Archive for April, 2008

What’s the point of prayer?

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

 
 ”Let’s do prayer requests before we go home.”
“Would you pray for me?  I’m having surgery tomorrow.”
“Lord, please, don’t let my daddy die.”
“God, please bring my friend the money he needs to save his house.”
One of the mnemonic devices we teach to remind people how to pray is ACTS.  Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving and Supplication.  The first 3 [...]

When Goliath Doesn’t Fall

Monday, April 7th, 2008

A friend of mine wrote me an email the other day telling me about a book titled, “When Goliath Doesn’t Fall by Jody Conrad.  My friend is real good friends with the author.  Here is the Amazon.com summary of the book.
Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the [...]