The Cross
“I find no balm for a sore conscience, and a troubled heart, like the sight of Jesus dying for me on the accursed tree.
There I see that a full payment has been made for all my enormous debts. The curse of that law which I have broken has come down on One who there suffered in my stead. The demands of that law are all satisfied. Payment has been made for me, even to the uttermost farthing. It will not be required twice over.
Ah! I might sometimes imagine I was too bad to be forgiven. My own heart sometimes whispers that I am too wicked to be saved. But I know in my better moments this is all my foolish unbelief. I read an answer to my doubts in the blood shed on Calvary. I feel sure that there is a way to heaven for the very vilest of men, when I look at the cross.”
– J.C. Ryle, Old Paths . Courtesy First Importance.
San Joaquin: Bp Schofield responds to ‘Interim Pastoral Presence’
The Interim Pastoral Presence (see Episcopal Life) in the Diocese of San Joaquin have begun their “listening tour”. Bishop John-David Schofield has written to Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori’s appointees, Canon Brian Cox and Canon Robert Moore.
The text of Bishop Schofield’s letter (pdf file) is available on the San Joaquin website.
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…