One of my favorite blogs to read regularly (an online magazine for ministry, really) is the Shepherd's Fellowship, the online magazine of John MacArthur and the Master's Seminary faculty. Today, they have chosen to relay to us an old message from J. C. Ryle, a hero of the faith, who asks the question, Do You …
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Are You A Christian? We Should Know By Your Praying
October 28, 2009 2 Comments
Can I Pray Like, “Hey Lord, It’s Me, Fred!”
August 29, 2009 6 Comments
I recently received a question from a reader that I thought would make a great blog post because it's such a common question: Should I talk to God like I talk to anybody else? Or should I use prettier words?
The bottom line is that prayer is talking, asking, and conversing with God. He knows your heart …
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The Great Adventure of Prayer
February 4, 2009 5 Comments
We're beginning a new Wednesday night Bible study series on prayer and it's based on the book by David Jeremiah, Prayer, the Great Adventure. We've been talking a lot about the theme of "Search & Rescue" as the missional focus of our church in a lost culture, and prayer is the power-giving foundation of being …
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What Is Prayer?
August 31, 2007 Leave a Comment
Prayer is something that most people believe in. If you believe in some kind of higher power(s), you believe in some kind of prayer. If you believe that the triune God of Scripture is exclusively God, as I do, then you believe that biblical prayer is the only true kind of prayer. But that doesn't seem to settle …
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On Your Feet, Soldier!
June 5, 2007 Leave a Comment
This past Sunday, I began preaching in Genesis with chapter one, verse one. The message started a lengthy commitment to preaching all of the word. I don't think I've ever been as satisfied by a message in all of my ministry. I had studied and prepared for about six weeks for just the first chapter of Genesis. …
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Glory Filled My Soul
January 22, 2007 Leave a Comment
This past Sunday was perhaps the most awesome day of ministry I've ever experienced. Like the old gospel song says, "Heaven came down and glory filled my soul." It wasn't great planning, great music, or great preaching that made the day great, it was our great God visiting us in a powerful way in response to a …
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Compelling Compassion
October 21, 2006 Leave a Comment
"Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way." -Matthew 15:32
It is impossible for us to help everyone we want to help. Certainly …
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Living In Jesus’ Name – Part 1
June 22, 2006 Leave a Comment
I, like many Christians, pray "in the name of Jesus." At least I say the words before the almost mandatory finale, "Amen." But what do those words mean... "in the name of Jesus?" Do we realize the impact of them? And do we realize that more than praying in the name of Jesus, we should live in the name of Jesus? …
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Wrestling With the Almighty
January 8, 2006 Leave a Comment
”And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.” –Genesis 32:26In the story of Jacob’s wrestling with a “man” (possibly an Old Testament appearance of Christ), we learn what it is to hold on to God until we receive the blessing. Don’t you …
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Pray For Your Pastor
December 16, 2005 Leave a Comment
”Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that …
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