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November 2014

November 07, 2014

The Middle Ground in Prayer

The one and only prayer book of the Bible is the Book of Psalms but...

November 05, 2014

What is Spiritual Formation?

If the Christian life is defined as being spiritually formed, without suggesting for a moment...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

When Worship becomes Formative

There is a lot of chatter today about the formative dimension of church worship. One...

October 27, 2014

Tim Keller’s Rules for Prayer

Most of the great theologians of the church have addressed the topic of prayer, and...

October 24, 2014

Unanswered Prayer (John Frye)

This post is by John Frye. What John is talking about in this first paragraph...

October 20, 2014

What does it mean to “Encounter” God?

Tim Keller, as we have noted in an earlier post, sees prayer as a conversation,...

October 17, 2014

A Pastor and Energizing Prayer (John Frye)

By John Frye: A charming mechanical bunny beating a bass drum crosses our TV screen....

October 15, 2014

Spiritual Disciplines: What should we expect?

Ah, those spiritual disciplines. What are they? What do they accomplish? Which ones are most...

October 14, 2014

Prayer as Word-based Conversation

Dallas Willard taught us that our relationship with God is interactive and that prayer was...

October 13, 2014

What is Prayer? Tim Keller

Two features of prayer rise to the surface in any discussion about prayer: that people...

October 12, 2014

Lord, we pray

Lord, We pray that your grace may always precede and follow us, That we may...

October 07, 2014

Tim Keller on Prayer

Many, perhaps most, of us have a favorite book on prayer. Some would appeal to...

October 06, 2014

The Inhale-Exhale of the Faith

In the 80s and 90s more and more churches took on board "spiritual disciplines" and...

September 2014

September 17, 2014

What is a Morally “Good” Person?

Here is the essence of virtue ethics: character produces behavior. Even more: a good character...

September 14, 2014

O God, because without you…

O God, because without you we are not able to please you, mercifully grant that...

August 2014

August 21, 2014

Rowan Williams on Christian Prayer

What is the distinctive element of Christian prayer? Rowan Williams in his little book on...

August 08, 2014

The Bible’s Most Difficult Text to Preach?

I, SMcK, vote for the Lord's Prayer -- it is so familiar, so dear, and...

July 2014

July 27, 2014

O God…

O God, the protector of all who trust in you, without whom nothing is strong, nothing...

July 22, 2014

The Church’s Wisdom on Prayer

The collects of the church reveal the church's practices and beliefs about prayer; in them...

July 20, 2014

Almighty God…

Almighty God, the fountain of all wisdom, you know our necessities before we ask and...

July 15, 2014

Collects

The finest prayers of the church can be found in the church's "collects." A collect...

July 13, 2014

O Lord…

O Lord, mercifully receive the prayers of your people who call upon you, and grant that...

July 06, 2014

O God…

O God, you have taught us to keep all your commandments by loving you and our...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Prayers of [not for] the People

When a church is led by someone praying, often called the intercessor, the prayers are...

June 29, 2014

Almighty God…

Almighty God, you have built your Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,...

June 23, 2014

Using “We” in Public Prayers

In their splendid book, Shaping the Prayers of the People, on intercessory prayers in corporate...

June 20, 2014

The Apprentice Institute

An announcement: Dallas Willard and Richard Foster opened the door for more Christians to explore...

June 16, 2014

Praying for Others in Public

It's called "intercession" or "intercessory prayers" when we pray for others, and when we do...

May 2014

May 18, 2014

Fifth Sunday of Easter

Almighty God, whom truly to know is everlasting life: Grant us so perfectly to know...

May 11, 2014

Fourth Sunday of Easter

O God, whose Son Jesus is the good shepherd of your people: Grant that when we...