St. Luke Anglican Church

Beginning with Epiphany and Jesus' baptism, St. Luke began a new series looking at the different character attributes of God. In Epiphany, we ask the question, "What is God revealing to us about himself. Surprisingly, in Jesus' baptism we see that God wants us to him as a family man, someone who is part of a loving home. Do we want to be a part of God's home, or the broken home of Herod? These are the options that James puts forward for us to consider from our text.

James unpacks the prophet Malachi, who speaks of the coming of the messenger of the Lord as well as someone who will clean and purify his people. Using references to Shel Silverstein, Calvin and Hobbes, and the science of soap, he covers how the person of God. moves into the messiness of his people to wash and make them clean