Dr. John Armstrong on the Eucharist
https://vimeo.com/album/4079811/video/177607525
Dr. John Armstrong Beyond Vatican II
https://player.vimeo.com/video/177607172
“The True Manna of God” – John 6:24-35, A Sermon by John H. Armstrong
This is a recorded sermon titled, “The True Manna of God,” delivered by John H. Armstrong on Sunday, August 5, 2018.
Jesus Goes Home (Mark 6:1-13), A Sermon by John H. Armstrong
This is a recorded sermon titled, “Jesus Goes Home,” delivered by John H. Armstrong on Sunday, July 8, 2018.
Learning from Lord Mackay: The Role of Two Kingdoms in the Christian Public Life
I am regularly asked to review books. I have the far too little time to undertake most of these requests. But such is the opportunity of authors who have many friends who are also authors. When I can, and if the subject of the book interests me, I try to read my friends’ books and write short reviews.
Thus I received the request to read and review, 
Learning From Lord Mackay: Life and Work in Two Kingdoms (SoS Books, Alberta, BC, 2017). The author, J. Cameron Frazer, asked me to read his book last year. I promised only to try. Finally, I am able to honor that promise.
I confess I did not even know the name James Mackay until Cameron sent me his little book. Now I am grateful he did. Why? For starters, I am deeply interested in the way the church should engage with political and social powers. As an American, living thorough the period now called Trumpism, I believe Christians should be concerned for issues related to public life because such issues are […]
Deacons & Service (A Guest Article)
Deacons & Service
Roy Hill II
As a deacon, my desire with this writing is to objectively address the spiritual and biblical reality that being a deacon, a servant, is a priceless service-opportunity available to people in different walks of life. I acknowledge challenges to engaging this opportunity. And I encourage knowing that we can overcome the challenges which may be either myopic, self-imposed, or simply Satanic (John 10:10).
The Free Dictionary and Merriam-Webster respectively define Deacon as: “a lay assistant to a Protestant minister” and a person who is “elected by a church with congregational polity to serve in worship, in pastoral care, and on administrative committees.”
Christian author and speaker Jerry Bridges … in addressing service and love … says a scripturally transparent expression of “love” is “fellowship” or “sharing with others.” He says we can share ourselves – our gifts, time, and talents as in “doing helpful deeds for another” (1 Corinthians 12).
Bridges says: Servanthood “requires no special talent or special gifts …. And if God has given us certain natural abilities, we also want to […]
How Do I Take Up My Cross Daily?
One of the most astounding and deeply troubling commands of Jesus in the accounts of the four Gospels occurs in Luke 9.
22 “The Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.”
23 Then he said to them all, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24 For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it. 25 What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit themselves?
Why did Jesus ask his disciple these questions, and make these commands, in Luke 9?
It seems apparent that the time had come for Jesus to announce his passion much more openly. Jesus had not only come to open the door to the resurrection for those who followed […]
The Edmundite Show – John H. Armstrong
https://youtu.be/cbjjsG2GI5A
Dr. Armstrong came to Vermont as a guest of the Vermont Ecumenical Council. During his visit, he addressed clergy and laity of several Christian denominations on the topic of Christian Unity.
Chalking Our Home at Epiphany?
I confess that until recently I had never heard of the ancient Christian custom of chalking the door. (Some say it began in Bavaria.) This custom is an Epiphanytide tradition that is either celebrated on the eve of Epiphany, or on the Sunday of Epiphany (today). The purpose is to bless one’s home. The tradition is still practiced by many Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians and Catholics, as well as other similar traditions. The practice is to chalk one’s door with a pattern such as 20 τ C τ M τ B τ 18, where the numbers refer to the year 2018 in this instance. The four crosses (I have used a Greek letter τ (tau) since my keyboard did not offer me the “cross” style as a choice) are combined with the letters C, M and B. These Latin letters C, M and B refer to the three magi: traditionally known as Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar. But these three letters are also the Latin abbreviation for the words: Lord bless this house!
In some contexts the minister will pray over chalk in the liturgy and then the people take the chalk home to mark […]
Lord, Orchestrate My Desires (Revised)
You received a blog from me just a few minutes ago. As soon as I posted it I saw so many errors in the text that I was mortified. (I wrote this after prayer this morning and did not do a serious edit after I finished it.) So, please read this same post with my numerous corrections.
While I am at it, I intend to write more blogs in 2018. TO do this I will write less posts taken from other sources and posted on my Facebook wall, a wall that is privately read by some friends. So watch for more blogs and please forgive me for being in such a hurry to share my newest blog early this morning. I hope this edition is a better, more readable, version of what I tried to write before.
Lord, Orchestrate My Desires
Much of our life is about understanding and responding to our passions and desires. The dictionary says a desire is “a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.”
Each of us are afflicted by certain passions and desires that occur because of the fall […]
