Send a text This is a between-the-seasons bonus episode. I shall be back again on Monday to launch our new season on the book(s) of Kings. Back in October 2025, I read and studied. The Psychologist and Philosopher Steven Pinker's book 'The Blank Slate. As part of a study group I belong to. This is my reaction to it, first made available as a 'Patreon Only' b ... Show More
Mar 12
Bonus Episode: Piers Plowman: A Cry for Truth in a Troubled Age.
Send a textThis is a between-the-seasons bonus epsiode. I shall be back again on Monday to laumch our new season on the book(s) of Kings.Back in April 2025, I read, listening too, and studied. William Langland's Medieval poem "Piers Plowman". As part of a reading group I belong t ... Show More
45m 50s
Mar 11
Taking Pride in Appropriate Things. (Galatians 6:11-18)
Send a textThroughout this letter, Paul has been in a battle — not a personal one, but a doctrinal one. These Jewish legalists have followed him into Galatia, telling these new churches that faith in Christ is not enough, that believers must also keep the Mosaic law — especially ... Show More
28m 7s
Mar 10
Living a Life in the Spirit. (Galatians 6: 1-10)
Send a textIf you go online and visit a poetry site, you will find 10’s of thousands of poems that attempt to define “love” for us. You find poems that say things like “Love is gazing upon a pool at night, bathed in shimmering moonbeams, roses in full bloom, etc…”It seems to me t ... Show More
31m 44s
May 2023
Question & Answer 27
Question: Wherein did Christ's humiliation consist? Answer: Christ's humiliation consisted in his being born, and that in a low condition, made under the law, undergoing the miseries of this life, the wrath of God, and the cursed death of the cross; in being buried, and continuin ... Show More
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Mar 2025
Day 63: Israel's Rebellion (2025)
In our reading of Numbers 14 today, Fr. Mike highlights how the rebellion of the Israelites which was marked by distrust and fear, will have consequences for their children. We also read today Deuteronomy 12, and Psalm 95.
For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/b ... Show More
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