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Coming Friday ...

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Sited previously. 6th Day of Christmas A reminder of the New Testament Bible Study starting January 1, 2021 Announcing ... Like every disciple of Jesus Christ, I ask the question regularly, “What is God calling me to do?” It has been my good fortune and blessing to have been able to teach Christian adults in one form or another the Bible and study it since 1993. I continue with this calling. ... I will be posting daily, Monday - Friday, beginning January 1st. More ... Textbooks ... Thanks for thinking about exploring the New Testament in  a new way for the first part of 2021. Texts you will need to start ->     - A study Bible published in the 21st Century. I will be using The New Oxford Annotated Bible, Fifth Edition, (c) 2018, ISBN 978-0-19-027608-9, available online everywhere.     - Gene Edwards, Revolutionary Bible Study, (c) 2009, ISBN 978-0-97975157 - 8         Available at  Amazon I will ask you to develop a daily prayer life during this time  of reading.  I will be suggest

Christmas Messages

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Monday - Fourth Day of Christmas 28 December 2020 Sometimes on Monday, I will cruise through some churches that have online worship services as part of my morning prayers. I used to attend Grace Episcopal Church in Traverse City, Michigan. Fr. Jim Perra gives us an excellent message on the meaning of Christmas ... The message starts with the reading of the Gospel at 14:30 and finishes around 28:20. Secondly, I heard on Christmas Eve morning PDT, His Holiness Pope Francis , and his message for this mass.  "For us ..."  "For us, for me, for you ..." "You are God's" His message begins at 38:57 in Vatican News' English version of his Christmas Eve mass. May these be a blessing to you.

Wonderful ...

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NASA From the prophet Isaiah ... The people who walked in darkness      have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness—      on them light has shined. 3  You have multiplied the nation,      you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you      as with joy at the harvest,      as people exult when dividing plunder. 4  For the yoke of their burden,      and the bar across their shoulders,      the rod of their oppressor,      you have broken as on the day of Midian. 5  For all the boots of the tramping warriors      and all the garments rolled in blood      shall be burned as fuel for the fire. 6  For a child has been born for us,      a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders;      and he is named Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God,      Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7  His authority shall grow continually,      and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom.      He will establish and uphold it with justice and with ri

Textbooks for NT Bible Study for 2021

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https://teleiosresearch.com/bible-study-program/   Dear Sisters and Brothers - Thanks for thinking about exploring the New Testament in a new way for the first part of 2021. Texts you will need to start ->     - A study Bible published in the 21st Century. I will be using The New Oxford Annotated Bible, Fifth Edition, (c) 2018, ISBN 978-0-19-027608-9, available online everywhere.     - Gene Edwards, Revolutionary Bible Study, (c) 2009, ISBN 978-0-97975157 - 8         Available at Amazon i will ask you to develop a daily prayer life during this time of reading.  I will be suggesting sites that are based of the Morning Worship in the Book of Common Prayer. May the Holy Spirit be with us in our journey. As my friend, Fr. Richards blesses, "May your day be holy and your way be His." Dave Eitland Fourth Sunday in Advent 20 December 2020

God's Gift to Humanity

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Advent 3 Sunday, December 13, 2020 a.d. Great sermon by Fr. Robert at St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church, Portland, Oregon, USA O Come, O Come Emanuel ...

2021 Bible Study Announced!

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2021 Bible in Time Introduction and Purpose Christ Pantocrator   mosaic  in  Byzantine style , from  Cefalù Cathedral  in  Sicily ,  Italy ,  c.  1130 Wiki Commons Images Dear Friends in Christ - Like the rest of the United States, I have been confined to my house because of the real COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020. It came at a time in my life where I recently retired. This time has given me a lot of time to rest, recreate, think, and pray in the next directions in my life. Like every disciple of Jesus Christ, I ask the question regularly, “What is God calling me to do?” It has been my good fortune and blessing to have been able to teach Christian adults in one form or another the Bible and study it since 1993. I continue with this calling. In 2020, I took a sabbatical from doing a brief daily reflection on the Episcopal Daily Office readings on my blog The Bible in Time: Read the Bible, Pray the Prayers, Hear the Call, Serve the World! (There have been over 1800 posts and 97,000