A valued friend contacted me on Facebook™ and wanted to know if I could recommend a book/booklet to help people learn how to pray. That’s a perennial problem—helping new believers and many times, older believers, to pray well, to pray biblically, to pray frequently, to pray with confidence and boldness, to pray about everything, to … More Henri Nouwen, Jesus and Teaching People to Pray
Weekend Links Guarding the flock often takes a lot of heavy digging in the Scriptures. The picture on the right is of some of the bulldozers assembled for OPERATION OVERLORD (the Normandy Invasion of Europe in World War II). That assemblage of hardware is a great picture that war, any war, is a lot more … More Preparing the Church of the West for the Next Decade
Wednesday is for Prayer “And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.” (Acts 16:13, ESV) There was intentionality to Paul’s visit to the riverside, “we supposed there was … More Seizing the Moment and Opportunity for Impact
Psalm 119:49-56 The Lord’s Day by John Nunnikhoven from May 12, 2013 Remember your word to your servant, in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction, that your promise gives me life. The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law. When I think of your … More Sunday Musings on a Day Measured by God
Sunday Musings A mother, perhaps more than anyone else in the culture is a sower of futures. And Christian mothers are always seeding the future with Gospel values, the Gospel message and Gospel hope. She sows her seed in the rush and bustle of daily life and responsibilities that are often overwhelming and frequently (too … More Why Prayer is Mightier than the Sword: A Mother’s Day Ray of Hope
Sunday Musings “Air is not more necessary to the lungs than prayer is to the preacher.” —-E.M. Bounds, The Complete Works of E.M. Bounds on Prayer
Wednesday is for Prayer “In April 1831, Charles Simeon was seventy-one years old. He had been the pastor of Trinity Church in Cambridge, England, for forty-nine years. One afternoon his friend Joseph Gurney asked him how he had surmounted persecution and outlasted all the great prejudice against him in his many years of ministry. He … More Learning to Endure in an Emotionally Fragile World
Tuesday is for Preaching The devil will let a man prepare a sermon if that will keep him from preparing himself. —Vance Havner Men, it is too easy, to fall for the trap of the evil one. He is a liar, the father of lies, a deceiver from the beginning, a defiler and confuser of the … More Worthless Preaching and Preachers Who Preach without Worth
Tuesday Afternoon Musings “The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.” ― Søren Kierkegaard We are often so saturated with the spirit of the age, the desire to be noticed, … More Conquering Pride by Refusing to Work in Our Own Strength
Picked this up from Adrian Warnock’s blog. He and group of Brits are currently working on a documentary on the the life and ministry of C.H. Spurgeon. I had known a number of anecdotal stories on Spurgeon and the prayer that went on at the Metropolitan Tabernacle during his pastorate but this quote was new … More Is Your Pastor a Poor Preacher? Pray for Him.
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