Tuesday
Dec032013

Theological Term of the Week

corporate prayer
A prayer spoken aloud by one person on behalf of a whole group of gathered believers. 

  • A corporate prayer from scripture:
    When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them, who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit,
    “‘Why did the Gentiles rage,
    and the peoples plot in vain?
    The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers were gathered together,
    against the Lord and against his Anointed’—
    for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, alongwith the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, to do whatever your hand andyour plan had predestined to take place. And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness. (Acts 4:23-31, ESV)

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Monday
Dec022013

Heidelberg Catechism

Question 13. Can we make this satisfaction ourselves?

Answer: Certainly not. On the contrary, we increase our debt every day. (a)

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Monday
Dec022013

Book Giveaway: Seasons of the Heart

Seasons of the Heart: A Year of Devotions from One Generation of Women to Another is a collection of 366 devotional writings—one for every day of the year—from godly women of the past, including Susannah Spurgeon, Mary Winslow, Anne Dutton, Frances Ridley Havergal, Ruth Bryan, Anne Steele, Mary Winslow, and more. Donna Kelderman, who compiled these pieces, prays that “the Lord would use these devotionals to correct, admonish, comfort, cheer the downcast, and lead many to the foot of the cross.”

Want to know more? I recommend these two recent reviews:

Reformation Heritage Books graciously sent me a copy of Seasons of the Heart to give to one of you. Fill out the form below before 11:59pm PST on Thursday, December 5 to enter the giveaway. 

(Men hoping to score a free Christmas gift for their favorite lady can enter, too.)

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