Saint Paul’s Sermons

Saint Paul’s Sermons

By Dcn Bryan DenchReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Saint Paul’s Sermons episodes

  • A Sunday With Four Names - Very Rev Andrew Faust

    This Fourth Sunday in Lent is known by four names under various Christian traditions and practice. Rose Sunday, Laetare Sunday, Refreshment Sunday, and Mothering Sunday. Father Andrew comments on each and the significance of them in our traditions and for our lives.

    11 min
  • Did Jesus make a deal with the devil? - Rev Dcn Bryan Dench
    Did Jesus make a deal with the devil? That’s what some of his critics said when they witnessed a miracle in which he drove a demon out of a man who was mute. Jesus didn’t let that stand. He pointed out to them. Their claim was nonsense, since Satan, as a limited created, being, had no power to perform miracles. And why would he help? Jesus destroy his own minions anyway? But in that same passage, Jesus made a very important statement: anyone who is not with him, is against him, this is the question for us. Are we with him or against him?
    11 min
  • What Kind of Dirt Am I ? - Rev Dcn Bryan Dench
    Jesus was the great teacher, and he loved to teach with simple stories people could understand: the parables. The parable of the sower, which is in all three of the synoptic gospels, challenges us. Are we the good soil, the good dirt, the ones with open hearts to the gospel who will bear fruit?
    11 min
  • Baptism of Jesus: A Matter of Life and Death - Rev Dcn Bryan Dench
    The baptism of Jesus is a crucial event in the inauguration of his earthly ministry, and a moment that reveals his deity, the participation of all three persons of the Trinity, and especially his purpose in coming to the Earth. In the account in Matthew’s gospel, Jesus tells John the Baptist to with the baptism of repentance, even though Jesus has no need to repent. He does it, so that all righteousness will be fulfilled. As the new Adam, he is careful to be fully obedient to all commands and ordinances of God. This makes him worthy in his humanity to substitute for us in atoning with the father in that sense. It is literally a matter of life and death.
    12 min
  • Why God Became A Man, Advent Reflections - Rev Dcn Bryan Dench

    During Advent we read the first part of chapter 1 of John's Gospel at every service, reminding us that Jesus was the enteral word of God, divine, with God from the beginning, and that he came to earth in human flesh for us! It's a miracle and hard for us to grasp how it could have happened, but we rejoice that it did. But the big question is why, why did God do that? And the answer is that he did it to redeem us because there was no other way: only the life of a godly human whose obedience merited righteousness, could atone for the sinfulness of mankind.

    12 min

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Sermons Preached at Saint Paul’s Anglican Church, Portland, Maine.