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Following upon a pastoral letter to our diocese from Bp. Foley Beach that spoke to a church crisis, Rev. Ben reflects upon our Gospel text in Luke 18:9-14. Our posture in coming before the Lord can never be leaning upon our own righteousness, but casting ourselves only upon God’s mercy. This humility is essential for us living rightly before God and the…
In this final session of our Nicene Creed series, Rev. Ben teaches on the final section of the Creed, concerning the Church and Christian life and hope. After learning about the reality of the Triune God, the Christian is brought into that reality, ‘subjoined’ into the life of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
In this sermon on the 18th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Ben preaches on the ten lepers healed by Jesus, and the one who comes to give Jesus glory. This leads us to learn of the spiritual discipline of gratitude, which is birthed out of faith. Luke 17:11-19
In this session of our Nicene Creed series, Rev. Ben teaches on the third article of the Creed, concerning the Holy Spirit. We focus on the full divinity of the Spirit, and the controversy of the filioque.
In this sermon, Rev. Ben preaches on the earnest prayer of the Apostles–“Increase our faith!” There are some things they get really right in this plea, and some things on which they are missing the mark. Jesus shows them, and us, that faith is not a matter of increase, but of obedience and faithfulness. Luke 17:5-10
In this session of our Nicene Creed Series, Rev. Ben teaches on the second half of the second article of the Creed, on the work of Jesus the Son.
In this sermon on the 16th Sunday after Pentecost, Rev. Ben preaches on the biblical call to take hold of that which is TRULY life, and to let go of the cheap imitations that surround us and can never satisfy us. We are to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of us, and to walk in this daily.…
In this session of our Nicene Creed teaching series, Rev. Ben speaks on the first half of the second article of the Creed. This section, which responds to the heart of the Arian controversy, confesses the full divinity of Jesus.
In this sermon, Rev. Ben explains the complicated parable of the dishonest manager, which Jesus uses to teach us about how we should be thinking about our money and resources here on this earth, to invest them in the Kingdom of God. Luke 16:1-15
In this session of our Nicene Creed teaching series, Rev. Ben teaches on the first article of the Creed: We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, visible and invisible.
The Arian controversy boiled down to the all-important question: who is God? Upon this question rests everything of importance in our life. Our doctrine of God, our ideas about His Fatherhood, and our doctrine of creation are essential for the Christian life.
See “The Nicene Creed with Scriptural References” document here: https://www.standrewsky.org/wp-content/uploads/2025-09-17-NiceneCreedScripturalReferences.pdf .