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Apr 2024
Easter Sunday Readings: Isaiah 25:6-9 Colossians 3:1-4 Mark 16: 1-8 Today, we are reminded of the Parable of the Vine growers. There was a man who planted a vineyard, put a wall around it, and dug a vat under the wine press and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard. The vine growers took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed.......
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May 2017
“The Power To Overcome And Conquer” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Sixth Sunday After Easter May 28, 2017 Readings: Acts 1:1-14, Psalm 68:1-20 1 Peter 4:12-19 John 17:1-11 This is the last Sunday of Easter; not the last Sunday of Christ’s effect on our lives but a planting of a seed that will give us hope, joy and peace, and as Scriptures tell us today, eternal life. The Gospel today is a very interesting statement that perhaps we have not really spent time to understand. It talks to us about the coming of Christ,......
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21
May 2017
“Stay Connected To The Vine” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Fifth Sunday After Easter May 21, 2017 Readings: Acts 17:22-31, Psalm 148 1 Peter 3:8-18 John 15:1-8 The truth of Easter is that it’s a visible manifestation of the love of God. The Old Testament shows us God’s favor upon man, yet there was still the fear, doubt and unbelief in the love of God. The coming of Christ is a declaration of God’s love for mankind. God loves us and His whole creation so much that He sent His only Son. How......
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May 2017
“Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Fourth Sunday After Easter May 14, 2017 Readings: Acts 17: 1-15; Psalm 66: 1-11 1 Peter 2: 1-10 John 14: 1-14 The Scriptures are given to us to guide us and bring us to a relationship with Jesus Christ. Sometimes, though, when we read a portion of Scriptures, we do so without reading what came before it and what follows it. As a result, we don’t really understand the verses and why they were written. We take things out......
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07
May 2017
“Christ is the Only Door” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Third Sunday After Easter May 7, 2017 Readings: Acts 6:1-9; 7:2a, 51-60; Psalm 23 1 Peter 2:19-25 John 10:1-10 The events of Easter are the most important events in the life of Christ that give us new life. He took us out of the darkness of slavery and gave us a new life of freedom and much hope. He shares this to us in today’s lessons to show us and help us understand the necessity of order in our lives. Many people don’t......
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30
Apr 2017
“We Have Hope Because of the Eucharist” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Second Sunday After Easter April 30, 2017 Readings: Acts 2:14a, 36-47; Psalm 116 1 Peter 1:17-23 Luke 24:13-35 It’s probably a little difficult for us to understand how the breaking of the bread could identify Christ. Couldn’t anybody break bread? Is it uncommon for people to break bread? There’s something here that God wants us to understand. We are reminded every week of Christ’s work on our behalf in the breaking of the bread. It’s the responsibility of the Church to......
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23
Apr 2017
“Remembering From The Heart” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines First Sunday of Easter April 23, 2017 Readings: Acts 2:14a, 22-32, Psalm 111 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31 Easter can be considered as one of the highest points in the history of mankind. If Christ didn’t come at Christmas there wouldn’t be Easter, but Easter is the fulfillment of God’s purpose, will and plan for all mankind. If we truly know God, we’ll have tremendous respect for His patience, mercy and grace. He gave man all authority over the universe, but the first man......
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16
Apr 2017
“Awake! Put On Your Glorious Clothes” Archbishop Loren Thomas Hines Easter Sunday April 16, 2017 Readings: Acts 10:34-43, Psalm 118:14-29 Colossians 3:1-4 Matthew 28:1-10 We renew our covenant with God on this day, a day which reminds us of God’s love and commitment to His creation. For some, what happened this day is just an event – Christ was resurrected from the dead – but it has so much more meaning to us. In the Old Testament, God spoke to Moses as Israel was getting ready to leave Egypt: “This is the......
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