Deus Misereatur

ESV Prayer Bible by ESV Bibles by Crossway My rating: 5 of 5 stars Once when I was on the razors edge of adolescence, my father explained to me that one of the reasons he couldn't become Roman Catholic is because they used "canned prayers." Like canned meat (which we ate on occasion), canned prayers were pre-packaged prayers by someone else and didn't come from the heart (so he said). Since those years he has passed on, and I have gone further down the pilgrim way. And since that father-son talk I have come to find that "canned prayers" can be a great aid, especially in seasons when I am stumbling my way through a dry and weary land where there is no water. Crossway has compiled a brand new, handy sized, single-column edition of the English Standard Version, the "ESV Prayer Bible," that is peppered with four hundred prayers from men and women throughout the ages. The prayers are not on every page, but show up in places that fit particular Scr...

Transhumanism and the Image of God: Today's Technology and the Future of Christian Discipleship Jacob Shatzer IVP Academic InterVarsity Press PO Box 1400 Downers Grove, IL 60515 ivpress.com ISBN: 978-0-8308-5250-5; April 2019; $22.00 5 Stars of 5 With the growing matrix of social media, artificial intelligence, robotics, and prosthetic enhancements, people should be asking all types of questions. And they are, just not always the right ones. Some are asking “What more can be done?” while others are inquiring “What should be done?” Jacob Shatzer, assistant professor and associate dean in the School of Theology and Missions at Union University, ordained Southern Baptist minister and author, addresses more of the “What is going on, why, and how are we to rightly engage?” queries in his new 192 page softback: “Transhumanism and the Image of God: Today's Technology and the Future of Christian Discipleship. ” Shatzer focuses on technological advances, the...

(Sermon manuscript from 21 April 2019. The audio file is here ) Because Jesus Is Risen! Colossians 2.6-15 (Job 19.23-27) O Lord, who delivers from death, who lifts up the lifeless, who fortifies the feeble, who arouses the apathetic; O come and capture our minds and imaginations, our allegiances and expectations by the blessing of Christ, and the working of your Spirit. Amen Today many churches and people around the U.S and the world are saying: Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! But wait! What if Jesus was only “raised” in the hearts of his followers; what if only the memory of Jesus was resuscitated and infused into the life-stories of his disciples; what if the resurrection of Jesus is simply just a spring time legend (a rehashing of the Horace/Isis myth); what if all that remains of Jesus is the “spirit” of Jesus; what if by “resurrection” we mean only that the timeless-teachings of Jesus still go on; what if the rising of Jesus is only about some fertile freshness ...

(Psalm 16.10 is quoted multiple times in the New Testament as the biblical background to Christ's resurrection. Therefore, this congregational/pastoral prayer is guided by Psalm 16) Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” Your whole Church – along with this congregation; Seminole Pointe Church of Christ, Sooner East Church of Christ, South Edmond Church of Christ, and South Walker Church of Christ – acknowledges that we have no good apart from you. Therefore, please continue to be your peoples’ refuge and preserver; strengthen your church in godliness and graciousness; keep her ever in the faith once for all delivered to the saints; stop the mouths of heretics who attempt to demoralize her; fortify the faithful leaders who work hard to build her up in sound doctrine; and empower her with the new life of Christ risen from the dead! As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in wh...