The Apostle Paul was a great cheerleader for prayer. When reading his letters written to the various churches as found in the New Testament, he regularly underscores the importance of prayer. He tells ...

When I was in college, my mentor gave me a copy of a small booklet by E. M. Bounds, a pastor and author known primarily for his extensive writings on prayer. That little booklet was called Preacher ...

The Book of Esther was probably a Persian tale from the exile period before Cyrus sent the Jews home to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple. It reflects the precarious status of the Hebrew community ...

Today’s reassuring words on the efficacy of prayer follow Jesus’s instruction on praying the “Our Father.” Once we acknowledge this intimate relationship with the Abba, Jesus wants us to assume that ...

There’s one pair of words I see in more email subject lines than any others: preaching and politics. “I love our church,” someone might write, “but I wish our pastor would stop bringing politics into ...