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Heroes & Heretics: Modernism
Heroes & Heretics: Introduction
Audible (if unintentional) groans escape. Eyes roll. Minds disengage. The well-known visceral responses to history lectures. History, though, is only boring when it's taught by boring people. And Church history is not only fascinating, but fundamental to a joyful, confident Christian life. Heroes & Heretics considers the history of the Church through the lens of dangerous heresies and those who stood up for “the faith once and for all delivered to the saints.”
Heroes & Heretics: Introduction
Heroes & Heretics: Introduction
Audible (if unintentional) groans escape. Eyes roll. Minds disengage. The well-known visceral responses to history lectures. History, though, is only boring when it's taught by boring people. And Church history is not only fascinating, but fundamental to a joyful, confident Christian life. Heroes & Heretics considers the history of the Church through the lens of dangerous heresies and those who stood up for “the faith once and for all delivered to the saints.”
Mercy in the Wilderness
The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 16)
Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
When Following Jesus Doesn’t Make Sense
The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 15)
Keep your Church, O Lord, by your perpetual mercy; and because without you the frailty of our nature causes us to fall, keep us from all things hurtful, and lead us to all things profitable for our salvation; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
“What Do We Need to be at Our Best?”
The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 14)
Almighty God, give us the increase of faith, hope, and love; and, that we may obtain what you have promised, make us love what you command; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
"When is the Church at its Best?”
The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 13)
Almighty and merciful God, it is only by your grace that your faithful people offer you true and laudable service: Grant that we may run without stumbling to obtain your heavenly promises; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Peace. It is I. Do Not Be Afraid.
The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 12
Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray, and to give more than we either desire or deserve: Pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things for which we are not worthy to ask, except through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ our Savior; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Broken Trees. Good Fruit.
The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 9)
Grant us, O Lord, we pray, the spirit to think and do always those things that are right, that we, who can do no good thing apart from you, may by you be enabled to live according to your will; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Ministry in the Flesh
The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost (Proper 8)
O God, your never-failing providence sets in order all things both in heaven and on earth: Put away from us all hurtful things, and give us those things that are profitable for us; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
We Do Not Lose Heart
The Sunday after Trinity (Proper 4)
O God, the protector of all those who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing is holy: Increase and multiply upon us your mercy, that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may so pass through things temporal that we lose not the things eternal; grant this, heavenly Father, for the sake of your Son Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Gospel Reformation
Trinity Sunday
Almighty and everlasting God, you have given to us your servants grace, by the confession of a true faith, to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity, and in the power of your divine Majesty to worship the Unity: Keep us steadfast in this faith and worship, and bring us at last to see you in your one and eternal glory, O Father; who with the Son and the Holy Spirit live and reign, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Creation and the Kingdom of God
Rogation Sunday
O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Faithful Thomas
The Second Sunday of Easter
Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ’s Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.