4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
You Are the Seventy: A Feast of St. Luke Homily
Jesus didn’t just send the Twelve — He sent seventy ordinary disciples. Fr. Dan’s Feast of St. Luke homily on Luke 10:1–7 shows that you are among the seventy, and your first mission field is your own home. One word of peace can change everything.
Be of Good Cheer: Forgiveness and the Paralytic
We ask God to fix what we can see — the diagnosis, the broken relationship, the bad situation. But Jesus goes deeper. Before He heals the body, He speaks to the soul: “Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.”
The Lord Sees You: Sermon on the Widow of Nain
Before you cry out to God, before you find the words to pray — the Lord already sees you. A Trinity 16 sermon on Luke 7:11-17: Christ’s compassion that enters our grief and moves toward restoration.