We’ve been talking about the spiritual discipline of prayer in class. So I asked the question, “Why don’t we pray?” The replies were interesting: We feel like there’s not “enough time” We don’t understand why it matters/how it works We have no sense of history (our own, or of God’s interaction with man) We lack disciplineContinue reading “Why We Don’t Pray”
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Enoch Walked
The sermon series at church this month is titled “Running the Race”. It has paralleled my readings in Britt Merrick’s “Big God” very nicely. I though Merrick’s piece on Enoch was especially good: Voluntary. Steady progress. Finding a good pace so that you don’t sprint ahead of God and then wear yourself out. Not beingContinue reading “Enoch Walked”
We Are So Weak
Ray Comfort tells a story in one of his books that goes like this: A man leaned over to a woman seated next to him and asked, ‘Would you go to bed with me for a million dollars?’ The woman answered, ‘I would think about it.’ He then asked, ‘Would you go to bed withContinue reading “We Are So Weak”
