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All Saints Homilies and Teachings
Homilies and Christian Education audio from All Saints Anglican Church in San Antonio, TX, a parish in the Anglican Diocese of All Nations, a diocese of the Anglican Church in North America
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The Jerusalem Declaration Week 6: Christian Marriage and Sexuality
We discuss the presenting issue behind the Anglican realignment, though the “issue behind the issue” remains faithfulness to Scripture.
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The Jerusalem Declaration Week 5: Lordship, Liturgy, and Ordination
We look at the next three Articles of the Jerusalem Declaration, discussing the unique Lordship of Christ, our liturgical heritage in the 1662 Book of Common…
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Healing for our Souls: A Homily for the Feast of St. Luke
Texts: 2 Timothy 4:5ff, Luke 10:1ff
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The Jerusalem Declaration Week 4: The 39 Articles of Religion
We discuss how the 39 Articles of Religion remain important for Anglicans as part of our Reformation-era confessionalism.
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The Jersualem Declaration: Councils and Creeds
Week three of our series on the GAFCON Jerusalem Declaration from 2008.
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The Jerusalem Declaration Week 2: Foundations in the Gospel and the Scriptures
We discuss the Declaration's first two articles. In Article 1, we see how the Jerusalem Declaration is rooted in the Reformation's perspective on the Gospel…
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Walking in Holiness
Homily by our postulant, Mr. A.J. Ellis Text: Ephesians 4
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The Jerusalem Declaration Week 1: Some Historical Background
Today we begin a short series discussing the Jerusalem Declaration, the Confessional document of the Global Anglican Communion/GAFCON. In our first episode we…
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Sharing in Suffering: A Homily for the 16th Sunday After Trinity
Texts: Ephesians 3:13-21, Luke 7:11-17
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Cleansed and Thankful: A Homily for the 14th Sunday After Trinity
Text: Luke 17, Galatians 5
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The OT Wisdom Literature Lesson 5.7: The Song’s Coda
In our final class on both the Song of Songs and the Old Testament Wisdom Literature, we look at the final verses of Song of Songs (8:5-end). We look at the…
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Service to God and Neigbhor: A Homily for the 13th Sunday After Trinity
Texts: Galatians 3:16-22, Luke 10:23-37
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The OT Wisdom Literature Lesson 5.6: The Song’s Climax
In Song of Songs 6:3-8:3, we see the Couple come together again in the climax of their story. Mr. Jaden Weatherly (one of our seminarians) leads this class.
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More than we Desire or Deserve: A Homily for the 12th Sunday After Trinity
Texts: Ezekiel 18, 2 Corinthians 3, Mark 7
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The OT Wisdom Literature Lesson 5.5 - Dreams and Difficulties
In Song of Songs 5:2-6:3, we see the Bride’s second dream, reflecting some problems in the new marriage. She justifies her love to the “Daughters of Israel”…
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Back to the Basics: A Homily for the 11th Sunday After Trinity
Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
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The Old Testament Wisdom Literature Lesson 5.4 - The Wedding
We continue our discussion of the Song of Songs with the wedding and the consummation of the relationship (Song of Songs 3:6-5:1).
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The OT Wisdom Literature Lesson 5.3: Desire, Discipline, and Dreams (Before the Wedding)
We contininue or study of the Song of Songs with chapters 2:8-3:5. We discuss the poetic imagery of the text, the disciplined separation between the lovers…
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The OT Wisdom Literature Lesson 5.2: The Song's Overture
Mr. Jaden Weatherly (one of our new seminarians) takes up the class, discussing the Song's initial themes of anxious longings, reciprocated longings, and the…
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An Echo and a Mirror: A Homily on the Lord's Prayer
Text: The Doxology and the Amen (Matthew 6:13b, KJV) Part 7 of our Series on the Lord's Prayer
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The OT Wisdom Literature Lesson 5.1: Intro to Song of Songs
We begin the last section in our longrunning series on the Wisdom Literature with an introduction to the Song of Songs. We discuss our interprative approach…
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Resistance and Deliverance: A Homily on the Lord's Prayer
Part 6 of our summer series on the Lord's Prayer Text: Matthew 6:13, Luke 11:4 "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
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The BCP Civil Prayers Part 3
We conclude our special series on the Prayer Book's Civil Prayers in honor of the 250th anniversary of our Nation's founding. Today we talk about the civil…
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Trespasses, Debts, Sin, and Forgiveness: A Homily on the Lord's Prayer
Texts: Matthew 6: 12, 14,15; Luke 11:4; 18:10-14
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The BCP Civil Prayers (Part 2)
In the second installment of our short series on the civics of the American Book of Common Prayer, we look at the civil prayers from Evensong, the prayers for…
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Thankful for our Country, while Looking Forward to Another
A Homily for Independence Day Texts: Deuteronomy 10:17ff, Matthew 5: 43ff
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The Prayer Book Civil Prayers (Part 1)
In honor of our nation's 250th Anniversary, we're doing a short series on the civics of the American Book of Common Prayer. In this first installment, we…
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God our Provider, Christ our Bread: A Homily on the Lord's Prayer
Part 4 of our series on the Lord's Prayer Text: Matthew 6: 11, 26-end.
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The Old Testament Wisdom Literature Lesson 4.7 - The Conclusion of the Matter (Ecclesiastes 11&12)
We conclude our section on Ecclesiastes with taking another look at the issues of Mortality, discussing "casting your bread on the waters," and Qohelet's own…
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Citizens of God's Kingdom, Ambassadors of His Will: A Homily on the Lord's Prayer
Texts: Matthew 6:11, Mark 1:14-15; Part 3 of our Series on the Lord's Prayer
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The OT Wisdom Literature Lesson 4.6: Parables and Proverbs (Ecclesiastes 9&10)
Mr. AJ Ellis continues our study in Ecclesiastes with chapters 9 & 10. We see some familiar themes with the universal end of all things, and more of the…
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Glorifying our Father’s Name: A Homily on the Lord’s Prayer
The Address and First Petition of the Lord's Prayer
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The Old Testament Wisdom Literature Lesson 4.5: Sorrow Better than Mirth?
We continue in our study of Ecclesiastes with chapter 7. We discuss the importance of a name, Qohelet's claim that sorrow is better than mirth, and what it…
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Praying Like Jesus: A Homily on the Lord's Prayer
Part 1 of our 2026 Catechetical Homilies on the Lord's Prayer Texts: Matthew 6:5-15, Luke 11:1-8
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Receiving the Greatest Gift: A Homily for Pentecost
Texts: Acts 2:1ff, John 14:15ff, Luke 11:9ff
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The Old Testament Wisdom Literature Lesson 4.4 - Injustice and Riches (Ecclesiastes 5&6)
Mr. AJ Ellis continues in Ecclesiastes with a discussion on wordy prayers, the problem of injustice, and the deceitfulness of riches.
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The Power of a Witness: A Homily for the Sunday After the Ascension
Texts: John 15:26-16:4, Acts 4:7-20
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The Old Testament Wisdom Literature Lesson 4.3 - What Time is It? (Ecclesiastes 3-4)
Fr. Isaac continues our discussion of Ecclesiastes with chapter three and … part… of chapter four. We discuss understanding the time, work, and earthly…
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The Old Testament Wisdom Literature Lesson 4.2 - Vanity of Vanities (Ecclesiastes 1-2)
Mr. AJ Ellis leads a discussion of the first two chapters of Ecclesiastes, talking about the need to ruminate on the riddles of this text, and how we often…
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The Old Testament Wisdom Literature Lesson 4.1 - Introduction to Ecclesiastes
We begin our series on Ecclesiastes, giving a general overview of the book. For this fourth section of our classes on the Old Testament Wisdom Literature, Fr…
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Confirming our Faith: Anglican Basics Bonus Episode (Open Q&A)
Several of our recent confirmands join for an open and free-form question and answer session.
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Confirming our Faith: Anglican Basics Week 10 (The Ordinal and the Ordained Ministry)
We conclude our 2026 Confirmation and Reception classes with a discussion of the Ordinal and the Ordained Ministry. We primarily look at the Preface, the…
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Witnesses to the Risen Lord: A Homily for the First Sunday After Easter
Texts: John 20:19-23, 1 John 5:4-12
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Confirming our Faith (Week 9): Church & State (Articles 32-39)
We conclude our overview of the Articles of Religion with a discussion of some additional issues related to church traditions and with a discussion on how the…
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The OT Wisdom Literature Lesson 3.7: King Lemuel and the Virtuous Woman
We conclude our study of Proverbs with chapter 31, looking at the sayings of an otherwise unknown king and an acrostic poem about the virtuous wife.
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Confirming our Faith (Week 8): The Sacraments (Articles 25-31)
As we continue in our overview of the Articles of Religion, we discuss our Formularies' approach to the Sacraments and Sacramental Theology. Browne's…
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Humility and Exaltation: A Homily for Palm Sunday
Texts: Philippians 2:5-11, Matthew 27.
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The OT Wisdom Literature Lesson 3.6: The Words of Agur
We continue in our discussion of the Book of Proverbs by looking at Chapter 30, and the humble wisdom of the otherwise unknown Agur son of Jakeh.
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Confirming our Faith (Week 7): The Church (Articles 19-24)
As we discuss Articles 19-24, we see our Reformers’ definition of the Church, the authority of the Church and its limits, our Reformers’ understanding of…
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Christ Our Atonement: A Homily for Passion Sunday
Text: Hebrews 9:11-15
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The Old Testament Wisdom Literature Lesson 3.5: The Proverbs of Solomon
We continue our discussion of Proverbs with an overview of chapters 10-16, getting into some of the individual proverbs attributed to Solomon.