Male and Female?
Mistranslation and misunderstanding can turn the Bible from being an encouragement to being yet another weapon against the vulnerable. Gender is more complicated than quoting a Bible verse.
Mistranslation and misunderstanding can turn the Bible from being an encouragement to being yet another weapon against the vulnerable. Gender is more complicated than quoting a Bible verse.
Ever-living God,
you are always more ready to hear than we to pray,
and to give more than we desire or deserve;
pour upon us the abundance of your mercy,
forgiving us those things
of which our conscience is afraid,
and giving us those things
for which our prayer dares not ask;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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O God,
you declare your almighty power
above all by showing mercy and compassion;
grant us the fullness of your grace,
that we, who are running to obtain your promises,
may be partakers of your heavenly treasure;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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O God,
grant to your faithful people pardon and peace;
that we may be cleansed from all our sins
and serve you with a quiet mind;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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We can find a third way – not losing our faith, not fundamentalism – we can find a second naivety which accepts contemporary scholarship and still hears what the Spirit says to us and to the Church through the scriptures.
O God,
direct our hearts
by the action of your mercy,
for without your help
we cannot please you;
through Jesus Christ
who is alive with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
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