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Very helpful reminder… Do we rob our people by not using these great words? I have started to use the AAPB version of exhortation/confession/absolution when there is a 5th Sunday… Such depth! And nothing modern matched the BCP confession from the communion for solemnity!
Thanks Tony.
I always suspected you were a closet Anglican…did you really need a prayerbook to remind you you are a scum sucking sinner? Just ask your wife.
GP
Gavin - no he didn’t need the prayerbook to remind him of that. He needed a game of golf!
Very encouraging Tony.
God grabbed me by the scruff of the neck in Feb 1988 and I didn’t become a Christian until 11 monts later, Jan 1989. I knew, from my Bible reading as a non-Cristian, that I was heading to hell - but God hadn’t yet revealed the Gospel of the Cross to me. I was really afraid, really anxious & in deep turmoil of the soul for a long time. I knew that I was going to hell should I cross the tram line at the wrong time. Your article reminded me of the relief I felt the day the light of the Gospel dawned. Instantaneous dread to joy. It is so important that we keep expressing our joy overtly . . . just like you’ve done.
Christianity is NOT a daily root canal.
Thanks again.
Ben
Gavin,
Perhaps closet golfer more than closet Anglican! And although all things (including my wife, my golf and Ian Carmichael) do constantly remind me that I’m a sinner, it’s only the gospel that tells me that I’m a pardoned and absolved sinner!
Mark,
We certainly rob our people if we don’t have these words and truths in our gatherings. They might be expressed in this particular form and order (the BCP or AAPB one) or in a manner adapted to our particular cultural context and situation, but they have to be there! Otherwise our gatherings become team meetings or chat shows.
Thanks for the comments.
TP
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