‘Cast Away the Works of Darkness’
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‘Cast Away the Works of Darkness’

ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.

U.S. Book of Common Prayer

Ghosts of Departed Usurers hand colored etching by John Leech (1809-1870) from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

Jordan J. Ballor

Jordan J. Ballor (Dr. theol., University of Zurich; PhD, Calvin Theological Seminary) is director of research at the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy at First Liberty Institute.