How to Pray for the Gospel’s Advance
Prayerful Proclamation Prayerfully proclaiming God’s Word in the power of the Holy Spirit is the heart of disciple-making ministry. From the testimony of God’s Word …
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The Fuel of Prayer
Without question, George Muller is one of my favorite individuals in church history. Page after page in his autobiography, Muller recounts astonishing, providential answers to prayer. …
When was the last time you prayed?
John 17 might be the least explored peak of all the Bible’s grand vistas. And for good reason: the high priestly prayer is marvelously interwoven. …
Four Reasons to Pray Scripture
If we are truly to offer up desires that are agreeable to his will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins, and with thankful acknowledgment of his mercies, we should habitually pray the text of Scripture.
Four Prayer Petitions in Response to the Evils of Planned Parenthood
I wasn’t prepared for the emotion I would feel when I saw the fifth video released about Planned Parenthood. The severed little hand, reaching out from the pinkish soup of other mutilated body parts, evoked in me more than a deep, sick feeling. The only word that comes to my mind is the sense of being crushed—crushed by the evil I was seeing.
Rescue the Perishing: Two Foundational Strategies for Missions
Despite everyone’s diligent efforts and sincere desires, missionary activities sometimes involve varying degrees of ineffectiveness. Why? One explanation might be that Christians, churches, and missionaries simply are not thinking strategically about how to make a rescue operation achieve as many goals as possible. Here are two foundational strategies no Christian interested in missions can afford to ignore.