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What is in the Name - Jesus Christ?
By Carman Bradley
At certain times in Canadian public life,
significant events call on the resources of the religious and spiritual
traditions of our land. These might be occasions of public mourning, as in the
case of the crash of SwissAir Flight 111 near Peggy’s Cove. They might be
solemn events such as the bringing home of the Unknown Soldier to Ottawa in the
summer of 2000. They could be moments of celebrating our history, such as the memorializing
of the “Famous Five Women” from the Persons Case. In communities across our
land, Thanksgiving Day is often marked with multifaith celebrations.... It
is inappropriate in this context to offer prayers which imply the
incompleteness of another faith tradition. [i] [My underline]
- Religious Ceremonies Involving More than One Faith Tradition, Canadian
Council of Churches
In a modern
pluralist society like Canada, what possibly could be wrong with scratching the
name Jesus Christ from the roster (benching Jesus) when the game is religious
pluralism? The short answer - “everything.” God will not be mocked by Christians who
conduct inter-faith dialogue and
promote multi-faith religious ceremonies (religious
pluralism) predicated on no
witness to the name Jesus Christ.
In 2003, Ted Haggard,
president of the National Association of Evangelicals, which represents 43,000
congregations, and Alan F. H. Wisdom, vice president of the Institute on
Religion and Democracy, a conservative Christian group in Washington, stated the
same assumption, in less frank language, when critiquing the approach to
interfaith relations by American mainline Protestant groups. Mr. Wisdom said, ''There has been the tendency to put reconciliation above witness to
the truth here.''[ii]
The two put forward their own guidelines for evangelicals that promote a
fundamentally different approach to interfaith relations. Both endorsed dialogue with Muslims but
emphasized that Christians should use the exchanges to ''give testimony to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, because it is our duty
to do so.''[iii]
The guidelines also urged Christians to
use dialogue to spell out the differences between Christianity and Islam, and
to call Muslims to account for the lack of religious freedom in Muslim
countries.
Responding
to the criticism in a telephone interview, Dr. Robert Edgar, general secretary
of the National Council of Churches (the
US equivalent of the CCC in Canada),
said that he agreed that each faith must not dilute its own distinctions;
however Dr. Edgar went on to state:
We
disagree that you can't have dialogue unless you talk about Jesus. My belief is
that dialogue is best built on relationships. People have to get to know each
other, to trust each other, to like each other, and in some cases to even love
each other before real learning and listening takes place.[iv]
Once again, what
is in the name – Jesus Christ?
The following scriptures constitute but a fraction of the Bible verses
that highlight the importance of name given to the Son of the Highest (Luke 1:32); a name announced to Joseph by an
angel, saying, “thou shalt call His name
Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins” (Matthew 1:21). And "Christ"
comes from the Greek word Christos, meaning "anointed." Its meaning
is the same as the Hebrew word Messiah (John 1:41). They both mean "anointed" or
"anointed one." Here is some
of what the Bible states about the spiritual power intrinsic to His name:
And the seventy
returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name (Luke
10:17).
Then opened he
their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, And said unto
them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and
to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance and remission of sins should
be preached in his name among all
nations, beginning at Jerusalem (Luke 24:45-47).
For where two or
three are gathered
together in my name, there am I in the midst of them (Matthew 18:20).
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that
will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will
do it (John 14:13-14).
But the
Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father
will send in my name, he shall teach
you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have
said unto you (John
14:26).
And it shall come
to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of
the Lord shall be saved (Acts 2:21).
Then Peter said
unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost (Acts 2:38).
Then Peter said,
Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of
Nazareth rise up and walk (Acts 3:6).
Neither is there
salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we
must be saved (Acts 4:12).
And this did she
many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus
Christ to come out of her. And he came out
the same hour (Acts
16:81).
And such were
some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the
Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God (I Corinthians 6:11).
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted
him, and given him a name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; And that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father
(Philippians 2:9-11).
And whatsoever ye
do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving
thanks to God and the Father by him (Colossians 3:17).
Nevertheless the
foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that
are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity (2 Timothy 2:19).
Is any sick among
you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in
the name of the Lord (James 5:14).
And the Book of Revelation reminds Christians to not deny
Christ`s name and describes what will happen one day on Christ`s return, even
during a multi-faith memorial service for the “Famous Five Women” from the Persons Case.
The Apostle John writes of Jesus Christ:
I know thy works:
behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou
hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name (Revelation 3:8).
And a voice came
out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that
fear him, both small and great. And I
heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many
waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord
God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad
and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his
wife hath made herself ready. And to her
was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the
fine linen is the righteousness of saints.
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb.
And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he
said unto me, See thou do it
not: I am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of
Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that
sat upon him was called
Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew,
but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in
blood: and his
name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in
fine linen, white and clean. And out of
his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he
shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name
written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS (Revelation 19:-16).
The StandForGod.Org website is dedicated to tackling the reasons why the
witness of Canadian Christendom is so ineffectual and to pondering three basic
questions. Why has the Holy Spirit not
answered our longstanding prayers for national revival? Why has God not responded favourably to our petitions
for deliverance from secular humanism
and liberalism in our society? Why has God not returned the national psyche
of Canada to its beginning constitutional spirit – a nation “founded upon the principles that recognize
the supremacy of God.”
As evidenced by the sheer size of this research endeavour there is no
small number of contributory causes.
Worse still, these various causes have had a synergy effect on a
national scale, like menacing threads powerfully woven together by a gifted
weaver; the troubles have inter-twined to form a seemingly impenetrable shroud
of spiritual darkness coast to coast.
This blanket of darkness keeps the unsaved population from all but
voluntary exposure to the light of Jesus Christ. Indeed, the weaver’s cover is so complete that
significant numbers of professed believers are also trapped under the
shroud.
Contrast the spiritual unction and divine authority vested
in the name Jesus Christ used by
believers in the Early Church, with the realities of Canadian Christendom
today. The name Jesus Christ has been progressively banished from public education,
civic “religious” ceremonies, institutional prayer activities in all levels of
government, and from all open activities of the Armed Forces. Moreover, in the spheres of corporate
business and national media, the name Jesus
Christ has been all but expunged from reference during Christmas and
Easter. Any public association to the
name Jesus Christ is now so politically
sensitive that calling a six-foot decorated coniferous plant found in the lobby
of the Supreme Court a “Christmas tree,” in December, is controversial. Why
and how has the Christian majority (some 76 percent of the population)
allowed the name of Jesus Christ to be so demeaned on a national basis, so effectively
banished from the public square? More
important, what is the impact on our nation’s relationship with God, when predicated
of zero public acknowledgement of our Lord and Saviour?
Gone are the days
when God’s elect, men like Barnabus and Paul in public, “hazarded their lives for
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 15:25-26; Acts 21:13). Instead, too many today readily deny His name
in public. Organized religion saddles
believers with interfaith religious
protocols; prearranged agreements to not mention the name Jesus Christ. The authors of these protocols speak not
in biblical terminology, but in the politically correct jargon of multi-faith celebrations, inter-faith relations, diversity of religious tradition, wider community prayer guidelines and religious constituencies. The manner in which Christians are instructed
in the New Testament to pray using the Lord’s name (John 14:13-14) is deemed to be “exclusive religious
tradition.” And the Canadian Council of
Churches explains the issue in their protocol this way:
It is inappropriate in this context to offer
prayers which imply the incompleteness of another faith tradition.
The Canadian Forces guidance for public
prayer mirrors this key constraint set out in the CCC document:
Within the context of a public ceremony the
chaplain is the sole representative of all faith groups. Where various faith
groups and a wide range of beliefs are likely to exist, normally prayers should
be inclusive in nature respecting the wide range of faith groups and believers
who may be present. The religious celebrant is encouraged to be sensitive in
the use of specific sacred faith formulas to allow for greater
inclusivity.
Although not
explicitly stated, sacred faith formula
means Christians should not call upon the name Jesus Christ in public. Indeed,
at the memorial service for SwissAir
Flight 111 at Peggy’s Cove in 1998, the Chretien Government approach to
public religious memorials was made clear from the evidence offered by Rev.
Carolyn Nicholson, a United Church minister in Glen Margaret, Nova Scotia. Following the air disaster that killed 229
people, Rev. Nicholson spent two days at Peggy's Cove with the families of the
people who died aboard the ill-fated plane.
When she was called by the federal government's protocol office and
asked to say the blessing and opening prayer at a memorial service for the
victims of the crash, she was eager to assist.
But it appears that she was forced to choose between her conscience and national
politics to do so.
Commenting in a letter to Prime Minister Jean Chretien after the
event, Rev. Nicholson wrote:
The representative told me that no references
to Christ or no New Testament (Christian Scripture) readings were permitted.
Worse,
she was asked to submit what she planned to say to the protocol office
representative for approval. Continuing
in her letter she wrote:
I voiced my protest, but the decision
was made and I either had to submit to the decision or refuse to take
part. I felt that I had to choose between my integrity as a Christian
minister or my desire to offer comfort to the families and the people of my
faith who attended the service.
She
chose to continue without reference to Christ or the New Testament. According to Calgary Sun columnist, Licia Corbella, who spoke with Rev.
Nicholson by phone, the minister "felt
guilt about her decision since then, but was glad she was there for the
families." After commenting in
her column that Rev. Nicholson should have made a fuss immediately and refused
to take part in the service, Corbella writes:
What's most troubling is
the protocol office issued a ban on Christianity despite the fact that a Native
Canadian spoke of her people's beliefs, a Rabbi read from the Hebrew Scriptures
and the Muslim representative read from the Koran.
She
adds that the service, designed to honour the dead and comfort their grieving
relatives was turned into a national public relations stunt for the Chretien
Liberals to show what a multicultural and tolerant country Canada is. The only religious representatives who should
have been given the opportunity to minister and offer prayers were ones who had
people of those faiths aboard the doomed plane. From her research, there were no aboriginal
Canadians on board that flight.
The spiritual travesty of denying the
name of Jesus Christ on public religious occasions is clear (Revelation 3:8); only
God knows the full measure of the consequences of such national-level
irreverence. Tragically, what has occurred
in a relatively short time in Canada is the evolution from a society “open” to
Christianity to one “closed.” A few
vestiges from the open era include: swearing in on the Bible to give witness in
court or to make some other oath; an archived Christian Parliamentary Prayer;
the Cross on Remembrance Day cenotaphs and on most memorial wreaths and
gravestones; and the designated civic holidays titled “Christmas” and “Easter.” What has replaced the open era is the period started
by policies under what then Justice Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau labelled the
“Just Society,” a governance plan premised on the complete secularization and
liberalization of the public realm. And
to put in place and maintain a society now structured on secularism, liberalism
and homosexism the bearers of the true
Gospel of Jesus Christ have to be silenced; must be “closeted.” Call this social dynamic the first law of
state-sponsored morality – an inviolate principle that Christian orthodoxy
cannot be advocated in public at the same time the state wishes to promote
moral liberalism. The two imperatives have
a zero-sum relationship. Indeed, this social dynamic has been called by
feminists and liberationists the "morality
wars." Like all wars,
social-cultural wars are won or lost by an accumulation of successful small
battles; the recent same-sex marriage outcome just happens to be a Christian
loss in the magnitude of a Stalingrad or Normandy. The remainder of this essay will continue to focus
on flawed spiritual warfare through three examples of decisive turning points
which progressively forced Christianity out of the public sphere. What lies ahead will also reveal the extent
of collaboration by professed Christians facilitating their own defeat.
When you realize
the dominant role that Christianity has played in the history of this country celebrated on Remembrance Day, and you take into account the national religious demographic in
Canada today, it is astonishing that Canadian Christendom would give in to what amounts to a spiritually barren display of ritual
for Christians over exalting God through an authentic appeal to the unction, power and
authority vested Jesus Christ. Do
Christians really believe it is possible to do an end run on Jesus Christ,
bench Him for the day, for the sake of greater religious inclusivity? Who on the Christian side would agree to
spiritually decapitate 95 percent of the religious audience who are likely believers
by volunteering to deny the name Jesus Christ?
This nature of such silence and intolerance is not wholesome pluralist
inclusivity; this is demographic and spiritual suicide. This is voluntary tyranny of the majority by
the one percentile religious minorities,
and the only benefactors are secular humanist social engineers.
What has taken
place in since the 1960s has been a “sexual revolution” and the realization of
an essentially secular humanist agenda of liberation legislations. We are now in the “post-modern era,” which is thought by secularists, humanists, and
many social planners, to be the dawn of religious estrangement or at least a
time of religious homogenization, where Witchcraft, Gnosticism, Raelianism,
Spiritual Humanism are to have equal
state emphasis along with “world religions” like Christianity, Judaism, Islam
and others. No mind that all combined these other variations account for less than
five percent of the population. The
state’s conception of the God underpinning the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
has withered from theistic clarity to pantheistic ambiguity. In just four
decades, the Bible as the Nation’s descriptive reference for God has been
diluted in a sea of spiritual equivalency. Only secular humanist win in this
reality.
The following text
titled “Resolution to Combat Religious Influence,” taken from the Canadian
humanist web site, offers a substantial explanation for the ideological source
behind much of this erosion in influence and pressure to neutralize the power
and authority claimed in the name of Jesus Christ:
The Humanist
Association of Canada is a national association that includes humanists, atheists,
agnostics, rationalists, freethinkers, and non-church-affiliated people.…We
believe that Canada could be a model for many countries on how to develop a
free and democratic society composed of many different ethnic, religious, and
philosophical groups living in harmony. We believe strongly in the separation of
church and state and the neutrality of the state in matters of religion….Many current
practices are undemocratic and unfair….We believe in a secular school system
for all. People who want to send their children to private or religious schools
should assume all the costs themselves. Another example is the recitation of
prayers at official public functions. These are unacceptable….Although
unsuccessful, many of our members signed a petition to have the reference to God
removed from the preamble of the Canadian Constitution. This petition was read
out in Parliament by MP Svend Robinson on June 8, 1999.[v]
While masquerading
as supporters of freedom of religion, humanists really uphold no respect for
the legitimacy of religious faith. Worse, while clamouring against public
prayer and lobbying to expunge God from state and public institutions, they and
like-minded activists, have shown no reservation entering our public schools to
preach on the social acceptability of homosexuality, knowing that what they
tell students is not science and what they say is contrary to the religious
faiths of a significant number of students.
The following
humanist notion of spirituality makes a further mockery of religion and pokes
fun at theistic believers:
You can become an
ordained member of the Spiritual Humanist clergy for FREE right now! As a
legally ordained clergy member you can legally perform religious ceremonies and
rituals like weddings, funerals, benedictions, etc.
All humans have an
inalienable right and duty to practice their own religious traditions. Spiritual
Humanism allows everyone to fuse their individual religious practices onto the
foundation of scientific humanist inquiry. We accept people from any religious
background and recognize the validity of all peaceful religious practices and
behaviors as being helpful and necessary in developing the spiritual nature of humanity.
If you agree that
Religion must be based on Reason, you can be ordained right now for free, and still
be able to practice your own religious traditions by simply clicking the button
below: ‘Ordain Me.’[vi]
There is something
terribly aberrant in a free and democratic society, where the overwhelming
religion is Christianity, and yet the state enforces its notion of “religious freedom”
by outlawing the use of words like “Jesus Christ,” “Holy Bible,” “Scripture”
and other obvious Christian liturgy at public spiritual events such as the memorial service for the World Trade Center
disaster. This state-sponsored notion that putting down Christian liturgy
somehow enhances overall religious freedom is flawed spiritually and
intellectually. Christians declare Jesus Christ to be God in the flesh! We have a right to claim His name in
public. Commenting on the absence of “faith
expression”`at the Canadian 911 memorial service, Pandi Madhu Sahasrabudhe, the
spiritual leader of Ottawa's Hindu community and president of the Capital
Region Inter-faith Council, said:
I felt it was unusual. As a person of faith I wouldn't
have cared what kind of prayer was done by who, but there should have been some
reference to God, the Creator, the Almighty, whatever.[vii]
Denying public
worship of Jesus Christ serves only humanist interests.
Seven years before
the 911 disaster, a huge spiritual catastrophe occurred in Canada with some
controversy. The manner by which the
name Jesus Christ was deliberately left out of a revised Parliamentary Prayer
is another strike agaist the legitimacy of the United Church within Christendom.
Obviously UCC ministers who have no reservations about demoting Jesus Christ
to the dignity of a Mahatma Gandhi or Mohammed have no difficulty agreeing to remove
His name from public usage altogether. Rev.
Wayne Hillier, senior minister at Chalmers United Church, Kingston, Ontario,
relates his role in removing Christ from the Parliamentary Prayer. In his 1994
Easter Service he said the following as part of his sermon:
Some time ago I
was invited by our local Federal Member of Parliament, Peter Milliken (who
happens also to be a member of the United Church of Canada and who exercises
that membership by being a faithful worshipper in this congregation), to
compose and submit to a parliamentary committee, that he was then chairing, a
prayer that I thought might be offered with integrity, by a larger number of parliamentarians
than the long-standing existing prayers clearly allowed….I worked hard at
composing such a prayer. I considered it a high privilege to be asked and I took
my task very seriously. Here is the prayer:
O eternal Spirit,
creator of all life that enriches, sustainer of all truth that abides, we come
this day, seeking as representatives of this diverse country of Canada, your guiding
blessing. As we strive in our varied ways to fulfill our duties, deepen our commitment
to persons of vision and integrity. As we labor in this House of Commons, for
the sake of the common good, strengthen our resolve to be open to a patience
that can endure the strain of waiting; a hope that can rise above frustration; and
a courage that can confront the truth. So may this House be blessed with members
from all sides and religions who will think wisely and do justly, and love mercy.
Amen.[viii]
Surprised by the
reaction, Hillier comments on the prayer’s reception:
Little did I
realize (nor I suspect did M.P. Peter Milliken), that this draft prayer would
invite such a reaction on the part of the other MP’s as well as a larger number
of writers of letters to newspaper editors across the land. The reaction was so
strong, especially on the part of other Christians who were incensed with the
wider reference to God as the ‘eternal Spirit,’ that the prayer never really
had a chance.
The adopted Parliamentary Prayer is reads:
Almighty God: We give thanks for the
great blessings which have been bestowed on Canada and its citizens, including
the gifts of freedom, opportunity, and peace that we enjoy. We pray for our
Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, and the Governor General. Guide us in our
deliberations as Members of Parliament, and strengthen us in our awareness of
our duties and responsibilities as Members. Grant us wisdom, knowledge, and
understanding to preserve the blessings of this country for the benefit of all
and to make good laws and wise decisions. Amen.
We will now have a moment of silence for private reflection and
meditation. Amen.
This non-sectarian prayer is read in English and French before the doors
to the federal Parliament are opened to the public each day.
Changing the theology behind the laws and Constitution of our Nation has
enormous implications. Canadian
Christians wonder why Christ does not intervene and bring revival. When the government eradicates all relevance,
all reverence, all reference to Jesus Christ is it any wonder God is
silent? Is it any wonder the country is
in the mess that it is in? Are we, in our national day-to-day
operations, a God-fearing country or a God-less country? What would Jesus Christ
say if present at the recitation of the Parliamentary Prayer? After all Christ said:
I am the way and
the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me (John
14:6). And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring
glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything, and I will do it (John 14:
13- 14).
Humanists,
Gnostics, agnostics, atheists and secularists must have applauded Rev. Hillier’s
and the final adopted all-inclusive prayer. From their perspective a universal,
serves all religions type-of-God is only a symbolic God, almost as good as
declaring an unknown god.
The prayer is impotent ritual. In the
space of forty years, the God of the Constitution and Charter thus changes from
a specific relational God to a token multi-faith God. Taking Jesus Christ out
of the prayer lexicon and attempting to address some all-inclusive eternal spirit
defiles the God of Scripture. When praying, Christ said, “Our Father in
heaven, hallowed be Your name” (Matthew 6:9). And God commanded in
Exodus 20:7:
You shall not
misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone
guiltless who misuses his name.
Subsequent
petitions in 1995 to revise the Parliamentary Prayer by angry Christians
carried little persuasion:
Mr. Peter Adams
(Peterborough, Lib.): Mr. Speaker, I have a petition from residents of the city
and county of Peterborough. Whereas the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, in the
Lord’s Prayer has been included in the historic parliamentary prayer of the House
of Commons since 1867, and whereas Canada was founded and built on the principles
of Christianity and the large majority of Canadians profess the Christian faith,
therefore the petitioners call on the House of Commons to close the
parliamentary prayer with the words: ‘Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen’ and
reinstate the Lord’s Prayer at the conclusion of the opening prayer.[ix]
Protest, in 2002, to stop implementation of the Chretien Government’s
policy to remove the name Jesus Christ from sermons of the Armed Forces
chaplains was ineffectual:
Mr. Brooke Taylor:
Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to table a petition on behalf of over 100 folks here.
The prayer of the petition states, “We, the undersigned are protesting the decision
to remove all references of Jesus Christ from the sermons of Armed Forces chaplains.
We feel that this is an insult both to the Christian faith and to Christians everywhere.”
Mr. Speaker, I have affixed my name to the petition.[x]
Most Canadians
supported the respect given Canadian Sikhs, by allowing this cultural and
religious minority to wear turbans publicly as police and as members in the
military. This state policy was seen as granting freedom of religion, by
allowing Sikhs to differentiate themselves and sustain their beliefs through a
visible and unique headdress. With such government policy, it seems
extraordinary, that Jesus Christ, the ultimate focus of Christian faith, had to
be expunged from public liturgy. The real benefactors from the muzzling of
Christians are not members of other theistic faiths, but humanists and
atheists.
Why has the
Holy Spirit not answered our longstanding prayers for national revival?
Why has
God not responded favourably to our petitions for deliverance from secular humanism
and liberalism in our society?
Why has God
not returned the national psyche of Canada to its beginning constitutional spirit
– a nation “founded upon the principles that recognize the supremacy of God.”
Copyright
© 2008 StandForGod.Org
[viii]
Rev. C. Wayne Hillliker, What Makes or Breaks Prayer,
[ix]
House of Commons, Routine Proceedings [214], 8 June 1995.
[x]
Hansard, 8 April 2002.
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