Author Archives: steeh

In the Name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. It takes a lot of nerve to receive taxpayer money from the government to keep your business afloat, and then turn around and give … Continue reading →

Volume V of The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers contains Augustine’s “A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins and on the Baptism of Infants” In Book I, (quoting from the intro to this book) Augustine ”…refutes those who maintain, that … Continue reading →

Here are two exegetical excerpts regarding Mt 19:28.  Both happen to be from the Journal for Study of the New Testament.  I found them in the ATLAS database.  Please excuse any errors in transliterating the Greek fonts to English equivalents.  The first … Continue reading →

How ’bout a story for this week’s sermon? Come on, you know you want to, and your congregation will LOVE you for it! Here’s a [true] story recounted by Willimon which I actually may quote, followed by some of my random … Continue reading →

Interesting that Philippians 4:4-7 is given to Rorate Caeli instead of Gaudate.  I came across a very nice blog entitled Rorate Caeli  ( www.rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/ ).  The following Chrysostom proclamation on Phil 4 is included there: Rejoice? Fratres: Gaudete in Domino semper: iterum dico, gaudete. Modestia vestra … Continue reading →