The Bridegroom & the New Wine
Jesus did not arrive on the scene to patch up an old system. He is the bridegroom who turns water into wine and makes all things new....
03 January, 2019
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Hear, Oh Israel! – Keeping the Great Commandment
Hear O Israel! Most have heard of the Great Commandment - to love God with your whole heart and your neighbor as yourself. But if God is just and salvation depends upon perfect obedience to this command, who can be saved?...
01 January, 2019
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Christ’s Second Coming – Augustine
Augustine comments on the Last Judgment scene found in Matthew 25 and speaks about the second coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and how to be properly prepared for it by showing the same mercy to others by which we wish to be...
15 November, 2018
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Armageddon, Apocalypse & the Final Battle
The Apocalypse -- What does the Bible really teach about the End of the World, Armageddon, the second coming of Jesus Christ and the final battle against the Antichrist? The gospels and the book of Revelation raise many apocalyptic questions for Christians. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='65' color=''...
14 November, 2018
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Feast of Christ the King – a Lasting Dominion
The feast of Jesus Christ the Universal King was instituted by Pope Pius XI in 1925 and is observed on the last Sunday of the Roman Catholic Liturgical Year. It causes us to meditate on the Second and Final Coming of Christ, the last Judgment,...
12 November, 2018
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Widow’s Mite, Widow’s Meal – the Beauty of Hidden Gifts
The gospel story of the Widow's Mite and the Old Testament visit of the prophet Elijah to the Widow of Zarephath are well known bible tales. Two simple but heroic women -- who call us to heroic virtue in a hidden way, in the midst...
04 November, 2018
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Bartimaeus & Faith that Acts Up – Podcast
In this 15 minute podcast, Anna Mitchell, host of the Sonrise Morning Show, discusses with Dr. Italy, the significance of Jesus' encounter with Bartimaeus, the Blind Beggar of Jericho. What emerges is a tribute to a kind of faith that acts up and reaches out. Jesus...
25 October, 2018
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Bartimaeus – the Blind Beggar with Outrageous Faith
The story of Bartimaeus, the blind beggar who met Jesus on the road to Jericho, is a dramatic event from the Gospel of Mark that illustrates something very important about the true nature of Christian faith....
23 October, 2018
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The Sons of Zebedee – Ambition vs. Servant Leadership
Brothers John and James, the sons of Zebedee, had ambition. When they make their famous request for places of honor In Mark's gospel, Jesus takes the opportunity to give them a lesson on the nature of true greatness as loving and serving, even to the...
16 September, 2018
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Amen, Amen – James, Peter & Rock-solid Faith
The word amen is familiar to all. But few know its origins and its true meaning, which actually strikes at the very essence of what it means to believe and have faith....
15 September, 2018
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