Credo-Life: Recent Episodes
Fr. Thomas Reeves
This site contains some of the past sermons of Father Thomas Reeves. Currently, Father Tom is the Priest at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Bloomington, IL, and the author of "Was Jesus an Evangelical: Some Thoughts about the American Church and the Kingdom of God" released by eLectio Publishing (a small traditional publisher) in September 2017. https://credo-life.weebly.com/publications.html He also manages and posts on the "The Creedo-life Blogspot". https://credo-life.blogspot.com/
In our commitment to God, ceremony and faith can never be separated.
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An introduction to Father Tom's new podcast site, The Word in Liturgy - https://anchor.fm/fr-thomas-reeves
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The credibility of God’s revelation through Holy Scripture comes from our communal witness
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The Disciple of Christ welcomes a readjusted narrative
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Jesus is the ultimate Shepherd who offers us true security
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Salvation comes from a repentant faith in Jesus not a power of our own design
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Those that know that God is light seek to walk in HIs light
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We persist in our faith even when God seems unfair
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Only God prepares and changes a human heart.
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Anything that hinders us from knowing Jesus is rubbish
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A complete reliance on our faithful God is the desire of his heart.
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The disciples of Jesus hungrily respond to his call and way of life
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The Word became one of us that we might be the reborn children of God.
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God is our provision and does not need our help
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The Messiah comes to deliver his people and make all wrongs right
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The character of our God is the motivation for our faithfulness
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Those who honor the Lord are rewarded.
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Love covers a multitude of sins
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We are to teach and model the ways of the Lord for those under our care
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Despite our failings, our faith in our God allows him to use us in his plans.
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Those that stay on the path, will find the magnificent treasure they seek
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The eyes of faith can see the blessings of God - even in the darkest of times.
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Misplaced motives must be discerned for wisdom to emerge
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Selfish hatred and entitlement leave us little room for joy
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Those transformed by mercy, give it to others.
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God uses our faithfulness, ignorance, and sin to accomplish his plans. (due to audio editing limitations, the listener will have to fast-forward through the episode to the sermon as the entirety of the service was recorded. Peace.)
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The way we live now has long-term ramifications.
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Our pride in our self-sufficiency always leads to emptiness (podcast #106)
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The Spirit-empowered children of God have already won
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Suffering is the path to our final hope
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Our battle through the power of the Spirit gives us real hope
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In Christ, we can defeat sin in our lives through the power of the Holy Spirit
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We are redeemed and brought to everlasting life together
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God’s way and timing is always right
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The blameless obey God’s commands even when they must stand alone
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The motivations and actions we bring to worship reveals all
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God has put eternity in our hearts and has redeemed us to His eternal ways.
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The Spiritual Gifts are for others not us.
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Times of confusion, waiting, and prayer characterize the life of God's people.
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Following Jesus means accepting our own calling.
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Theme: True love cannot be purchased and is worth much more than any fortune.
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There is no life-giving belief outside of the embrace of mystery.
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If we embrace the revelation of Jesus, doubt becomes faith.
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Our sins past, present, and future have been forgiven once for all.
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Only those who mourn will dance with joy
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God’s purposes for the Salvation of the World will never be thwarted.
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With the Gentle King comes disruption.
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Even on the cross, our Lord cared for his Covenant people
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God often calls us to leap without a net.
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God is good, but we are constantly tempted to believe otherwise.
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There is a lot of confusion among American Christians regarding the kind of "awards" awaiting us someday in heaven. Some preachers even teach getting rewards (like material possesions or riches) as a motivation for Christian behavior. Is this what Jesus is talking about when he teaches the importance of "laying up treasure in heaven"?
Theme: The right attitude desires the right kind of treasure
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The Redemption of Christ makes us fully human once more.
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The Lord is outside, above, and over His creation. So why does this matter with how we live our lives?
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God always comes through for his waiting people, and his timing can be trusted.
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When we try to make Genesis a modern science book, we hide the truth, beauty, and clarity contained in its pages.
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No matter our expectations, our obedience reveals our faith in God.
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Jesus becomes one of us, that he may make us truly free
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Jesus is a light for the entire world.
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No matter how dark it gets in the world around us, through faith in Christ, we share in the Child's kingdom that only knows peace and justice.
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No matter how dark it gets in the world around us, through faith in Christ, we share in the Child's kingdom that only knows peace and justice.
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We can always depend on the right kind of help.
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Repentance and faith is a way of life for the Disciple of Jesus
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If we are prepared, nothing will surprise or alarm us...and no one can manipulate or deceive us.
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A life of continual salvation is offered to those who hungrily pursue Jesus, readily turning from sin and welcoming the forgiveness and mercy offered by God.
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Righteous and faithful behavior looks like something and has eternal ramifications.
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It is hard to intimidate or manipulate those who are willing to die
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Being authentic and truthful is costly.
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We often prefer the truth of the kingdoms we know.
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True exaltation comes in the strangest of ways
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The character of God informs the mission of his faithful church
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Like Jesus, the church is in the world but out of place in the world
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We, the Church, are Christ’s body in the world, but will only reflect his glory in truth and unity.
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The God who is absent, is the God who is there.
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Our covenant-making God is loving and gracious, but he is no fool.
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The Lord willingly answers our prayers, giving us only good gifts.
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It isn’t easy to understand salvation and life through Jesus Christ.
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Embracing the unchanging character of God, his revelation to humanity, and our insatiable desire for newness and novelty
A second segment in our "Brief Thoughts" series.
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"Let All on Earth Their Voices Raise!"
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Theme: God cares about the powerless and weak of every nation
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Intimacy with Christ can only grow through a spirit of obedience and love.
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The Holy Spirit is the power, guide, and presence of God among us
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God only dwells with those that understand true love.
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Hurry up and amuse yourself.
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There is an eternally warm welcome for those who choose the only path to the Father
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Any suffering in this life is engulfed by the presence and care of our Lord in that final day.
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Our resurrected Lord graciously feeds and guides us as we grow to know him better
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We have a blessed and powerful position as God’s forgiven and faithful people
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Theme: The Resurrection is the answer to Fear
But what if we weren’t afraid? What if we had nothing to lose because we had nothing to fear? What if we knew that everything had already been bought and paid for, that we were free to be creative, loving, and risky with our generosity and true love toward others because we knew all our needs would be met?
What if we knew that any pain that we faced was temporary and could be handled with joy and hope, so we had nothing truly to fear? What if the future world to which we were traveling was so divine, that the suffering, trials, mistakes, sin, guilt, and stupidity of our lives would someday be lost to our memories because they would be engulfed by the joy and true peace of the lives we would be living in harmony with others? What would a life like this look like?
From our Old Testament Reading today:
Is. 65:17 For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind.
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The followers of the gentle and dangerous King have eternal life.
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Why are we so afraid to be vulnerable and intimate with other people?
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God converts us through faith and baptism
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The body and blood of Christ sustains us and unifies the New Covenant people of God
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A faith in Christ is very personal
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Why are we so afraid to be vulnerable and intimate with other people?
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We must desire the praise of God, above the praise of mankind.
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In our commitment to and worship of God, ceremony and faith can never be separated.
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Through Jesus, the Father continually reaches down to those who reject the light
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In baptism we are united to the triune God, to salvation through the work of Christ, and to the covenant people of God.
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We have power and hope through our baptism because of the death and resurrection of Christ
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The mercy that we know intimately, we desire to give to others
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We don't always want those things that would bring us lasting joy and life. Jesus offers them to us anyway.
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Eternal life is only given to those who want it.
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The Gospel is disruptive to our perceptions of life
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Our perceptions are limited by what we can see.
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The Lord is at work in our lives before we are ever born
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We are only saved together as the Church, the New Covenant people of God.
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With the rising of the King, comes salvation for every ethnic people group across the globe.
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The Lord dwells at the center of his restored people
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The eternal rule of Christ, brings a holistic and complete salvation for the People of God.
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We engage the presence of God and the strength to endure when we worship together in the name of Jesus
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The sacrifice of Christ on our behalf, brings us near to God
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When it comes to following Jesus, everyone makes a choice.
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Those who seek to know God, long to worship him
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Our God’s power and glory wins out
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Our longing for justice comes from the very character of God
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Why are we so afraid to be vulnerable and intimate with other people?
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The resurrection power of Jesus is available for those who believe
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Trusting Christ in times of perplexity gives us faith
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The true shepherd gives; all others take.
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Our investments determine the returns we receive.
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Because we know God’s timing is always perfect, we keep our faith in Him.
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True faith perseveres even when God’s ways are confusing
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The promises of God’s judgement must be taken seriously.
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The delivered are secure and live a radiant life of thanksgiving to God.
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In the life of faith, there is a place for honest questioning.
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Those given sight by Jesus want the truth about him and his ways
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We serve a magnificent, mysterious, and caring God.
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Sometimes faith isn't that complicated; it just requires obedience.
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When we wait in silent pain, a powerful, loving and just God is our refuge
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Followers of Jesus love the truth and they are constantly pursuing the freedom found only in him.
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Jesus is life, and only his teaching and ways bring life
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Religious belief and behavior is poisonous where the love of God is absent
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