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Learning To Be a Christian

Father James Linton, the Rector of Saint John's in Salt Lake City, hosts an informal discussion with a handful of ACNA priests through one question per day in the catechism. Priests featured: Ron Offringa: Church Planter in Rancho Cucamonga, CAJosh Misner: Rector of Saint David's in Post Falls, ID J. Harman Thomas: Curate at Sts. Peter and Paul in Ottawa, ON, CanadaAlex Leighton: Church Planter in Bozeman, MTAndy Rutkowski: Curate in SLCThe authorized version of the catechism can be found here in pdf form: https://anglicanchurch.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/To-Be-a-Christian.pdf

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  1. 254

    Q268-269: Living in light of the Only Reality

    Today, Father Harman Thomas joins Father James to discuss questions 268 and 269 from To Be a Christian:268. What is the first commandment?; and269. What does it mean that the Lord is your God?

  2. 253

    Q267: Grace to Obey the Lord, Both in What We Do and Left Undone

    Today, Father Andy Rutkowski joins Father James to discuss question 267 from To Be a Christian: How should you keep the Ten Commandments?

  3. 252

    Q266: Loving the Lord that the Law Points Toward

    Today, Father Ron Offringa joins Father James to discuss question 266 from To be a Christian: How do the Ten Commandments help you to grow in likeness to Christ?

  4. 251

    Q265: Invited to a New Way of Life

    Today, Father Alex Leighton joins Father James to discuss question 265 from To Be a Christian: How do the Ten Commandments help you to resist evil?

  5. 250

    Q264: Going With the Grain of Creation

    Today, Father Harman Thomas joins Father James to discuss question 264 from To Be a Christian: How should you understand the Ten Commandments?

  6. 249

    Q263: God Transforms Weakened Sinners

    Today, Father Josh Misner joins Father James to discuss question 263 from To Be a Christian: Why are you not able to do this perfectly?

  7. 248

    Q262: God's Law is not Far From You

    Today, Father Andy Rutkowski joins Father James to discuss question 262 from To Be a Christian: How can you obey God's Law?

  8. 247

    Q261: Jesus is the End the Law Points Toward

    Today, Father Alex Leighton joins Father James to discuss question 261 from To Be a Christian: How did Jesus fulfill God's Law?

  9. 246

    Q260: Church Mission Statements are Dumb

    Today, Father Alex Leighton joins Father James to discuss question 260 from To Be a Christian: How did Jesus summarize God’s Law?

  10. 245

    Q259: What Time Was It When God Gave the Law?

    Today, Father Harman Thomas joins Father James to discuss question 259 from To Be a Christian: When did God give his Law?

  11. 244

    Q258: Make the Old Covenant Christian Again!

    Today, Father Josh Misner joins Father James to discuss question 258 from To Be a Christian: What is God's Law?

  12. 243

    Q256-257: The Law is the Beginning of Christian Ethics

    Today, Father Andy Rutkowski joins Father James to discuss questions 256 and 257 from To Be a Christian:256. Recite the Ten Commandments;and 257. What are the Ten Commandments?

  13. 242

    Q255: Prayer as Necessary as Breathing

    Today, Father Harman Thomas joins Father James to discuss question 255 from To Be a Christian: Why is prayer an essential part of a rule of life?

  14. 241

    Q254: What Should Be in My Rule?

    Today, Father Ron Offringa joins Father James to discuss question 254 from To Be a Christian: What is included in a rule of life?

  15. 240

    Q253: Why Another Rule?

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Josh Misner to discuss question 253 from To Be a Christian: Why do you need a rule of life?

  16. 239

    Q252: Introducing a Rule of Life

    Today, Father Andy Rutkowski joins Father James to discuss question 252 from To Be a Christian: What is a rule of life?

  17. 238

    Q251: Marking our Days in God's Story

    Father Alex Leighton joins Father James to discuss question 251 from To Be a Christian: Why do we pray the Daily Office?

  18. 237

    Q250: Praying with the Whole Church

    Today, Father Harman Thomas joins Father James to discuss question 250 from To Be a Christian: How is the Daily Office observed?

  19. 236

    Q249: The Daily Office is Magic

    Today, Father Ron Offringa joins Father James to discuss question 249 from To Be a Christian: What is the Daily Office?

  20. 235

    Q248: Daily, Weekly, Annual, and Once in a Lifetime Worship

    Today, Father Josh Misner joins Father James to discuss question 248 from To Be a Christian: How does the Book of Common Prayer organize corporate worship?

  21. 234

    Q247: Worship Saturated in Scripture

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Andy Rutkowski to discuss question 247 from To Be a Christian: What is the role of Scripture in the prayerbook?

  22. 233

    Q246: Worship with One Voice

    Today, Father Harman Thomas joins Father James to discuss question 246 from To Be a Christian: Does structured liturgy inhibit sincere and vibrant worship?

  23. 232

    Q245: Structured Liturgy

    Today, Father Alex Leighton joins Father James to discuss question 245 from To Be a Christian: Why do Anglicans worship with a structured liturgy?

  24. 231

    Q244: United in Worship

    Today, Father Ron Offringa joins Father James to discuss question 244 from To Be a Christian: What is liturgy?

  25. 230

    Q243: Suffering with Jesus

    Today, Father Harman Thomas joins Father James to discuss question 243 from To Be a Christian: How should you pray in times of suffering?

  26. 229

    Q242: Unanswered Prayers

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Andy Rutkowski to discuss question 242 from To Be a Christian: What should you remember when prayers seem to go unanswered?

  27. 228

    Q241: Time for our Blood Transfusion

    Today, Father Josh Misner joins Father James to discuss question 241 from To Be a Christian: What prayers should you learn as a part of your rule of prayer?

  28. 227

    Q240: Anything Worth Doing is Worth Doing with a Bad Attitude

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Alex Leighton to discuss question 240 from To Be a Christian: With what attitude should you pray?

  29. 226

    Q239: Thanksgivings and Oblation

    Today, Father Harman Thomas joins Father James Linton to discuss question 239 from To Be a Christian: What types of prayer are not included in the Lord's Prayer?

  30. 225

    Q238: Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud.... about myself!

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Ron Offringa to discuss question 238 from To Be a Christian: What is Confession?

  31. 224

    Q237: Bringing Others to the Throne of God

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Andy Rutkowski to discuss question 237 from To Be a Christian: What is intercession?

  32. 223

    Q236: Asking for a Friend... You Know What, Asking for Me!

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Alex Leighton to discuss question 236 from To Be a Christian: What is petition?

  33. 222

    Q234 and Q235: Christians need a Bump of the E

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Harman Thomas to discuss questions 234 and 235 from To Be a Christian: 234. What types of prayer are in the Lord's Prayer?235. What is praise?

  34. 221

    Q233: The Grammar of Prayer

    Today, Father Josh Misner joins Father James to discuss question 233 from To Be a Christian: Are there different ways to pray?

  35. 220

    Q232: The Intersection of Two Books (Scripture and our Lives)

    Today, Father Andy Rutkowski joins Father James to discuss question 232 from To Be a Christian: How should you "inwardly digest" Scripture?

  36. 219

    Q231: Hiding Scripture in our Hearts over Google

    Today, Father James and Father Ron Offringa discuss question 231 from To Be a Christian: How should you "learn" the Bible?

  37. 218

    Q230: Marking the Scriptures

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Harman Thomas to discuss question 230 from To Be a Christian: How should you "mark" passages of Scripture?

  38. 217

    Q229: Reading Scripture Together

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Ron Offringa to discuss question 229 from To Be a Christian: How should you "read" the Bible?

  39. 216

    Q228: Blessed are Those who Hear

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Josh Misner to discuss question 228 from To Be a Christian: How should you "hear" the Bible?

  40. 215

    Q227: Scripture Intro: Fountain Flowing Deep and Wide

    Today, Father Andy Rutkowski joins Father James to discuss question 227 from To Be a Christian: How should the Holy Scriptures shape your daily life?

  41. 214

    Q226: Conversing with God

    Today, Father Ron Offringa joins Father James to discuss question 226 from To Be a Christian: What nurtures a fruitful life of prayer?

  42. 213

    Q225: Just Go to Bed, your Phone Should, Too

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Ron Offringa to discuss question 225 from To Be a Christian: What can hinder your regular prayers?

  43. 212

    Q224: Measuring our Days

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Josh Misner to discuss question 224 from To Be a Christian: What is a "rule" of prayer?

  44. 211

    Q222- Nothing's Yours

    Today, Father Andy Rutkowski joins Father James to discuss question 222 from To Be a Christian: What does kingdom, power, and glory mean?

  45. 210

    Q221: Praise Him, Forever and Ever

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Josh Misner to discuss question 221 from To Be a Christian: What is the doxology of the Lord's Prayer?

  46. 209

    Q220: Delivered from Myself, and other Evils Too

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Ron Offringa to discuss question 220 from To Be a Christian: How does God deliver you from evil?

  47. 208

    Q219: I am delivered, am Being Delivered, and Will Be Delivered

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Alex Leighton to discuss question 219 from To Be a Christian: From what evil do you seek to be delivered?

  48. 207

    Q218: A Ruler, Not a Puppet Master

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Harman Thomas to discuss question 218 from To Be a Christian: How does God redeem evil?

  49. 206

    Q217: Evil's Days are Numbered, but the Number Seems High

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Andy Rutkowski to discuss question 217 from To Be a Christian:

  50. 205

    Q216: This Ain't Precious Moments

    Today, Father James is joined by Father Josh Misner to discuss question 216 from To Be a Christian: What are Angels?

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Father James Linton, the Rector of Saint John's in Salt Lake City, hosts an informal discussion with a handful of ACNA priests through one question per day in the catechism. Priests featured: Ron Offringa: Church Planter in Rancho Cucamonga, CAJosh Misner: Rector of Saint David's in Post Falls, ID J. Harman Thomas: Curate at Sts. Peter and Paul in Ottawa, ON, CanadaAlex Leighton: Church Planter in Bozeman, MTAndy Rutkowski: Curate in SLCThe authorized version of the catechism can be found here in pdf form: https://anglicanchurch.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/To-Be-a-Christian.pdf

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