Book of Common Prayer

People of God, who are the church, individually aim to dedicate themselves to holiness. Particularly, to dedicate oneself to holiness means to love God. God loves and protects us, so we should fully commit to loving Him back. James Martin claims in his book, My Life with the Saints, “I knew that I couldn’t expect anyone’s love. It had to be freely given and freely received,” (Martin 175). Therefore, we grow in holiness through a loving relationship with God. Love for God takes a number of forms.…

Secularism in the Schools In 1962 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of school-sponsored prayer being unconstitutional, as in the case of Engel v. Vitale. This case involved state officials of the Broad of Education in the Union Free School District in New York who composed a prayer which was given to the principal to be read in each of the classrooms in the presence of the school teacher at the beginning of the school day. It read “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee…

An Exegesis of John 15:5-11 Historical Context The Gospel of John has been widely recognized as one of the most influential books in the New Testament. The Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke are quite different from this fourth Gospel of John. The first three books are known as the synoptic Gospels due to the fact that they all convey the same picture. Although there are many similarities, John significantly differs from the other Gospels. John is unlike the other Gospels is that John does not…

descend from Abraham, the jews from his son isaac and the Muslims from his son Ishmael. The two religions rely heavily on documents to provide teachings on how to practice their faiths, so much so that many muslims would refer to jews as “people of the book. Moses who is perhaps the most important prophet of Judaism is a figure found heavenly within the Torah within the Qur’an. The strongest and most powerful law preached with Islam is “There is no god but Allah” this confession of monotheism is…

The MP’s and lords who worked with him at this time were mainly focused on taxation, defence of the common law and the occasional attempt to bring ‘evil counsellors’ to book through the process of impeachment. The meeting of parliament started a series of quarrels that destroyed any co-operation between king and parliament and led Charles to embark on a period of personal rule in 1629. The commons refused to grant Charles the right to collect tax, tonnage and poundage which started the…

with the Good Book. One wants to know more, but the language seems too confusing or the parables too difficult to understand. Reverend Peter Gomes addresses this lack of understanding and feelings of alienation in The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart. This paper will review the first chapter in which Rev. Gomes offers some insight on Bible illiteracy, how churches address the issue, and discusses how the Bible…

as simple as the question. If prayer is meaning that one utters words expecting whoever is being addressed in a prayer to hear them, then yes, Catholics are praying to saints. However, if prayer is meaning that they are viewing the one to whom their prayer is addressed to be able to solve and/or absolve them of their problems, then no, Catholics are not praying to saints. In Timothy 2:1, Paul tells Christians, “first of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and…

Meet the Puritans: With a Guide to Modern Reprints. Grand Rapids, MI: Reformation Heritage Books, 2006. Kapic, Kelly M., and Randall C. Gleason, eds. The Devoted Life: An Invitation to the Puritan Classics. Downers Grove, Ill: InterVarsity Press, 2004. Wang, David Chou-Ming. “The English Puritans and Spiritual Desertion: A Protestant Perspective…

Introduction The rise of Islamic civilization is largely connected to Prophet Muhammad who played a vital role in Islamic religion. Many authors have been obliged to write about historic civilization about Islamic religion. The basis of many writings is to trace the reasons as to why there was a sudden rise of Islam after the death of Prophet Muhammad. However, there has been a lot of debate especially in the media as to why the religion is highly associated with terror activities. In the…

Shabbat is primarily a day of rest and spiritual enrichment (Judaism 101, n.d., para. 4). Furthermore, prayer is significant in Judaism for promoting peace and relationship with God. The following prayer is said on the Sabbath and is a part of daily prayer in Jewish festivals: May the Lord bless you and protect you... May the Lord show you kindness and grant you peace (Numbers 6:24-26) This prayer displays the fundamental connection Jews have to peace as granted by the Lord, which then must be…