills and affection...