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Six Weeks of Prayer: Thursday, October 5, 2017
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
Six Weeks of Prayer: Tuesday, October 3, 2017
What burns within you? What is that thing that sometimes swells and fills and overflows from a deep part of you? From the parts of our hearts that have not yet heard the gospel, these are self-centered and sometimes shameful things that come forth. And yet Jeremiah reckoned with this brimming, saying that there was […]
Six Weeks of Prayer: Monday, October 2, 2017
God’s response to his people in distress (v.19) is to send out his word, being sufficient to do the work of healing and deliverance, and to instill praise in the heart of the saved. Most of us would agree that God’s word is authoritative, but do we believe that it is sufficient? When in distress […]
Six Weeks of Prayer: Sunday, October 1, 2017
Six Weeks of Prayer: Saturday, September 30, 2017
SIX WEEKS OF PRAYER: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
Six Weeks of Prayer: Thursday, September 28, 2017
What is it to worship? Can we say there is something called “false worship”? Jesus makes an announcement that with him comes something very new and very present: true worshipers will worship God in spirit and truth. What does this mean? Among whatever else, is elevates the proclamation of Jesus’ very present work as the […]
six weeks of prayer: wednesday, september 27, 2017
The Old Testament understanding was that God’s presence was centrally located in the Temple. There were manifestations of God’s presence outside of the Temple, but they seem to be exceptional. Today, when we read from the Bible the invitation to “enter his courts with praise,” or about the “House of the Lord,” let’s not equate […]
Six Weeks of Prayer: Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Most of the words we use concerning worship in the Bible either regard temple worship or heavenly worship. Otherwise, “worship words” are used figuratively. In a word, the vocabulary pertaining to temple worship is not translatable to our Sunday gatherings. One often hears talk about church being worship, our buildings being sanctuaries, and the Lord’s […]