1 October 2015 A.D. Burk Parsons: The Perspicuity of Scripture
1 October 2015 A.D. Burk Parsons: The Perspicuity of Scripture Parson, Burk. “The Perspicuity of Scripture.” Ligonier Ministries. 1 Oct 2015. http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/perspicuity-scripture/ . Accessed 1 Oct 2015. The Perspicuity of Scripture by Burk Parsons One of the most important but often most overlooked parts of our order of service at Saint Andrew’s Chapel is the prayer of illumination. In our liturgy, the prayer of illumination is situated between the reading of Scripture and the sermon. In our prayer, we humbly ask God to illumine His Word to us by the Holy Spirit so that we would rightly hear, understand, and apply what the Lord is saying to us in His Word. The reason it is one of the most important elements of our service is because we desperately need the Holy Spirit to help us understand His Word. The reason it is perhaps the most overlooked part of our service is because we too easily forget how dep...