“Our Discipleship is cross-shaped, because in it we walk to the path to the cross. What makes this path one worth taking is that, just as we follow Jesus to the cross, we also follow Him into new life.”

"The question is this: as we serve, as we come to church to join the other believers, do we know who He is? It’s possible to be a preacher like me and we don’t know who He is."

"Remember that we are gathered in eternal worship with the heavens, and that God is our audience, not us. Our corporate worship is just the culmination of that. It is a model – a little glimpse – of how we are supposed to live every day as Christians."

"The doctrine of the Trinity is not simply a doctrine about God but the doctrine of the Trinity is the Gospel. Through Jesus Christ the Son and in the power of his Holy Spirit, God the Father reconciles us to himself, frees us from our sin and enables us to share in his own life."

"The collision of two worlds - the unveiling of the Kingdom that came in full force at Pentecost - is more than our own personal intimacy with the great counselor. Remember, it's when the fire jumped from the hearth and began burning throughout the entire house. God is pouring out His spirit on all flesh and has come for the whole world and he has chosen His people, you and I, to be His messengers."

"The collision of two worlds - the unveiling of the Kingdom that came in full force at Pentecost - is more than our own personal intimacy with the great counselor. Remember, it's when the fire jumped from the hearth and began burning throughout the entire house. God is pouring out His spirit on all flesh and has come for the whole world and he has chosen His people, you and I, to be His messengers."

"You will need to constantly remind yourself that while you are not the Good Shepherd, you do represent Him...The important thing is that the people among whom you minister will see Christ working in you."

"The Ascension of Christ to glory completes the Resurrection and allows our Lord to send the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, to pray for us as our High Priest, to be the Head of the Church, his Body, to speak to us through the Holy Scriptures, and to be present with us in the Holy Eucharist."

“To look upon the face of God is to share in God’s own joy, for God does not simply have joy, but He is joy – eternal joy.”

Sermon 'God’s Purposes Fulfilled' by the Rev’d Canon Dr. Michael Petty | The Sixth Sunday of Easter – May 26, 2019