Prayers For Good Friday

From the 1662 Book Of Common Prayer:
Almighty God, we beseech thee graciously to behold this thy family, for which our Lord Jesus Christ was contented to be betrayed, and given up into the hands of wicked men, and to suffer death upon the cross.
Almighty and everlasting God, by whose spirit the whole body of the [...]

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J. I. Packer: The Antinomy Of Sovereignty And Free Will

In J. I. Packer’s classic work, Evangelism & The Sovereignty Of God, he refers to two Biblical doctrines, God’s sovereignty and man’s free will, as an antinomy.  As the infallible Oxford English Dictionary defines the word:
noun ( pl. -mies): a contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions that are in themselves reasonable.
Packer helps to draw out [...]

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Ephesians 2: A Short Reflection

Read Ephesians 2: 1-10
The Apostle Paul’s description of the human condition is quite bleak. We are dead in our sins. We follow the “prince of the air”, that great deceiver, Satan. And we are “children of wrath.” This phrase should conjure in our minds the typical way in which Israel, and [...]

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Abraham Piper On Being A “Kinder Calvinist”

Abraham Piper has written an excellent post on Desiring God’s blog about being a “kinder Calvinist.” He acknowledges that, regardless of how most Calvinists might actually be, or who they are “on the inside” so to speak, the majority of non-Calvinists percieve them as being arrogant, cold, and generally difficult people. What should [...]

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John 9: A Short Reflection

Read John 9:1-41
In this passage, Jesus uses two different titles to describe Himself. The first is “light of the world.” This reference will immediately draw the reader back to the previous chapter, where Jesus says, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in [...]

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Truth And Love: Showing Christian Charity And Avoiding The Sin Of Hubris

I love this time of year. The wearying heat of Summer will soon give way to the crisp, cool air of Fall. Because this is Southern California, I can’t hope for real whether, but I can certainly pray for a bit of rain here and there.Most important of all, school is back in. [...]

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The John 6 Debate: Part II

John 6 Does Not Require Calvinism: A Response to Donald’s Exegesis
This marks my second debate at Coram Deo. My name is Michael, (call me MG) and I blog at The Well of Questions. As a non-Reformed Christian (Eastern Orthodox) I disagree with many of the tenets of Augustinian/Calvinist theology. John 6 is [...]

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A Letter From The Martyrs

Love and forgiveness shine like the sun in a place where there is no light.
On April 18th, three Christian missionaries in Turkey were brutally tortured and murdered. The Church in Smyrna has released a letter to all Christians, the global church.  The letter recounts the details of the tragedy (at some points graphic), it calls [...]

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Prayers For Easter Sunday

Here are the prayers for Easter Sunday!
From the Lutheran Book of Prayer:
O almighty and eternal God, who through the death of Your Son has destroyed sin and death, and by His rising to life again restored innocence and everlasting life, that being delivered from the power of the devil, I might live under You in [...]

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Prayers For Saturday

Here are the prayers for Holy Saturday.
From the Lutheran Book of Prayer:
Heavenly Father, I am silenced at the gave of Your Son, who knew no sin, yet was made sin for us. You permitted Him to die, exchanging His innocence for our guilt. In love He came to save us, but He was [...]

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