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Recently, I came across this extended quotation from C. S. Lewis on prayer in a devotional I read each morning. Lewis' writings on prayer are always refreshing to me in their vibrancy and practicality. He is willing to address some of the most perplexing issues about prayer but does so without drying all the lively …
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While studying for my message this past week, "Praying One: learning to pray for unity from Jesus’ Prayer," I encountered this insightful explanation from Andrew T. Lincoln about how Jesus' prayer for unity relates to the mission of the church. Jesus’ first petition for all believers, ‘that they may all be one’ (v. 21), is …
"Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face." (Deuteronomy 34:10) "Inner silence is absence of any sort of inward stirring or emotion or thought, but it is complete alertness, openness to God." - Anthony Bloom Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God,have mercy on me, a sinner.In …
We all recognize that we are at a very challenging time in our personal, national, and global history. The COVID-19 pandemic, racial tensions, our national election, and other challenges to the body of Christ around the world have brought us to a dramatic encounter with our needs and limits, while also making it clear that …
For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God. (Hebrews 11:10) Abraham the nomad for God and His purposes is also Abraham the pilgrim. At one level, Abraham and Sarah's journey feels random and strange. They leave their homeland and their extended support network. They leave what is …
Matthew Erickson 