Deus Misereatur

Our Father who art in heaven, hollowed be Thy name: we lift our hearts in thankful delight that you gladly call us your children, and have pleasure in being known as our Father! We are thankful that for your own name’s sake you have saved us in your Son Jesus; you are now saving us; and when Christ returns, we shall be saved! Therefore we pray… Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven: Oh may we always serve you here as we will one day serve you there. May kingdoms, nations and countries – to include these United States of America, Qatar, Romania, Russia, and Rwanda – let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream (Amos 5.24); that none would pervert the justice due to the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow (Deuteronomy 27.19); that none would oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, or devise evil against another in their hearts, but rather that all would render true judgments, show kindness and ...

Come, Let Us Eat Together: Sacraments and Christian Unity by George Kalantzis My rating: 3 of 5 stars Every year Wheaton College holds the Wheaton Theology Conference, in which a specific subject is delved into by a host of scholars and writers. Then the papers from the conference are tidied up, published and presented for a larger audience. "Come, Let Us Eat Together: Sacraments and Christian Unity" are the papers presented at the Twenty-Fifth Wheaton Theology Conference (2017), bound together in a 250 page softback. This volume is edited by George Kalantzis, a professor of theology and director of The Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies at Wheaton College, and Marc Cortez, also a professor of theology at Wheaton College. The manuscript is mildly technical but can be profitable for laypersons and professionals alike. "Come, Let Us Eat Together" has authors from across the Christian spectrum: Catholic, Orthodox, Anabaptist, Anglican, Lutheran, and more....

Because your Son, Jesus the Messiah, has made us kings and priests unto you our God, we come offering you our thanks and intercessions. We thank you for all of your generosity to us shown in safe travels, medical care, homes, food, clothing, families, and love and warmth. Hear us as we give you thanks for other blessings… We pray for your Church throughout the nations, including Classen Blvd Baptist, Coffee Creek Baptist, Community Baptist, Council Road Baptist Church, as well as Emmanuel Upstate PCA and my friend Billy Castro in Greenville S.C. and Shawnee PCA and Matt Wiley; guide us in all peace and holiness, without which we cannot expect to see you; make up our lack, further the good effects of our work done in accordance with your will and way. May we fully embrace the fullness of the Gospel of your Son, Jesus Christ and his kingdom, growing in all godliness and joy. Thank you for lifting up your face on our General Assembly. Continue to fortify our faithfulness, sup...

Arise, O LORD, let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you (Numbers 10.35). We pray for your Church throughout the nations, for Carey Heights Baptist Church, Central Baptist, Cherokee Hills Baptist, and Chisolm Heights Baptist Church, that you would kindly smile upon your people and prosper our work that is being done for your honor, for Christ’s kingdom and according to your will. Be pleased to govern our General Assembly this coming week. There are poor decisions we need to correct; good decisions we need to make; wholesome discussions we need to have. As the PCA is often the flagship for many other Reformed denominations, pilot us safely through troubled waters and treacherous shoals that we may sail forward rightly. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but, above all, for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ, for the means of grace and the hope of glory. ...

Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield My rating: 5 of 5 stars With hundreds of reviews already splattered across the internet, I'll leave the more detailed analysis for others. Simply put, Rosaria Champagne Butterfield's 206 page paperback, "Openness Unhindered: Further Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert on Sexual Identity and Union with Christ," is a book worth snatching up and pouring over! The subtitle displays the shape of the book's content, which tackles a hot subject from the author's unique, first-hand perspective. It is an easily readable book. Butterfield covers the categories of sexual orientation and identity, and their genealogical ancestry in Freud and Foucault. She also takes up the performance and perimeters of sanctification in union with Christ, and how this affects our deepest identity. As she observes, sanctification in union with Christ ...

This evening (3 June 2018) my favorite Old Testament Professor at RTS-Jackson (D. Ralph Davis), and deep friend, will be preaching his last sermon and retiring. This piece was written by one of his sons. I hope and pray that one day my children will be able to write these kinds of things about me (please, God!). I can give my testimony that his son is spot on! Here's the link: " Years Well Spent " by Luke Davis

God declared to Moses: “‘ See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand ” (Deuteronomy 32.39); and Paul proclaimed: “ So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God, who has mercy ” (Romans 9.16). “Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things has done, in Whom this world rejoices; Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today” (TH # 98 v.1). For those in every nation – including our own country as well as Palau, Palestinian Territories, Panama, and Papua New Guinea – we call upon you to govern their deliberations, machinations, maneuverings, decisions in such ways as will enhance peace and bring about goodness and rightness. For you Church in every place, together with this congregation, Britton Baptist Church, Brookwood Baptist, Bryant Ave Baptist, Camille Av...