The Second Intercessions Handbook - (46) TO THE CROSS
The Second Intercessions Handbook - (46) TO THE CROSS
by SPCK - John Pritchard
(46)TO THE CROSS One understanding of intercessory prayer is that it’s a way of bringing people to the cross, where Christ is sure to be found. And where Christ is found, things happen. The cross can be used in many ways as the focus of our prayers, particularly in Holy Week…
Mere Apologetics - 8d Working the Angles: Applying the Case Studies
Mere Apologetics - 8d Working the Angles: Applying the Case Studies
by SPCK - Alister McGrath
Working the Angles: Applying the Case Studies In the previous two sections of this chapter we have explored some themes relating to two classic questions of Christian apologetics and identified some components of answers to two important anxieties about faith. But apologetics is …
Holy Spirit, brooding, breathing
Holy Spirit, brooding, breathing
by Michael Docker
Holy Spirit, brooding, breathing, Sighing where there's empty dark; Holy Spirit, stirring, seething Life where only death's at work. Holy Spirit, God's power moving Through your Church and world, our lives, Hear us, fill us, save us, send us Out to where your power revives. Holy …
O Lord of the ages
O Lord of the ages
by Michael Docker
O Lord of the ages, in whom we move, Your purity burns like fire from the start; Burn me with flames of endless love On the frail altar of my heart. That all of my life might glow and burn And shine with love for all of my days And never fall; and always return To you in love and…
O Lord who came from God above
O Lord who came from God above
by Michael Docker
O Lord who came from God above And burned with God in every part And promised flame and wind and love To burn me deep and sear my heart, I ask you, tremblingly, to burn My wayward, restless, empty days Till all I am is love and I yearn To serve and soothe, proclaim and praise. Je…
Here and Now - Nativity Play