Tag: prayer
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Jesus and answers to prayer. John 14:13-14
In his book “Prayer,” writer Philip Yancey gives examples of some well known prolific prayers. He says that the 17th century English Bishop Lancelot Andrews devoted 5 hours a day to prayer. The 18th and 19th century English minister Charles Simeon rose daily at 4am to pray for 4 hours. -There’s an order of Catholic…
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Popular pastor prays with President Trump during unannounced visit
On Sunday, President Trump made an unannounced visit to McLean Bible Church where David Platt, one of the most well known and respected pastors in American evangelicalism prayed for the president. Politics aside, for Christians, we are called to pray for our leaders. President Trump did not make any public remarks at the church service.…
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People oppose Christian prayer gathering at the day of prayer
Today is the National Day of Prayer. It’s a day set aside to turn to God in prayer. The modern day National Day of Prayer was established by an act of congress in 1952, although similar themed days in American government go back to the 1770s. I came across an article in my former college’s…
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10 great quotes from John Calvin
John Calvin is both one of the greatest theologians of all time and one of the most polarizing theologians of all time. He lived from 1509-1564 and was a brilliant writer and preacher. Calvin’s greatest work was his voluminous theological treatise “Institutes on the Christian Religion.” It’s a summary of Calvin’s theology for which he…
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When we’re tempted to second guess God…
I was going through Lee Strobel’s latest book The Case for Miracles last week. The final chapter in the book was a poignant discussion entitled: “When miracles don’t happen.” In that chapter, Strobel interviews Douglas Groothuis who’s a professor at Denver Seminary. In the interview, they talk about the health of Groothuis’s wife Becky, a…
Josh Benner 