Deus Misereatur

  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…And you will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. You will swallow up death forever; and you, O Lord GOD, will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of your people you will take away from all the earth, for you, O LORD, have spoken” (Isaiah 25:1, 7-8); “Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57). On this great day as your Church all around this globe, in the Presbyterian Church in America, and in the greater Oklahoma City area, rejoices in the victory you have brought through the resurrection of Christ, we pray for those who have, and are, suffering horribly on behalf of our Lord that you would wipe away their tears and remove their reproach. Bring us all to stand in one Spirit, with one mind, striv...

  Our Father, who’s blessed Son our Savior gave his back to the smiters and did not hide his face from shame: give us all that we need to endure the sufferings of this present time with grace and joy, as well as a sure and certain confidence of the glory that shall be revealed in us through Jesus Christ our Lord. We ask with hope and confidence because “He is risen, as he said.” O Lord, we pray for your Church in all places, for this congregation, Central Church of Christ, Cherokee Hills, Third Street, and Macomb Ave Church of Christ. Help us that we may be strengthened to greater and greater faithfulness, that no matter what we may face, we will always walk in your ways. Take care of all our needs, providing for us bountifully from your generosity. We ask with hope and confidence because “He is risen, as he said.” Please turn the hearts of our enemies away from hate and maliciousness and bring them into your fold. And give us daily grace to love our enemies, do good, and lend, h...

  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…And you will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. You will swallow up death forever; and you, O Lord GOD, will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of your people you will take away from all the earth, for you, O LORD, have spoken ” (Isaiah 25:1, 7-8); “ Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ ” (1 Corinthians 15:57). On this great day as your Church all around this globe, in the Presbyterian Church in America, and in the greater Oklahoma City area, rejoices in the victory you have brought through the resurrection of Christ, we pray for those who have and are suffering horribly on behalf of our Lord. Please wipe away their tears and remove their reproach. Bring us all together in Christ Jesus, and bring us all to stand i...

The Easter Jesus and the Good Friday Church: Reclaiming the Centrality of the Resurrection Gregory S. Athnos Outskirts Press, Inc. 10940 S. Parker Rd - 515, Parker, CO 80134 Copyright: 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4327-7450-9; $19.95 (Reviewed for ReaderViews http://www.readerviews.com ) For Christians there is a central set of defining, distinctive, unbendable, tenets. One crucial portion of those dogmas focus on Jesus, who he is and what he has done. The chief assertion is that Jesus, after his crucifixion, rose from the dead. This becomes the event through which everything about Jesus is interpreted, from his birth to his burial and beyond. To lose or lessen this principal declaration is to undermine, and eventually, negate Christianity all together. That’s Gregory S. Athnos’s point in his new work, “The Easter Jesus and the Good Friday Church: Reclaiming the Centrality of the Resurrection,” an easy to read 230 page paperback, written for Christians and non-Christians alike. Athnos b...