Morning Prayer (1662 Book of Common Prayer)

LECTIONS. John Calvin on the Psalms. ISBE: Genesis. Keil: Genesis. Keil & Delitzsch: Joshua. Matthew Henry: Isaiah. ISBE: Matthew. Jamieson, Fausset & Brown: Gospels. Romans: Prof. Hodge. Matthew Henry: Revelation. Prof. Hodge: Systematic Theology. Dr. Robert Reymond: Systematic Theology. Prof. Berkhof, Systematic Theology: Soteriology. Dr. Philip Schaff, Apostolic Christianity, Medieval Christianity, Swiss Reformation and Creeds of Christendom. EDT. CCC. Westminster Larger Catechism, 109.

For Psalm 18, Prof. Calvin notes that God can command humanity’s attention through earthquakes, floods, tempests, diseases and pestilences. However, personally, as a combat veteran, have seen men who remain insensate in facing combat while the elect do what they do—as saints.

ISBE on Genesis: Prof. R. K. Harrison finishes his discussion of Genesis. Sagely and insightfully, the Canadian Anglican comments on the Semitic-Asiatic Hyksos of the Joseph narratively. Also, of note, the terms “overseer of his house,” “chief of the butlers,” and “chief of the bakers” were ancient and archaic terms that survived down into the period of Joseph, lending further evidence of the historical reliability of the Mosaic history.

For Genesis 1: Prof. Keil discusses the creation of light and darkness.

For Joshua 19, Joshua discusses land allocation to Naphtali.

For Isaiah 5.8-17, Prof. Henry comments on the denunciations of varied sins, noting that God can and does “hiss” and “whistle” to other nations—other than the church--to come as an instruments of punishment, e.g., Sennacherib, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Romans. One may add the Islamists as an instrument of punishment of sinners. Can one say Japan and Hitler in WW2 or China in our times?

ISBE on Mark: Dr. R. P. Martin gives the patristic witness that Peter preached and Mark wrote notes on those sermons that are now the canonical Gospel.

For Mathew 4.12-25, Prof. Jamiesson talks about the efficacy of Christ’s Words. “Follow me” and the disciples drop what they’re doing and follow Him. The same for miracles.

For Romans, Prof. Hodge summarizes the doctrinal and practical points from Romans 1.18-32.

For Revelation 13.11-18, Prof. Henry talks about the Beastly behaviors of Rome: excommunications, censures, anathemas, and casting others into the power of Satan and Hell. Or, Pope Martin V in his bull added to the Council of Constance (1414-1419) prohibiting Papists from allowing “heretics” to live in their countries and prohibiting commerce or holding civil office. This is having the number 666 on the forehead. Modern, sackless and impotent mainline Protestants with their ecumenical efforts are brain-dead, uneducated, and insensate. The pitiable masses are disarmed as the laity since they are busy and don’t/can’t read.

In the Global Anglican, Dr. Foster continues to exposit liberation theology in Latin America and the distrust of some advocates of armchair theology and higher criticism, to wit, the latter removing the Bible as a power-text from the poor.

For Systematic Theology, Prof. Hodge discusses Wolfianism of Prof. Wolf (1679-1754) of Marburg—in his attempt to defend Biblical authority, he slips in the sovereignty of human reason as the hermeneutic.

For Theology Proper, Prof. Reymond opens the discussion of God’s omnipotent. God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable in His power…

For Soteriology, Prof. Berkhof magnificently defangs the bite and bark of those opposing the perseverance of the saints.

For Apostolic Christianity, Vol. 1 (0-100) Prof. Schaff discusses the unipaschal, bipashcal, tripaschal, or q            uadripaschal views of the duration of Christ’s ministry—one through four years of ministry, held variously. Schaff goes for 3-4 years, of course, willy nilly, dismissing Irenaeus’s 10-year view. The ordering of 3-4 years is, reportedly, measured by the number of times Jesus was in Jerusalem for the Passover.

For Medieval Christianity, Vol. 4 (590-1073), Prof. Schaff introduces the desert Arabs and their rapacities and force, being Islamists.

For the Swiss Reformation Vol. 8 (1519-1605), Prof. Schaff returns to William Farel (1489-1565) who is a hot preacher, but who is counselled by Calvin and Oecolampadius to put the rhetoric on ice, as it were. Chill, bro.

EDT on Process Theology: in this system of lies and disrespect towards God, we are told that God is dependent on the creatures and what they do, affecting his feelings, his response, and the content of his divine life. These reveries may be the product of someone smoking ganja.

For the Creeds of Christendom, Prof. Schaff gives details on the controlled sessions. We intend to “go granular” on the dogmatic diktats in further sessions.

1994 CCC: gets the Catechism going by talking about the “Magisterium” whereby listeners received Scripture and Tradition “with docility” (code for infantilizes the weak and exalting tradition as Super-Pharisees).

Westminster Larger Catechism 109:

Q. 109. What sins are forbidden in the second commandment?
A. The sins forbidden in the second commandment are, all devising, counseling, commanding, using, and any wise approving, any religious worship not instituted by God himself; the making any representation of God, of all or of any of the three persons, either inwardly in our mind, or outwardly in any kind of image or likeness of any creature whatsoever; all worshiping of it, or God in it or by it; the making of any representation of feigned deities, and all worship of them, or service belonging to them; all superstitious devices, corrupting the worship of God, adding to it, or taking from it, whether invented and taken up of ourselves, or received by tradition from others, though under the title of antiquity, custom, devotion, good intent, or any other pretense whatsoever; simony; sacrilege; all neglect, contempt, hindering, and opposing the worship and ordinances which God hath appointed.