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The Heidelberg Catechism for the Lord’s Day, December 15

By Charlie Wingard · December 15, 2013 · 0 Comments
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119. What is the Lord’s Prayer? Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 125. What is the fourth petition? “Give us this day our daily bread;” that is, be pleased to provide for all our bodily need, so that we may thereby acknowledge that You are the only fountain of all good,  and that without Your blessing neither our care and labor,…

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A Prayer for the Lord’s Day, December 15

By Charlie Wingard · December 15, 2013 · 0 Comments
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“O LORD Jesus Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; Grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight, who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.” – 1662 Book of Common Prayer

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Various & Sundry: December 13

By Charlie Wingard · December 13, 2013 · 0 Comments
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Several years ago, my book club read Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom. Highly recommended David Murray turns to the Puritans to demonstrate that sin is the greatest obstacle to personal happiness. Americans have deep-sixed the traditional funeral. Chad Bird considers what we’ve lost. And speaking of funerals, a montage from the 1965 funeral of Winston Churchill.

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Various & Sundry: December 13

By Charlie Wingard · December 13, 2013 · 0 Comments
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Several years ago, my book club read Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom. Highly recommended David Murray turns to the Puritans to demonstrate that sin is the greatest obstacle to personal happiness. Americans have deep-sixed the traditional funeral. Chad Bird considers what we’ve lost. And speaking of funerals, a montage from the 1965 funeral of Winston Churchill.

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The Heidelberg Catechism for the Lord’s Day, December 8

By Charlie Wingard · December 8, 2013 · 0 Comments
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119. What is the Lord’s Prayer? Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. 124. What is the third petition? “Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven;” that is, grant that we and all men renounce our own will,  and without gainsaying obey Your will, which alone is good; so that every one may fulfill his office and calling…

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