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Confession of Sin from the Book of Common Prayer 873 635 Andrew Hicks

Confession of Sin from the Book of Common Prayer

I have been praying the daily office from the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) recently. I LOVE fixed-hour prayers like this. I love all the scripture and prayers. I love…

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A Peaceful Urgency 150 150 Andrew Hicks

A Peaceful Urgency

Many things that are frequently said among my Pastor peers makes me uncomfortable or upset. One thing in particular has been bothering me even more lately. I think we have…

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In The Great Stream: A Review 1024 694 Andrew Hicks

In The Great Stream: A Review

In The Great Stream: Imagining Churches of Christ in the Christian Tradition is a zenith in writings about the Churches of Christ (COC). Leonard Allen, dean of the college of…

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The 12 Commandments 683 1024 Andrew Hicks

The 12 Commandments

So you’ve heard of the 10 commandments, right? Most of us have if we spent much of any time in Church or know much of anything about either Christianity or…

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The Updated NRSV 1000 667 Andrew Hicks

The Updated NRSV

There is a new update to the widely acclaimed New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) coming out soon. The digital version is due to be available by Christmas of this year.…

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The Apocrypha: An Introduction 1024 683 Andrew Hicks

The Apocrypha: An Introduction

One set of questions I get a lot as a minister and a teacher is about the Apocrypha: “What is the Apocrypha?” “Why do Catholics have extra books in their…

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Ecclesiological Explorations – Part 5: “The Church is… Apostolic.” 1024 683 Andrew Hicks

Ecclesiological Explorations – Part 5: “The Church is… Apostolic.”

Since its beginning, teaching has been a key part of what the Church does in the world. In fact, right after responding to Peter’s sermon on the day of Pentecost…

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Ecclesiological Explorations – Part 4: “The Church is….Catholic…” 1024 683 Andrew Hicks

Ecclesiological Explorations – Part 4: “The Church is….Catholic…”

One distinction is important to make right off the bat. This is NOT referring to the Roman Catholic Church. The distinction that is usually made is between the capital “C”…

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Ecclesiological Explorations – Part 2: “The Church is One…” 1024 683 Andrew Hicks

Ecclesiological Explorations – Part 2: “The Church is One…”

This is my second post in a series of ecclesiological explorations. We are studying the church in order to counter the bad ecclesiology that pervades so much of today’s world.…

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Why I’m A Catholic Christian 1024 597 Andrew Hicks

Why I’m A Catholic Christian

This is a manifesto for an orthodox generosity and an articulation of my thoughts on Christian unity. Inevitably, someone will read this and think I am claiming to be Roman Catholic. This…

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