Tag: prayer
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Hebrews 5:7 and Gethsemane
Hebrews 5:7 is one of the most interesting texts in the entire NT, especially when connected to other NT passages: “In the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His…
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Sermon Manuscript from August 14, 2022 — Liturgical Warfare (1 Chronicles 20:1-30
In addition to what we read from 2 Chronicles chapter 20, I will also read from Acts chapter 16. I will begin in verse 16. “Now it happened as we went to prayer that a certain slave girl possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much profit by fortune telling.…
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John Knox and Liturgical Nationalism (and other notes on races, nations, and ordo amoris)
Once again, I have created a stir on X. Here, I will give the original post and then my repsonses to various criticisms (if they can be called that), along with a some additional thoughts. — “Give me Scotland, or I die.” We should think and pray like John Knox. Knox prayed for the Lord…
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Trump wins!
This is part of the email going out to my congregation this morning: “He who sits in the heavens laughs.” Those words from Psalm 2:4 certainly rang true last night. In the providence of God, we have just witnessed the greatest political comeback in American history. Donald Trump has battled back from losing the 2020…
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Lord’s Day Exhortation: Turning Anxiety into Prayer and Peace (1/21/24)
We live in chaotic, tumultuous times. I don’t think anyone paying attention can deny that. It’s like the proverbial Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times!” These are interesting times indeed. We live in clown world. It seems like the world if falling apart and going insane. It is easy to be anxious —…
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