Pray Then Like This: The Case for Reciting Prayers

M.Div, Reformed Episcopal Seminary
B.A. Youth Ministry, Eastern University

Brandon lives just outside West Philadelphia with his wife, Elizabeth, and their sons, Kairos and Levi. He is an educator and administrative assistant at Christ Academy in Collingdale, PA
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“Why do some Christian recite their prayers? Why don’t Anglicans pray ‘from the heart?’ “ There is an assumption that underlies these questions. They assume that prayers which are extemporaneous, or made up on the spot, are more sincere and “Spirit-filled” than prayers which are pre-written. Having grown up in the Assemblies of God, I…

The Mystery of Worship

M.Div, Reformed Episcopal Seminary
B.A. Youth Ministry, Eastern University

Brandon lives just outside West Philadelphia with his wife, Elizabeth, and their sons, Kairos and Levi. He is an educator and administrative assistant at Christ Academy in Collingdale, PA
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This is the third installment of the Church Identity series and follows “The Church as Temple.” That subsequent article provides important background for understanding the context of this one. This article is long, but it has been preserved as a single post to maintain its cohesion. For this reason, it has been divided into two sections for…

The Church as Temple

M.Div, Reformed Episcopal Seminary
B.A. Youth Ministry, Eastern University

Brandon lives just outside West Philadelphia with his wife, Elizabeth, and their sons, Kairos and Levi. He is an educator and administrative assistant at Christ Academy in Collingdale, PA
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This is the second installment of the Church Identity series. The preceding article is The Church as House. This article returns to the idea of Creation as a house and talks about the Church as the Temple of God. Section I: God has a house God’s House In Ancient Near-Eastern cultures the temple of a deity was…