Deus Misereatur

It's so simple. Almost too simple. It can be memorized without much sweat, as easily as the Pledge of Allegiance; and rattled off with just as much thoughtlessness. I'm talking about the Apostles' Creed. Yet its effortless simplicity can cause it's gravity to be completely overlooked. That's where the second edition of "Rooted: The Apostles' Creed" comes into play. Raymond Cannata, pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New Orleans, and Joshua Reitano, pastor of New City Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, have compiled a handy and handsome guide through the Apostles' Creed in 214 paperback pages; a directory that takes the reader inwardly into healthy reflection and brings them out into hearty revelry! As the authors note, "good theology should lead to great doxology" (118), and that emphasis lingers just below the surface throughout the whole document. The authors tease out thirteen studies that walk readers through the Apostles' ...

“ O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure ” (Isaiah 25.1). On behalf of your Church throughout the world, for this congregation, and Village UMC, Wesley UMC, Calvary MBC and Fairview MBC, we pray. For those of your people who are suffering for righteousness sake, show yourself strong on their behalf. Those who have lost their way and exchanged your glory for their own rapaciousness or their own reputation, reclaim them. Those who are working and toiling, spending and being spent for your honor, fill up what is lacking and cause your work to prosper in their hands. Finally, for the Presbyterian Church in America, we pray that the righteousness, peace and joy of the Holy Spirit (Romans 15:13) would hover over our denomination, the honor Christ reign supreme and the fellowship of Christ flourish. Holy God, send forth your Gospel and your enlivening Spirit, so that Jews, Buddhists, Hindu...